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Still not Knitting

Hoo boy, guys.

I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew…

This quilt is a beast.

I started simply enough, with a fairly simple (or so I thought) quilt square.  It’s just triangles and squares, in only 3 colors (dark blue, light blue, and white).

But then, as I tend to do, I started elaborating.  First I planned out the entire quilt so that I will have to make 12 blocks (which increases work by a ton).  Then I decided that instead of just picking one dark blue fabric and one light blue fabric, I’d pick 4 of each, and mix them up.

But still, while I was just cutting out the pieces, and sewing the first seams, I thought I was doing OK. I still was enjoying myself.  Sure, there was a lot of cutting and pinning and sewing, but it wasn’t bad.

Then I got to the ironing.

I forgot about the ironing.

So much ironing.  (I don’t like ironing.)OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWhat was I thinking?

Do you have the same problem with biting off more than you can chew?

250

Ahoy, me hearties!  It be a happy day indeed, for we do be arrived upon the shore of the 250th post!

Also, a hearty “Ahoy” and “Avast” to our new shipmates from allfreeknitting.com.  Be ye welcome, me hearties, and partake in our grog and good cheer upon the good ship On the Needles.

As we be upon the 250th post of our voyage, let us share the bounty of projects requiring naught but 250 yards of wool.

Jamaica Pouch by Sandra Clockedile:  She be a grand place to store your booty, plundered during our voyage.

3759785656_6a08451879_z[1]Ridge Washcloth by Hannah Maier: A fine tool for scrubbing the decks, ye bilge rat!

20140105_0016_medium2[1]Rye / Ruista ranteeseen by Hanne Katajamäki:  For those cold, foggy nights keepin’ watch from the crow’s nest.neulotut_ka_cc_88mmenikka_cc_88a_cc_88t_medium2[1](Also, happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!)