TWO SURPRISES!

The quilt is shaping up--it is so much fun arranging 

and rearranging the blocks!  So many choices!

And my chrysalis hatched the butterfly!  What an amazing journey!  I missed the actual emerging but saw him pretty soon afterwards and was able to release him!  Just incredible!

 

FLITTING LIKE A BUTTERFLY!

 

Here is a great link for understanding the stages

 of the Monarch butterfly!

I transferred the chrysalis into this large jar to await the big transformation!

And the towels are off the loom and on the table! 

 The two towels are 24" x 11 1/2" and a 12 1/2" mat.

I did a bit of organizing and found this languishing shawl;  I have pulled it out and knit two twelve row repeats--I am on the decreasing side of the pattern so hope to get this out of the project bag and onto my shoulders!

(It's the Pimpelliese Shawl I started this in 2020-not too long ago!)

And if one wasn't enough, I found this one, too!  Unfortunately, this one didn't have the pattern in the project bag so I will have to try and copy what I have done with a bit of trial and error!  If you recognize it, please say so in the comments.  I will do a deep dive into the archives for my blog and see if I can find it!

(I did find that this is the Close to You shawl but it was buried deeply;  I started this in 2016!)

And I even worked on the inside of the bowl!  I have a few problems in the numerous cracks and will try to glue sawdust in them and see if that helps to make the cuts smooth going.

FRIDAY FINISHES!

The 3-yard quilt top is all sewn together and ready for the quilting frame!  It was pretty easy to stitch it and even a bit boring to just keep adding the borders one after another!

The set of towels are off the loom and hemmed and even washed and in the dryer!  I will trim threads and press it tomorrow for the final measurements and beauty shots!

Look at how pretty the blooms are

 as they tower over everything in the front yard!

But here is the piece de resistance----

a monarch butterfly chrysalis!!!!  

It is hanging in the pot of aloes 

and the greens match so perfectly I almost missed it!!!! 

 I think I will be putting it in a large jar to be able to see it hatch 

and not lose it to a passing turkey family  like last year!