Sparta and the ladies enjoyed a long day outdoors yesterday. The sun was shining and it was just perfectly cozy. No dreary skies or fall cold drizzle.
I spent the morning cleaning, putting laundry out on the line and so forth. I also spent time putting chili in the crock pot and cooking up some elderberry elixir. The house smelled pretty good.
I finished this hot pad recently. It's perfect for taking hot dishes to the porch. It's not really good for getting things out of the oven. I found that my #5 is
100% acrylic (Bernat Handicrater #5 crochet thread) and the #3 (Red
Heart) is 100% cotton. Due to the fact acrylic can catch on fire (or
melt) makes cotton thread more suitable for a pot holder. The #5
however, makes a wonderful dishcloth (if you have acrylic thread). DMC
makes a cotton #5, but it's difficult to find in stores here.
I do like they way it turned out, and have already started a second one. The pattern (linked) is online.
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We've got heavy fog here this morning . . . even a dense fog advisory for road travel.
Speaking of doing handwork, my quilt room is such a mess right now I can't believe it. Three or four (maybe seven or eight!) projects in the works and nothing put away makes for a real muddle. I want so to get in there and do a good cleaning and sorting, but more urgent tasks keep me from doing it.
Will it be winter soon?
I love your hot pad...very pretty and I like that design.
It was beautiful here today and I finally took of with the dogs for a hike and so glad I did. Enjoy your weekend!
They were out in the grass late after the mowing was done-- collecting the spoils!
I'm needing to finish up my wash cloths for charity... you pot holder reminds me of this. So much else going on, you know? I'll get done what I can!