Bad Hexies

I had almost finished sewing the last seam of the hexie project last evening when I decided to put it down so I could get myself something to drink. And then I saw it:

Ooops. I had offset the last group of hexagons in the wrong direction.

I’ll have to take out that seam tonight and re-sew it correctly. Oh, well. This project is close to completion—this part of it, anyway. Once it’s assembled (properly), I have to trim it to make a square. Then I can baste it with batting and backing and quilt it. I may also put a border on it. I haven’t decided. I’m just pleased that it’s moving on after three years.

[This project taught me that I do not like to glue baste my hexie units. I will do the extra work and baste them with thread.]

I cut out and assembled two hoodies yesterday save for the zippers. I know better than to do fiddly tasks late in the day—see hexies, above—so I am saving the zippers for some morning this week when I am bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I have learned a lot about zippers in the past couple of weeks, enough that they will get their own podcast episode soon.

I also cut out the pieces for the Kanoko Tote. I found a great print for the lining in my stash.

Because why have a stash if you can’t have fun with it? I think the tote is going to be a project for the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Most of it will have to be sewn on the Juki 1541.

Potato chip projects are fine. There is nothing wrong with being able to pull a sweater knit out of the stash and make a Toaster Sweater in an afternoon. Sometimes, though, I want to dig my teeth into something that is going to take some time and effort and—most importantly—going to level up my skills. I think the tote pattern is going to be that kind of project.

I also want to cut out the pieces for the Butterick 7008 jacket pattern to work on during that last week of the year.

At least I don’t have to make myself a Christmas outfit. I will wear the crushed velvet dress I made earlier in the year.

Today will be a long day. We have a potluck and congregational meeting after church and choir practice after that. I am hoping the road conditions are not awful this morning; we got rain and freezing rain and a bit of snow overnight—euphemistically known as a “wintry mix”—and heard more than a few MVA calls on the scanner. For our evening viewing entertainment, the husband chose some YouTube videos featuring dash cam footage from people driving way too fast on icy roads. 🤪