Monday, May 28, 2007

Time flying, as usual . . .


Haven't a clue where the last two weeks have gone, not to mention that it's the last day of a three-day weekend, and I haven't done any of the things I planned to do . . . yet. Tomorrow evening, our group is getting together to assemble the top which will be home to the wonky teapot. We had to make a couple alterations to our plan, when we received a few more blocks than we anticipated. Then, having made those alterations, we noticed we were going to run out of background fabric, so we decided to make four more blocks to fill some space. It must be assembled tomorrow evening, because it is going to the machine quilter on Friday. Nothing like a deadline, they always say!

On the knitting front, my DH worked at an auction on Friday, and another on Saturday, and he brought me a prize. About a week ago, I asked him to make sock blockers with a pair of wire hangers. He made them, and that set the stage for this auction acquisition. He brought home these lovely vintage wooden sock blockers in four sizes. I was ecstatic . . . then he said, "don't look in the back of the van, okay?" Yesterday, he occupied some of his time washing the 36 canning jars full of marbles. Today, he is cataloging the vintage 45rpm and 33rpm records he purchased. The best part is that he can't really say anything about my quilting and knitting stashes when they have uses . . . what do you do with 36 jars of marbles, and 45rpm records that you don't have a player for?

5 comments:

Hedgehog said...

Those sock blockers are so cool!

atet said...

Oh, love the sock blockers! And nope, he can't complain at all!

Quilts And Pieces said...

Too funny! Leave it to DH to find those treasures of his. And who would have thought - I had no idea there were such things as sock blockers!

Tracey @ozcountryquiltingmum said...

I love that! I wish my DH would pick up a naughty little hobby like that-oh wait, he buys tractors the price of my house! What leverage! A girls gotta work with something! Tracey

Anami Love said...

Hi,
On Fifty Two Pair Plunge, you mentioned that you were looking for some better circs. Try Knit Picks Options circs. I have them and the cord is really flexible and I like them a lot.

Those sock blockers are great.