Hubblebird's Quilt Blog

Some time last year I came across an old blog that had a knitting pattern for hexagons. I made a knitted throw for a friend and really enjoyed making the hexies. Ever since then I've had an idea swirling around in my head for how to make a throw for myself, but with hexie flowers, rather than random placing of hexies. I've made a start ... unfortunately it's keeping me away from what I should be doing.  I'm stonewalled by the stone roses at the moment, but knitting hexies is a great way to relax at the end of a hard day at work. I'm using rather cheap acryllic yarn from the same supplier.  But I'm finding that the white yarn which I have chosen to use as the centre of the 'flowers' is not as thick as the same yarn, same supplier, in saturated colours.  I wonder if anyone knows why this is so?  It doesn't matter too much for this project, but it's something that is making me wonder.  I will be embroidering knitted french knots in the centre of ea...

Welcome 2023! I heralded the New Year by logging in to Kate's Last Homely House YouTube feed.   I've been following Kate's lovely YouTube posts for some time, and signed up to be notified of her New Year's Eve chat.  I enjoyed it, but was a bit disappointed to find that (differently from last year) she pre-recorded clips rather than participating live.  It was understandable given that, sadly, she lost her father a few weeks before and naturally that contributed to a bit of down time.  If you haven't heard about Kate before, please check her out.  She is wonderfully warm and friendly and her YouTube posts are very entertaining.  I often have them playing in the background while I am sewing.   One of the best things about Kate's posts is that she consistently refrains from introducing her politics to her audience which means that I enjoy her chats all the more.  It's an oasis of peace and tranquility - which is what I want more and more o...