Not Knitting but...

I did not want you people thinking I was just sitting on my butt watching TV. I have actually been sewing like mad to try and get some new garb together for Faire this year. I always wait till the last minute and then nothing gets done. So I finally got motivated and started EARLY! This is one of a several pieces I have made so far and by far one of my favorite.

The middle fabric was purchased in Carcasonne in France when I visited there like two years ago. It was always intended to be a tier in a skirt and just never made it there. She ended up here not on purpose.
It had been so long since I had done a tribal skirt I forgot the correct amount of fabric needed. The whole skirt was supposed to be the Terracotta color. I purchased 3 yards and as I was cutting realized I needed 5. I went back to the store and got another two yards of what I thought was the exact same fabric.
As it turns out it was ever so slightly different. I knew if I put it side by side I would see it and it would drive me crazy! So as I sat there trying to decide what to do...I saw Frenchie in the fabric bin.

She went perfect with the Terracotta and even though the gold and the yellow are slightly different I love it! I am VERY happy with this skirt. I still need to make a vest or bodice to match but we have time for that :-)

Noro Sock

Ok so this is going to become a knitting and sewing blog shortly because all I have been doing lately is sewing! SO to show I am not just sitting around being lazy I am going to take pictures of the sewing I have been doing. I can at least show this...the Noro sock is coming along nicely. Still have a ways to go then still need to do the second one!

Trinity's Voyage is 7 rows from being finished and that will need special blocking. It also has a home now. It is going to be a gift for Jessie Dales sister. She wanted me to make her a green shawl so since she is in Florida and it is pretty warm, I thought the cotton would be good.