Ms Grundy again

Winter's Frost is the name of the pattern (from Ravelry), for Denise, Lynnette, Rebecca, Bev, and me, respectively. (I rarely knit socks that have a specific Left and Right.)  

 I see a pattern here: Gründl - for Denise (orange), Lynnette (lilac), and Rebecca (aqua) Also Pairfect for Bev. (I know that you don't have to include the yellow that marks the start of the stripes patterning(so that you can easily calculate matching socks), but I CAN use the yellow yarn if I want.) And Hawthorne for me. (I know it says Stroll, that was the label that was with the yarn, but it feels and looks more like Hawthorne Handpainted.)

 So, there I was, sitting in my rocker, reading and knitting, when I glimpsed movement out of the corner of my eye. (Now, I get this often, because I have a lot of floaters in my eyes, which leads to moving shadows in my peripheral view.) But this time, when I looked to my left, this guy was watching me. Isn't he gorgeous? He's not as big as he looked to me at first - about the size of my pinky fingernail. (The scratched brass is the foot of my lamp, and the Huntington is actually from a yarn label.)   But he was clearly watching me. If you search for Malachite spider, you get   " Bold jumping spiders have chelicerae (CH-lis-a-ray) or mouth parts are often metallic blue-green"  Phidippus audax https://infinitespider.com/bold-jumping-spiders/ He saw me looking at him, and disappeared quickly- but then, so did I. I'm not afraid of spiders, but maybe I am afraid of JUMPING spiders!

 As I have said before, Bonnie Hunter's quilts grab me. This one I purchased at the same time as Tulip Time. It was inspired by an Irish tiled floor on Bonnie's trip. This is 3 large pieces, each made from 4 identical squares. I now have 3 more - total 6 done. I posted to Stashbusters group, and someone messaged me not to get discouraged, because this quilt is "labor intensive." I'll say! Each 'block' is 5 by 5 - 9 squares and 16 Half Square Triangles - each 10 1/2" 'block has 41 different pieces of fabric! Wowsers!

  Another quilt I copied - saw one, graphed it out using 2 1/2" strips... Jacob (age 12) saw me sewing, and asked if he could help. (He has sewn with me before, when he wasn't tall enough to reach the foot pedal. He put the pedal on the table, and pressed it with his right hand while guiding the fabric with his left. He was pretty good at maintaining a 1/4" seam!) He sewed an entire block. I later put these together, and then asked him which block he sewed. He couldn't tell, and neither could I. So he's a pretty good quilt piecer! I added another row and borders, and intend to quilt it and give it to him.

  Made from parts of 2 or 3 Layer Cakes - saw the quilt and wanted to try it.  I graphed it out, and calculated sizes of the pieces. If you know the name of the pattern, please let me know...

 Judy Bowman gave us 2 large trash bags full of quilt parts. This kit was included. One Layer Cake ( 10" squares) and one matching set of 5" charm squares Doesn't look very appealing at first...

I bought 2 more Bonnie Hunter patterns. They both grabbed me at the moment I first saw them.  I truly don't mind - I've made several of her free mysteries over the year, and I want to support her.

I read 170 books in 2022, 223 books in 2023, and 200 books in 2024. (Goodreads) Just found a notebook in which I listed 543 books that I read in 1993-94. I added a description of each, but rarely left stars, except for 5s and 2s. Do you think I should add them to my Goodreads and Librarything? Hahahahahaha

 Here's a truly Random scrap quilt made from 2 1/2 by 4 1/2" pieces and 4 1/2" squares pink plaid backing - tied with pink For some reason, someone gave me 2 Supermario panels, and one Wonder Woman panel. By just adding some 3 1/2" borders, they were large enough to make a small child's quilt. I decided that the Mario quilts would be all masculine - no pinks, pastels, or florals. I also found some navy solid fabric. That turned into pinwheels of navy/brights. I did the binding on that one yesterday.   I am still cutting navy and brights for the second.   Wonder Woman may be the same - dark/bright pinwheels, but this time including more "girly" fabrics - depends wht I find in my scraps.   I also had a big bunch of super bright orange pieces ( I don't like orange)  cut to 2 1/2 by 6 1/2" - that have become lightning stripe 6 1/2"squares. I just turned around, and a piece of green fireworks print fabric jumped out at me and demanded to be add...