Arcs, Curves & Points With Rulers, Week 2

 Hi all -

I hope everyone is doing well! A good friend of mine is having knee replacement surgery today so my thoughts are with her. I know so many people who have had this surgery. I hate that anyone has to go through this, but am happy that the doctors have had so much practice so it should go well! I'm very lucky to still have all of my original parts!!

Last week was week 2 of Angela Walters' Arcs, Curves & Points With Rulers quilt-along. This was a very quick week to complete because we only had to do two new rounds on the quilt. 

Arcs, Curves & Points With Rulers - Week 2

As with last week, I found that I had to mark my target spots or things went awry for me. But I don't mind making these small marks before I begin. It's better than having to pick out the stitches! I did start without the marks but had to pick that part out and redo it. For me, it's just too hard to see around the sewing machine to do the stitching without the marks. I don't know how others do it!

Arcs, Curves & Points With Rulers - Week 2 Close-Up

Here's a picture of the back of this week's quilting so you can see the quilting better:

Arcs, Curves & Points With Rulers - Week 2 From the Back

I might go back and add some free motion quilting in the top area of the second motif for this week. I'll see how the rest of the quilting goes to see if I think it needs it. I like the softness of the quilt when it has less quilting, but love the look of more quilting!

I was also able to finish my Lemme Hat designed by Laura Nelkin.

Lemme Hat

The yarn is actually a deeper red than it appears in the picture. This is a really nice hat pattern. The stitch pattern acts like loose ribbing so it has a comfortable and secure fit, and it looks really pretty. After finishing the hat, I started working on my Lemme Cowl using the same yarn.

Lemme Cowl

Since I have plenty of yarn and beads, I decided to add a couple of pattern repeats in this cowl so it will be a little wider than my last one.

Finally, I picked up another old Laura Nelkin project. This on is the Flowla shawl. It was a mystery knit along (MKAL) from 2022. I had started with the group, but put it aside when a strand of the yarn got caught in my stitch marker. I tried to get the strand out of the metal loop, but nothing I did worked. I thought I was going to have to either destroy the stitch marker or cut the yarn, neither of which appealed to me. A couple of years ago, I pulled it out and tried again with still no luck. Last week I pulled it out and everything was now okay. The jostling around of the project bag must have fixed the problem for me! So I picked it up and continued on.

Flowa

I had previously finished the first two clues, which were the white center and one of the striped sides. Last week I knit the other striped side and the integrated I-cord edge on the bottom. That completed clue 3. Now I just have one more clue to go!

Nancy