Deciding on my July Camp Loopy project was painful. The only thing I knew for sure was that I had to use at least 1,000 yards.
I was pretty sure I was going to make Maytham Shawl. But, I also was leaning towards Autumn Palette. At one point, I thought I was going to make Goldfish Memories.
First off, I decided I couldn’t make Autumn Palette because the only long color change yarn The Loopy Ewe carries is Cannon Hand Dyes and the color changes are too long. Ruled that out.
Then I went back to Maytham Shawl. I couldn’t decide on a yarn so I ordered enough that surely one combination (light and dark) would work.
Yarn Ordered
I was thinking Celadon for the light and either Kenobi or Fir Wreath for the dark or Antique Lace for the light and Bronze Age for the dark. I’m not sure how Dead Calm ended up in that order. Probably because I was not feeling very calm!
Even though the Maytham pattern calls or 1,200 yards, once I looked at the real pattern, they had only used about 900 yards . . that doesn’t fit the 1,000 minimum requirement.
Plus, after placing that order, I read the requirements and I was supposed to making something challenging . . maybe using a technique I’d never tried before, or a pattern from a designer I’d never used before. Well, that ruled out Maytham.
Then I went to Goldfish Memory. I really want to make that but I couldn’t quite move myself away from white, pink, gray and I hate using the same colors a designer has used.
Next . . Jurata. That’s a pattern that’s been in my library for a while.
Camp Loopy Yarn
I think these two colors will work for Jurata. If not, surely one of the other yarns will work.
Now . . back to working on the June project!
dezertsuz says
It cracked me up to see how many you bought so that two would go together. =)
sharkiecat says
I’m knitting Maytham at the moment, mine is dark purple with the center purple with streaks of green and lighter purples. I was a bit surprised at only using about half of my multi-colored skein for the center section. I probably should have wreathe pattern through. It’s a large shawl, the last section is 525 stitches, but an easy pattern to memorize. I vote for Jurata, the malabrigo colors you picked are very pretty.
justquiltin says
I think all those colors in the top image would make a lovely faded type project. Such tough decisions to figure out camp projects – deciding is the hardest part.