Stitching and knitting

This morning both the dogs slept in which was rather nice. No having to hurriedly get dressed so I could take them out for their morning walk. I even got to drink my morning cup of tea. However once they were both awake they were bouncing with energy. We took our walk and didn't meet anyone whilst we were out. Was today a day for staying in bed? Back home and after breakfast I settled down to do some sewing. I had been doing some sashiko on my Japanese style quilt but one of my patterns had not gone well. I had ended up unpicking it once but I still wasn't happy so I unpicked it a second time and re stitched. It isn't as neat as it should be but at least the pattern is now right. Having redone that I moved on to complete two more small patterns. I still have one large pattern and one small one to complete the quilt so far.

I already have a plan for the next part of this quilt. It involves some more sashiko but using coloured threads not just white. I will do the stitching and then add it to the quilt when complete. Next I picked up my knitting. My grandson had asked if I would knit him a new scarf. We spent some time deciding what he wanted and on Wednesday I got the yarn and needles out to make a start. I decided to knit the scarf in knit 2, purl 2 rib and I'm loving how it looks. I hope he likes it when its finished. I enjoyed knitting this afternoon whilst catching up with an audio book.

Later in the afternoon I moved on to do some work on my doll's house. I haven't done anything for quite some time. I wanted to stick some grass down and create a path for the basement garden and also to glue the basement together and add the hinges so that the front would open. The walls of the basement fit into grooves in the base and hold up without glue but since I have finished painting the walls inside I wanted to glue it together so that it won't fall apart when it is being played with by my grandson. I still need to finish the left front of the basement. which includes the steps to the front door and steps down to the basement.

I'm hoping to get the left side of the doll's house finished next weekend. I still have the roves of the dormers to complete as well.

I've really enjoyed my slow stitching today and I'm linking this post with Kathy from Kathy's Quilts for her Slow Sunday Stitching link up. 

I think I'll knit a few more rows and then I'm going to snuggle up in bed and listen to the next couple of chapters of my audio book. Tomorrow I'm not working and so I can get on with some sewing.

Take care

Lyndsey