Too many projects?

Here's my progress on my July Camp Loopy project. I took this picture Monday morning. I've done 18 rows since with 30 left to go. Loving it.

Uh-oh. Looks like the baby ordered some yarn again.

And joined the Cotton Club at The Loopy Ewe.

The blue is for this cardigan which will be my August Camp Loopy project. This will be a gift for my friend Mary who turns 40 in September.

With just a bit of detail at the top I'm hoping this knits up quick. It will be nice to use something other than fingering weight yarn.

The red is for this cardigan for my mom. I've already shown her the pattern so I can show it here too. I'll be starting this today or tomorrow as part of the Summer Sweater Knit-Along hosted by Luv in the Mommyhood. The KAL goes until Sept. 18th so I hope to have both cardigans done by then. Then onto Christmas knitting. This cardigan is named for Dundurn castle in Hamilton and has cables on the front and back to keep it interesting.

Monday was spent crocheting with my daughter. She made an egg for the baby.

Our little Eggman.

I made him a gecko. Pattern here.

We don't have any safety eyes so we left them faceless.

Finally got a hold of it. Will buy some safety eyes for our future creations.

My older son has been crafty too. I gave him a piece of felt and he drew a dragon on it with fabric markers. He then sewed it close and stuffed it.

He requested this crocheted mug made by his sister. He refused to smile for the picture.

Picking her next project. She has 4 books from the library.

More egg fun yesterday.

A finish, a burn and some knitting

I finally did some sewing earlier this month and put together this cloth book for our little guy.

I think the Quail is one of my favourites. They are one of the few things I miss from our time in Idaho.

We had company last week and Floyd was given this knitted blanket. Thanks again Cathy. 

On Saturday July 6th, I burned my arm on the oven moving a lasagna to make room for some garlic bread. I took this picture the day after.

And I took another picture this Sunday, a week later. It is healing well. See the lovely pink rectangle around it? That would be my skin reacting to the bandage. Very itchy. I only wear band-aids to bed since the sheets rubbing the burn doesn't feel very nice, but it itches like crazy. Who thought I'd have a reaction to band-aids?

To keep my hands busy and not scratching my arm, I've been knitting. Making good progress on my July Camp Loopy project. I'm further than this now (picture taken on Sunday), I've done another 18 rows. Have about 80 rows to go.

Progress

I've been getting some things done but not much time to blog about them. Created a yarn cake snowman after winding some yarn last week. The yellow and orange are for my July Camp Loopy project - more details below. The blue is one of 8 skeins I picked up at a Black Friday sale in Idaho almost 2 years ago. I wound this one as it started to fall apart when I touched it the other day.

I finished the first in a pair of short socks for me. I had wanted to make myself 3 pairs to wear this summer but only completed one before the baby arrived.

Hope to cast on the second one this month.

Here is the yarn with the pattern for my July Camp Loopy project. 

Off to a good start. Glad I decided to do yellow as the top colour. We have company next week and at the end of the month so I hope to get some time to work on it this weekend. It would be nice to have the sleeves done by Sunday evening.

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Finished Camp Loopy project

Finally got outside today to take photos of my finished Camp Loopy project. I knit the Wedgewood shawl by Jen of Knitting Like Crazy. This is the third shawl I've knit from her book Sock-Yarn Shawls (but I think this makes 6 of her shawl patterns in total and her faux cable sock pattern twice). I already have the yarn to make a fourth. This was my first time knitting with Lorna's Laces yarn and it was pretty enjoyable. 

Close-up. I love these colours, however I wish there had been more green in the yarn. I picked the yarn to match my winter coat.

The shawl turned out long (as it's supposed to) and I will probably wear it more as a scarf than a shawl.

All wrapped around.

Wrapped around only once. This is probably how I'll wear it with a coat. 

My photographer became my model. I think it looks better on her but it's mine, all mine.

Looks great spread out on her back. 

Still need to wind my yarn for the July project. Being way more ambitious and planning on knitting a short sleeve top. I might be crazy but it's knit from the top down and in the round so I think I can finish it in time.

Camp Loopy Update

Finished knitting the first Camp Loopy project this weekend. I changed my mind from the scarf to a shawl after knitting a few rows. The yarn and pattern just didn't work well together. Still need to block it and then I'll take more pictures of it. Already have my yarn for July's project. Hope to get that wound this week and I already have the pattern picked out as well.

Gifts

There's been lots of gift making and giving going on around here. Above is a cardigan I made for my daughter for her 11th birthday earlier this month. It has 3/4 length sleeves and is 3/4 length. She's worn it a couple times but I have yet to get a picture of her in it yet. It's a little stiffer than I would have liked. I hope it relaxes a bit the more I wash and dry it. I think that is what I get for using cheaper yarn but I have trouble justifying expensive yarn for kid knits.

I am using up some baby sport yarn I had in my stash to crochet a quick baby blanket for one of our midwives. She is expecting her first child at the end month. She wasn't at the birth of our youngest son, but she was the midwife who caught our older son, so I wanted to do something for her. I'm trying to have this finished by next Thursday which is our last midwife appointment (which means our baby will be 6 weeks old - hard to believe.)

Picked out floss to make initial embroideries for 3 of my nieces this summer. Need to get these finished and in the mail soon.

We've also been on the receiving end of gifts. A close family friend made this hat for the baby. She made it 6 month size so it will be perfect for this fall/ winter.

My sister made this pillow for my daughter's birthday. 

Here is the other side. I think I like this side best. Thanks Sarah.

My amazing SIL made this quilt for the baby. I'm jealous of her paper-piecing skills and am so happy to have this. She had made the center block but wasn't sure what to do with it. I strongly suggested that a then yet-to-be-born nephew would like it so she used it for his baby quilt. And I love that she used Terrain fabric for the final border. I plan to hang this on the wall once he's done using it.