Steadily working

Yesterday I finished knitting a little hat, got ready to bind the blue and white rail fence/snowflake quilt, and ignored the Holland quilt.  Working on the latter is quite intense and I just didn't feel up to that level of intensity.  It is a frustrating quilt because no matter how precisely I cut the pieces (all 1.5" wide), they don't always seem to go together evenly.  I took one section apart and added 1/4" in the middle of the row which helped considerably.  I'll try to get back to it today after grocery shopping and errands.  If not, there's always tomorrow.  And this is how UFOs are born!

On the other hand, I knit the little hat using leftover yarn in three days.  I'm waiting for new yarn for more hats to arrive from Knit Picks, and I also want to get some yarn to make a red Norwegian-style "Melt the ICE" resistance hat.  I bought the pattern through Ravelry, but it calls for circular needles which I hate to use.  So I'm going to have to adapt it to straight needles.  I'm sure that during WW II, some Norwegians used straight needles anyway.  

If I get a chance today I'll cut the binding for the snowflake quilt.  I was given some blue striped fabric that will be perfect for it, even if it is a poly blend.  Marie did her usual beautiful quilting job on that quilt, made from blocks I won in a raffle at the state quilt guild meeting this fall.

Yesterday we had a visit from a very nice representative from Budget Blinds.  He measured our north-facing front windows and the bathroom window for "waffle" shades which I hope will make those areas a little warmer.  It will be six weeks or more before they can be installed, and by that time it should be a little less chilly out.  Still, I am looking forward to a more "modern" look in both places.