Charlie

Knitting WIPs | Whims And Fancies

Last week did not afford me any opportunity to sit at the sewing table for any length of time required to work on any project. We live in a much cooler place now and I need to make a few more quilts. I am working on them, just not at the moment. I need to keep my hands busy, and knitting needles are perfect for filling in those small waiting moments. With cooler weather approaching, I have been seeing a lot of knitting projects around, which has been motivating me to knit. So I decided to indulge my craving by working on three knitting projects simultaneously.

Whisky Barrel Pullover | Whims And Fancies

Gamekeeper Pullover

This is a pullover I am making for my husband. The pattern is written for worsted weight yarn but I am making it with dk. I had to do A LOT of swatching. After some trial and error, I got the sizing right. I am almost at the point where I separate out the sleeves.

Live Long And Prosper Mitts | Whims And Fancies

Slipstream Mitts

Knitting round and round is kind of boring, specially on a large size pullover. Enter mitts. This is the Live Long And Prosper yarn from Lorna’s Laces. This yarn is quite busy and it took me a long time to find a pattern that would actually show it well. Unlike the pullover, this one needs all my attention. So watching TV while knitting this pair is not an option for me.

Harvest Mitts | Whims And Fancies

Harvest Date Mitts

Since I have one mind-numbingly boring project and the other one is an attention-seeker, I needed a third one that would be somewhere in between. I made this pair of mitts before in an orange yarn. It’s a really fun and quick pattern and I love this yellow yarn.

Yarns | Whims And Fancies

My husband went out to get a hair cut last Saturday and stopped by the yarn store. This is what he brought back home! Lucky me! More handmade knits!

Charlie Cat | Whims And Fancies

In midst of all the crazyness, I got a new camera. I am very fond of Canon cameras. This is another Canon, so I found all the settings very quickly. Now it’s time to play and test out different settings. Charlie, of course, gets to be my model! Here he is waiting for us to finish breakfast so he can have a few drops of milk. Staring down does work by the way!

Trunk Full Of Quilts – An Online Quilt Trunk Show

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I am also all set for the online trunk show next week. Since posting about it last week, I have heard back from Fat Quarter Shop and they are also sponsoring the event, so that means more prizes to give away! If you haven’t heard about the Trunk Full Of Quilts event, it’s an online quilt trunk show hosted here at Whims And Fancies starting next week. Hope you will join me!

Until then,
-Soma

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Viking Penguin Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

Purchase Viking Penguin Olaf Pattern

I have had this idea of creating another penguin quilt pattern for months now. I recently got a set of loose colour pencils and I desperately need to make a new pencil case. That provided a perfect excuse to draw my little Viking Penguin Olaf. Viking helmets didn’t really have those horns, but Olaf insisted that I put horns on his helmet. Although I think he looks very cute, he thinks the horns make him look more formidable!

I couldn’t resist taking a short break from the stained glass flower blocks to make him. The penguin pattern is for a 10″ block. I scaled it down to make a 7″ block for my pencil case. Originally I was going to give him a green vest, but the red looks so much better on him against the starry background. Olaf is available in my shop if you want to make him for yourself.

Penguin Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

Purchase Little Penguin Polaris Pattern

It all started with Little Penguin Polaris. I have a gimpy and chubby kitty cat called Charlie, whose photo occasionally surfaces here. He would like nothing more than for people to take him seriously. Except it has never worked since he was a baby. He just gets picked up and cuddled, and he just sits on your lap with all of his claws tucked in.

When I was going to make a little winter-themed block for a friend, I knew I had to make a chubby little disgruntled penguin in a scarf and a hat. So if Charlie were a penguin instead of a cat, this is what he would look like where all the other grown up penguins are just not taking him seriously enough!

Polaris and Olaf have become great friends already. They are busy planning all sorts of mischief together.

Thank you for staying with me until the last set of cards from this set of 61 index card paintings. Here are the last five –

icad 2015 Sunrise Painting | Whims And Fancies

Sunrise

I like to look toward the west during sunrise where the first rays of the sun light up the mountain ranges while the full moon sets behind them.

icad 2015 Affair Of The Hearts Painting | Whims And Fancies

An Affair Of Hearts

icad 2015 Edinburgh Tenement Painting | Whims And Fancies

Edinburgh Flat

I really like moss-covered stone buildings.

icad 2015 Explore other worlds | Whims And Fancies

Cross the boundary and explore other worlds

icad 2015 Telescope, Stars And Blake Painting | Whims And Fancies

I had to make this one as my final card. I love William Blake’s work and I love the stars. I see William Blake’s words come to life every time I look through my telescope.

I will share another post about the index card painting experience along with photos of all the cards together. It has been a lot of fun sharing these cards with you. Thank you again for your encouraging words.

I will leave you with a photo of the lunar eclipse I took last Sunday. We are surrounded by mountain ranges, and there was also a thick layer of cloud right at the horizon. The eclipse occurred right around sunset for us, so it was low in our sky. I really wanted to see it during the maximum eclipse. Just as I was losing hope, a faint, eclipsed moon showed up, shortly before the maximum eclipse and right above the cloud layer.

Lunar Eclipse 2015 | Whims And Fancies

Enjoy,
-Soma

Knitting Snapshots

Viking Penguin Olaf, Paintings And Eclipse