Colorways by Vicki Welsh

I had a fun day of dyeing yesterday.  My ankle handled the standing and many trips upstairs. Even better, I remembered how to dye!

Most of these are for the bear quilt but there’s also a backing for the memory quilt and some stash yardage to use up some older dyes. They can become backgrounds for future quilts.

I even got to dye a new gradient. It is for the bear quilt and was inspired by my old Woodlands gradient.

I also got started on the new blanket. I really enjoy this pattern and have another yarn in the stash that would work well. Premier Puzzle would also work great.

My ankle is doing really well. I was able to get outside and bring in a lot of firewood and clean up the woodpile. That’s the most movement than I’ve done in 10 days. I have been able to keep up with some upper body weight by doing a couple of seated programs so I haven’t been a total sloth. But it felt great to get outside and actually do something. Later in the day I felt the sprained joint pop back in place. It was like a free trip to the chiropractor! I was up and down the stairs over a dozen times yesterday with no pain. I still can’t do any quick twisty movements but it’s a lot better.

I won’t be posting a lot this week. Our friends from England arrive today, Mom and I have day trips today and tomorrow and we have Christmas with my brother’s family on New Year’s Eve. In between I will try to make some progress on the memorial quilt and get a few veterans quilts quilted.