These are some things I've been working on lately. The first item is one of two doilies I made for my bedside tables. The fabric is white monk's cloth and the yarn is Phentex Merit in Creme Menthe. I used only the border pattern in "Winter Wonderland" that is in Avery Hills'
"33 Contemporary Swedish Weaving Patterns for Monk's Cloth". I believe this is the first booklet in a 4 booklet series.
The second set of items are just doilies made out of scraps of brown monk's cloth. The yarn colors are also scrap pieces but are mainly from Caron's Simply Soft.
I also made a gorgeous turquoise table runner for myself but, try as I might, I couldn't photograph the color even close to what it really was. It's pretty interesting in my eyes anyway because I used a plum color yarn on the turquoise cloth which really appealed to me when I started the project but I worried others would not like the combination. I persevered and finished it and do love it. Sorry I can't get the true colors in a photo for the blog!
The little doilies are because I hate to throw away fabric. I think these pieces came from a larger piece that had some spots of discoloration on it so I cut out the good parts and put them aside until I felt like doing some small projects. I have rarely found monk's cloth that is discolored but seem to have found quite a few in the brown.
