Art of Knitting - Block 2

Art of Knitting - Block 2, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

This is the second block in the art of knitting series. It's a modified moss stitch (though that doesn't show up in the image).

I stuffed up the block at one stage. I had two bumps on top of each other.So I undid that bit and worked out what row in the sequence I was up to and started again - and it worked! I thought it would take me a few goes to get it fixed.

The block is a bit curly and needs blocking. Can you block acrylic?

One comment on the wool. The ball of wool is supplied with the pattern. This time, the wool had lots of breaks in it. I had to keep doing knots which I had to get to the back of the block. Not impressed by that at all.

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Good Service

I ordered the fabric I was missing from the Moonglow quilt on Monday afternoon and it's here by Wednesday lunchtime, that's pretty good service, so kudos to Logans Patchwork Fabrics.

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Sea of Crisis

Sea of Crisis, originally uploaded by laren_oz.

Only two more to go of the compass blocks after this!

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The Border Sea

Alternate Block, originally uploaded by laren_oz.

I made up a full demo of the alternate block as I had to work out all the measurements for myself. The instructions only had measurements for doing machine piecing. So I made up the templates, but not trusting my maths or working in Imperial measurements, I wanted to make up a full size block before cutting the rest of the material. So this is it, it worked out the right size, so now I can do the marking and cutting for the rest of the blocks.

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Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds, originally uploaded by laren_oz.

This is the Sea of Clouds block from the Moonglow quilt. Just a couple more individual blocks to go on this quilt. I hope to also get some cutting out done for the alternate blocks over the long weekend.

Happy Australia Day!

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Sea of Vapor

Sea of Vapor, originally uploaded by laren_oz.

Another block for my Moonglow quilt.

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Sea of Ingenuity

Block Three, originally uploaded by laren_oz.

Each of the blocks are named after on the Seas on the Moon. But I can't remember what this one is!!

I didn't get this block all done in one day. This is a project I haven't worked on for a few years. I really loved this quilt when I started working on it. I still like it now, but not sure if I'd use it much. But I'm sick of it being half done. Even if I just get the top finished, that will be better.

So one weekend, and two quilts from opposite sides of the colour spectrum!

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Yellow and Oranges Blocks

Yellow and Oranges Blocks, originally uploaded by laren_oz.

Spent most of today sewing. Did a bit of house work, but really felt like sewing. I am working on two UFO's - Old Fashioned Charm (which I really want to get done so I can use it on my bed) and Moonglow (which I just want to get to top finished stage, I might even get it machine quilted).

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