Summer Projects

I can't believe it's almost September and time for Christmas Run already! I have been scouting some projects and have a few in mind, but mostly I'm winding down the few items I have been working on this summer. My knitting workload always decreases in the summertime, but I did manage to come up with a few things. Currently, I am using Lion Brand Homespun to make a prayer shawl for a friend going thru a hard time and also to make a sweater from lionbrand.com for myself. It is a bolero style with an awkward construction. I am almost done with it, but have been procrastinating b/c I think the sleeves are going to be too small and I don't want to fuss with it after the fact. Thirdly, I have been teaching a knitting class (in which one student came to one class - thanx, Mom!). We are on the 4th week for the pattern "Bob" from knitty.com which some of you may recognize from an early post on this blog. I made it in Caron's Simply Soft back then as well. Now I am using a color called Lavender Blue which is quite pretty. I probably won't finish all of them in the next two weeks, but I will post some pictures once I'm done.

Cutie pink camo yarn

Here are a few of the items I have been working on with Red Heart's Super Saver yarn in Pink Camo: The hats are the seamless skullcap pattern from www.youcanmakethis.com.

Flower Power

This is the first item I have made since craft weekend. I will be experimenting in flowers for the next couple of weeks using Red Heart Super Saver in Pink Camo. This pattern is from Lion Brand: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60020.html?noImages=.

All Quiet on the Knitting Front

I'm afraid I have not been avoiding my blog b/c of laziness or lack of pictures, but rather that I have not been very motivated to knit this year so far. Usually this ambivalent period comes during the summer when I don't want pounds of wool covering my lap, but I have been doing almost nothing but cat blankets. Even those have been simple stockinette with a garter stitch border. The two projects that I HAVE done this year are a wedding washcloth http://gimpykatkpatterns.blogspot.com/2007/11/wedding-cloth-with-names.html and a baby blanket http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/cpl-bafg.html?noImages=. Both were gifts. Now I am supposed to be working on a couple of hats and some flowers that I traded for jewelry. Hopefully I will find inspiration soon!