It is a stormy, stormy afternoon here in Western Washington; our first big storm of the season is moving in and it is drenching everything thoroughly. The leaves are being dumped to the ground by the torrents of rain, and the deafening drumming on the roof is drowning out all else.

In other words, it’s lovely!

Such beautiful, get-cozy-with-some-knitting weather.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any knitting in sight because the bug hasn’t bitten until now, so I might spend some time in the next few days figuring out my next yarn-related move. I am eyeing my Fair Isle technique books with the hope that maybe I can start working on my Better Days Ahead Sweater once again.

I have been working feverishly on Renaissance’s Christmas quilt this week and am so very pleased to announce that the penguin bodies are all complete! Yay!

I still wish I hadn’t decided to make this in flannel because the material is not fun to work with due to its super-unravelling properties and unexpected amount of stretch in the fabric. Those two attributes make for difficulties in all the piecing involved in these blocks. But oh…this quilt is going to be EPIC COZY.

I’ve added another row to the pattern so it can be twin-sized instead of lap-sized. Ren and I are both wishing I’d gone with a more “Christmas”-leaning color palette, but then we both shrug our shoulders because we thought we were being incredibly clever with the icy arctic color palette, and you couldn’t have talked us out of it if you tried. I mean, if it really bothers me I can maybe just possibly make another more-Christmas-color-palette quilt for her in the future.

No work on other quilts this week because I’ve just got a bee in my bonnet about getting this one done so I can get Rachel’s done as well for this year’s Christmas. Fingers crossed for more stormy weather (that doesn’t knock the power out!) that will avail me of more cozy afternoons piecing penguins together in my warm, wonderful craft room.

It’s such a great time of year. I hope the weather is allowing each of you your best crafty life as well!

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• Patchwork & Quilt Party @ Quilting Patchwork Appliqué
• Off the Wall Friday @ Nina-Marie
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