Don't let my lack of posting fool you. There's no summer slide here! It's just that the project I've been devoting the most time to is a sample project. For now, that is staying under wraps. I have been working on my Stolen Moments socks. I managed to turn a heel when I took them… Continue reading So it’s summer
Tag: camp loopy
To TNNA and Back Again
Last weekend I travelled to Washington, D.C. for the TNNA Summer Show. Though I have knit many samples for this show, this was only my second time attending. It is not an event open to the general public, rather it is for the yarn companies, designers, book publishers, and equipment makers to present what's new… Continue reading To TNNA and Back Again
Rectangles Slightly Askew
In case you couldn't tell from the lack of blogging lately, August has been busy. Work has picked up, the kids were busy with assorted camps, and most recently we took a family trip to a local orchard sunflower maze, celebrated birthdays and now we're recovering from some sort of summer bug. The little knitting I have… Continue reading Rectangles Slightly Askew
A New Color Story Emerges
I have several projects that suitable to share this week. Enough work has been done on each that they are out of the blob phase. I was surprised when I pulled these projects together to see that they all sort of go together color-wise, and not one of the colors is blue! The stripey rectangle at… Continue reading A New Color Story Emerges
Major Teal Spring Garden Tee
Camp Loopy, Project #2 is done! This month, the task was to knit something that you spied in "the wild". I have seen the Spring Garden Tee pop up on many Ravelry queues and watched a KAL from afar. Now I have my own. I'm mostly happy with it - these photos are all pre-any-washing… Continue reading Major Teal Spring Garden Tee
WIP Wednesday No Surprises Edition
Over the weekend I rediscovered Head to Toe: Kids Knit Accessories - there are a number of great patterns in there! As I talked about last time, I have a case of start-itis, and so I started a new project. I offered the book to my daughter to pick out a few things I could… Continue reading WIP Wednesday No Surprises Edition
Another book started and Sweater Opposites
Another week, another book, and unfortunately not because I finished The Secret Place. I would consider picking it up again at some future point, I just couldn't get through it in a week. I had also grabbed Dark Places from the library and I am really glad that I did. I loved Gone Girl and… Continue reading Another book started and Sweater Opposites
Dirty Panther on the Coast
For the first Camp Loopy project, we had to incorporate something we'd like to "Spy" on vacation / safari. I already had the pattern in mind, Coast Starlight Shawl by verybusymonkey. When I was browsing the yarn the Dirty Panther colorway of madelinetosh tosh merino light jumped out at me. Sure, I'm not at all likely… Continue reading Dirty Panther on the Coast
WIP Wednesday and Summer Startitis
At long last, summer has returned! Things are shaping up to be busy, but fun. After a stretch of books that I picked up but did not finish, I grabbed the Luckiest Girl Alive from the library this week. It's not exactly what I thought, I can't stand the main character, but it's got enough… Continue reading WIP Wednesday and Summer Startitis
WIP Wednesday In the Trenches
June has rolled in and over me as life is busy with work catch-up and end of school year events (that seem to somehow go on and on for three weeks). Anyway, while there has not been much reading, there has been a bit of researching. I've been trying to find a good tutorial on… Continue reading WIP Wednesday In the Trenches