Modern Lone Star

I admit, I totally ripped off the Mega Star quilt pattern by Zen Chic. It was one of those cases of falling in love at first sight, but also looking forward to the challange of working out to how on my own (well, and there are a ton of free lone star quilt pattern around, after all)

 As a wall hanging it ended up as 110 x 110 cm in size, which fits the space where the swans used to hang quite nicely.

I did straight line quilting with my walking foot, alternating directions every third diamond. This adds also nicely to the modern look of the finished quilt.
I have to say, I'm quite proud of my matching points. I put in a lot of effort to get them nicely matched up and, mostly, I succeeded.

Socks!

I've warned you that I made a lot of socks lately.
First pair is using a pattern called 'Shur'tugal' (after the dragon riders in the Eragon saga). I used a Wollmeise twin in a beautiful shaded red.

For the next pair I used a yarn I picked up last year in the US, from Old Soul Fibre. Sadely the color is not quite fast, and lost already some of it's deep blue/petrol. Still pretty, though. The pattern is 'Glynis' from the book Sock Innovation by Cookie A.

Then I started to use left overs. The pattern it 'Broken Seed Stich Socks' and I used only Wollmeise Twin left overs in shades of blue and green.

After that I made 'Stashbuster Spirals' with part of the rest from the second and the third pair, just added some dark blue for cuff, heel and toes.

The final pair of socks (at least for now, I think) used a pattern called 'Cranberry Biscotti'. I used (again) dark blue to frame it, some green, the final rest of the Old Soul and plain white. I really liked the way how those came out.

Considering spring's about to start, I believe I have enough socks for now.
But, what to knit next ....?