Quilt, knit, dye

This beautiful yarn from Pickles in Norway 

is 100% wool and silk mohair

And this is what it turned into,

a coat with a twist at the back.

I'm rather happy with the outcome.

This is a quilt top for my grandson (the pianist), 

was supposed to be Christmas present, but will be a birthday present.

No time to finish it before Christmas.

This block filled my chart, (on the right) JustTakes2.

Making dye for wool.

Birch, Wild thyme and Mint.

I've  signed up for New Years Day Mystery Quilt - Time Flies.

It is free at Craftsy.com but one can

donate to fundraising for cancer, which I think is a good thing.

Have you watched Downton Abbey?

Well, I bought the series at Amazon and just started on disk one,

 and I must say, I'm loving it.

Have a lovely week

Paula

Birch

Last summer I collected leaves from Birch and dried them. 

Now I have dyed some wool using these leaves.

(The fabric in this DJ block was dyed with Procion MX

the leaves are underneath) 

The yearn prepared

Here you can see the wool waiting and the Birch dye.

In the pot on the stove slowly heated up to 90°C

Slowly cooled down.

Washed and dried

And ready for knitting.

My seventh CWB block in progress.

I have not yet started my DJ again, after all this traveling back and forth, south and north, 

but will do that soon. 

The European Dear Jane club is preparing a DJ Quilt Expo in Brussels May 2013.

Now isn't that just groovy?

I plan to have mine finished by then.

Happy stitching.

Paula