Q4'21 Finished Things (7)

I was so narrowly focused this year on finishing the Pub Quilt (which is in the closet right now for the Christmas Quilt season)... After I'd completed it I felt somewhat disconnected from my other projects. Anyways, I'm back on track now. For Q4, I did the following:

• Made a tablet woven mask lanyard
• Practiced my woolen spinning by turning a blue batt and some green wool into yarn.
• Took a class in ruler quilting, making a really ugly quilted table runner.
• Took a class in reduction lino print making, and made a 3 color print.

Wove two ikat scarves.

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With the 29 projects I finished during the rest of the year, the total for 2021 is 36! That's really high for me, considering 2 of those were a queen sized quilt.  There are a few things very close to completion that I almost powered through today but then decided I had other priorities, and a silly number isn't everything.

For 2022, I'd like to do more mosaic, more printing, some sewing and some band weaving.  On my mind right now are:

Owl wonders why there's no 
cat time in the 2022 list?

• A vest
• There's fabric that is still on the loom from the second overshot class.
• A vest made from that fabric.
• A cardwoven band to adorn the vest.
• Paper yarn
• I spun paper to knit with but ran out of paper... I just got more paper so hope to finish the yarn in Q1.
• I'd like to weave a paper sample from it, and start knitting something from it.
• Spin the silk I just bought for card weaving.
• Spin more cotton.
• Play with Paltiya.
• Fix the two needlepoint pillows that are falling apart.
• I finished two guest room towels in Q3; the other two still need hemming.
• A summer sweater that K and are I talking about
• A shirt for S
• I need to perfect the pattern then
• Find Fabric
• And sew him a shirt

Let's add to this that I'll have a wet studio by the end of Feb, I need to pick up the pace on my workouts, and I'm learning to play piano. And with any luck, we'll be able to start travelling again in 2022. 

First dinner party in what feels like years

We had some friends over for dinner on Saturday... Seems like forever since we've done that! I made a simple Lamb Tagine from Easy Entertaining, with couscous, and a salad with oranges and fennel loosely following this Martha Stewart recipe (butter lettuce instead of arugula) I really liked the salad dressing and I think the Tagine will become a go-to dish! For dessert I made a flourless cake which was meh... but also passed some homemade peanut brittle and some chocolate marshmallows which we dipped in dark chocolate... I think this candy making thing is going to become a yearly event.

Things have slowed down in the studio but I suspect with two weeks of rain on the way I'll be busy. I'm still working on the knitted shawl, the two ikat scarves, and the fabric from Janet Dawson's class. I'm also trying to get a pattern that works for a shirt for DH; I cut out a muslin today and will sew it up later this week and then try it on him for fit. I'm also half-heartedly trying to take the backs off of two pillows where the backing was disintegrating so I can sew them up all nice and new... We'll see what I can finish by the end of the year.