Persistent Knitter

So what the heck have I been working on since last Wednesday? Seemingly a lot and not much all at once. I have been trying to get the quilt top for a roman shade finished. I finally finished the piecing, now I just have to make it into a roman shade. Here’s just the top:

I need to line it, put the velcro on the top, attach hardware to the board (after cutting it down to size), put in the battens, sew on the rings and finally attach it to the wall. All that will take a few more hours, and an overnight wait while the battens’ glue dries. Maybe this week sometime. I’m using the instructions at this web site to put it together as a Roman shade. I ordered supplies from her for this shade and one for my daughter’s room. I really like the lightweight battens & the pulleys she provides. They really do the trick to make the shade go up and down smoothly.

Hardangervidda
I decided to cast on for the body and see what length the sleeves need to be made when it’s done. I’m going with the suggested needle sizes, and it’s a lot easier to deal with a 40" long circular than a 12" one or DPNs when doing fair isle. Here’s a shot of what I managed to get done lately:

You can see the purl ridge in the middle where I’ll fold over for the hem and get a nice crisp edge. I think I have another two rounds to do before I can attach the provisional cast on back in by doing a k2tog across two needles. I’m getting smoother with my two handed fair isle technique too. I’m definately better at it in the middle of the day when my dexterity is up, vs late at night. Oh - and this is almost one complete ball of yarn in the main color (size XL).

Cute Bag!
Another thing I did this weekend was work on my critter blanket, which is boring - but I picked up this totally cute little purse this weekend that is now holding my critter blanket project:

It’s really too small for the critter blanket, but it was the only project I had that would go in it right now. I think it’ll be a perfect sock-project bag.