WIP-it Wednesday...

...and some finished objects!

First up: the secret project. My friend Jane had to have hip replacement surgery. Normally, I'd send her some flowers and maybe a card. However, she asked that I stop sending her flowers as she felt they were too expensive.

We try to chat via Facebook Messenger every week. During our chats, we catch up with what's going on with our families, what we're working on, and so on. During one of our more recent chats, she mentioned that the tote bag I made as a birthday present in 2008 was finally wearing out. I decided to send her a care package with a new tote bag after her surgery. This was the secret project that I mentioned in earlier posts.

She finally received her package this week, so here's a look at three components I made for the bag.

This is the Bohemian Tote Bag:

 and the inside:

Specs:
Started 10/21/18
Finished 11/3/18
Fabrics from the Bohemian Rhapsody collection and Fairy Frost,

The outside uses the darker range of Bohemian Rhapsody in the Ocean colorway (blue to teal). The outside and inside pockets come from the lightest range of the same colorway. The bag lining is a Fairy Frost. The bottom and the handles are made from a navy blue fabric with tone-on-tone dots.

This the Sunflower Zip bag:

and the inside:

Specs:
Started 11/3/18
Finished 11/3/18
Based on noodle-head.com's zippered bag tutorial

And finally, this is Chloe's Catnip Mousie (Chloe is Jane's cat):

Specs:
Started 11/2/18
Finished 11/3/18
Yarn: Lion Brand Heartland in Sequoia
Pattern from "Odd Ball Knitting" by Barbara Albright

I packaged up these items with some notes, candles, and other little things. They were a hit!

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I did some spinning over the weekend. This is Envy handspun:

and the close-up:

Specs:
Started 11/3/18
Finished 11/10/18
Merino-Tussah Silk-Black Welsh-Stellina (4.0 oz) from Homestead Hobbyist
236.4 chain-ply; 13 WPI

Whew! I think we're all caught up now!

WIPs Roll Call

Worked On:

• Charred Teal Shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]
  Still working on color 5 in Section 3.

In the Queue

• Renaissance Mermaid (cross stitch)
• Shimmering Advancing Point Twill Wrap (weaving)

Works In Progress, Did Not Work On This Week:

1. Baroque Hat (knitting) [Ravelry] 
2. Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) 
3. Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting)
4. Mother of Dragons shawl (knitting) [Ravelry] 
5. St. Charles (needlepoint)
6. Valley of the Heart's Delight sampler design (cross stitch)

UFOs/Hibernation:

1. Be My Baby for My Baby (knitting) [Ravelry]
2. Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint)
3. Canto de Sirena shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]
4. Peacock Majesty by Just Nan (cross stitch)
5. Tucson Twilight (needlepoint) 

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