How on earth can it already be time to choose Project 3? Time is seriously flying past me. The only good thing about that is . . hopefully cooler weather will be here soon but this summer heat is about to get the best of me. We’ve had worse summers – worse heat, worse grasshoppers . . so I shouldn’t complain but the drought . . oh, my! It is so terribly dry and we have no good chance of decent rain in our forecast. Summers are just brutal here and the one thing that will probably eventually cause us to leave here is the water situation. We both like gardening too much to live where water is in such short supply but . . time will tell. Maybe the drought will end before we throw in the towel.
Back to Camp Loopy . . I’m in serious danger of not getting my Project 2 finished. It was an ambitious guess to think I could get Carabe done in one month and then I didn’t start it til the 5th. I guess I’ve made good progress since I’ve only been working on it 5 days.
Carabe
The colors are so off . . the burgundy is really more red and the gold is really more yellow. My goal is to get all the way to the bottom and have it bound off by Sunday night. Fat chance! Then get the button band and collar done by the 18th. Fatter change! Then have both sleeves done and buttons sewn on by the 29th. Slim to no chance! 🙂
But, I carry on. For the third project, I’m doing On the Grass. Joji (designer) is having a KAL where we can use any one of her patterns, so I’ll be meeting two goals with one project. I’m using Malabrigo Rios yarn in Purpuras. The challenge is to use at least 800 yards and use your favorite color. It was a toss up between purple and lime green but I used Rios in Lettuce for a project in last year’s Camp Loopy so . . I chose purple for this year.
Joji’s KAL begins August 1 and runs for three months.. I’m really wanting to do Grandpa too so I was thinking of trying to squeeze that in during the KAL but really . . I need to finish my friend’s Vitamin D, and get Addie’s Carabe made to match Nicole’s. If only we could have several days of rain . . the ground would get the drink it needs and I would have a good excuse to sit inside and knit!
Joyce says
I like both ‘On the Grass’ and ‘Grandpa’ a lot. I hope you can get them both done. They will be lovely! Also hope you get some rain soon!!!
Susan says
We’re having a “wee” bit more rain than you but I remember those summers in Texas of no rain and high temperatures for days on end. We’ll keep praying that you get rain. I loved being able to have two gardens each year which we can’t do here because of the short growing season. Hang in there–it does eventually break–and not you, but the weather! 🙂 Love your knitting projects. They keep me inspired to keep working on mine.
Judy S says
I agree, July is going by at a super fast clip! You find the best patterns! Love the texture of On the Grass. I decided to make a vest for my oldest grandson in his favorite color which is green. I chose a Cascade heather. Lots of knitting ahead, eh?
Viki says
I’m heading over to Ravelry now, you enabler, to get On the Grass. My #2 project was tinked after knitting 1 1/2 skeins so I’m behind, too. I think I can do it since a free skein of yarn is on the line. Which Loopy group are you in?
Karen says
I just love that you find future projects for me on Ravelry. Saves me a lot of time. I ended up frogging all of Cloud Illusions and giving up on Camp Loopy this year. I just added Grampa’s Cardigan to my queue. On the Grass is already there. I spent the last two days organizing my sewing/yarn room and putting all my projects in their own labeled boxes. It was a sobering experience. To top it off a box of fun arrived in the mail yesterday. And I’m expecting something from Eat, Sleep, Knit today. Oh, and did I mention the box from Webs……I’m losing control!