I went to part-time in May but ended up sleeping my days away and trying to catch up on bills, gardening and appointments. I found I wanted to knit more than write about it. June pretty much followed the pattern set in July.
I took some time to fly to Baltimore to visit my brother. I spent most of the time sleeping. He came down with a cold and wanted to sleep. Suited me fine as that is exactly what I wanted to do too.
Hubby and I welcomed Harley into our lives. He is nine years old and is a mixed breed. I mixture of what we can only guess at. His personality is all terrier.
We are still getting to know each other. We have given him two nicknames so far. Squirt and Mr. Crankypants. Only he knows what he calls us.
The problem with taking this much time between posts is that I can't remember what items I have posted about. I have put items away in the drawer and don't know if I took photos first or blogged about it.
I will try and catch up.
The dishcloth category:
The fingering weight shawl category:
The pattern is Rayna. It uses one skein of fingering weight yarn, approximately 400 yards. I used a skein of Yarn Indulgences, yarn from and indie dyer, I picked up in Picton. Oh yeah, in May my friend C and I went to the Picton Fibre Fest. We spent the weekend in Picton in a house we rented and had just a lovely time. I got a lot of sleep including an afternoon nap on Saturday.
I find I like to wear a small shawl to work rather than jewellery and this shawl is a perfect size for that.
The felted category:
These are elf slippers from the Patons book Next Steps Four. Ignore the price at Amazon. This booklet is widely available. I think is is $6.99 at Len's Mill Store. I used Patons Classic Wool from my stash. I made the extra large size and ran it through my washing machine twice to make sure the fabric was fully felted. These are for me. I wore out my last pair this spring.
The Single Baby item category:
I am expecting a great grandson at the end of July, beginning of August. This pattern is the jacket on the cover of a King Cole booklet 623 I have had for years. I can't find a link for this booklet and I put the booklet away and can't find it either! I used Patons Classic Superwash DK in Denim for this project. I went to visit my Mom the first week in July. We seached all over Niagara Falls and St. Catharines looking for the right buttons. I found them at Len's Mill Store in London on my way home.
Novelty Yarn category:
This is the Jewel Wrap. It is a triangle shawl. I picked up the pattern and yarn as a kit at the Picton Fibre Fest. It was a quick knit. Again I plan to wear this in place of jewellery. I also plan to knit more from similar yarn in my stash.
The Child's Vest category:
I am quite proud of this little number. I used a basic vest pattern from Little Sweet Peas published by Sirdar. I added the tree from a chart I found on Ravelry. I finished it off with various buttons I had acquired along the way and some jingle bells I had in my sewing supplies.
The yarn is more of the Paton's Classic Superwash DK.
I may have missed some projects. I know I knit some socks along the way. I suspect I gave them away before I got out my camera.
Current project:
I plan to send this one to the great grand baby after the fair.
I found a pattern for a wall hanging for a tree. I took the pattern and worked out how to add extra width and length for a baby blanket. I am using Mary Maxim DK. The yarn is 100% acrylic. The colour is Aran but my camera wants to make it blue. I am 3/4 done. I keep knitting on it instead of working on other things I should be doing.
Oh I did forget one project that is finished. The novelty purse category:
The purse is a mixture of patterns I put together. The yarn is Patons Country Garden superwash DK (alas, now discontinued) and Patons Classic Superwash DK. The bag is lined with cotton from the Sewing Store in Essex.
Hopefully I will have an epiphany on what to write about next week while I am walking Harley.
