I am one of those person who thrive under pressure. If a project takes two weeks, you can bet that I will start one week before the deadline, otherwise, where is the fun?
That applies to knitting as well, if I look at my Ravelry notebook, I see that the projects that have been "in progress" for over a year are the ones for which I have no deadline. Actually, I have been deadlines free the whole month of May, hence the proliferation of small mindless projects. Even the plan is not helping, because I have decided to de-stash May yarn due to the mohair sensitivity issue:



So to get out my knitting slump I have decided to give myself a couple of deadlines; my Logcabin Blanket is going to be for my cousin's baby (due in June) and my I was going to wear my Sugar Maple Shawl at a benefit tonight. Then this happened and I knit another one of these:



and started this:



I won't need a shawl after all.

Labels: Eyelet Chemo Cap, Logcabin Blanket, mitered square, Sugar Maple Shawl

Every year, during the last two months of schools of the kids, time seems to accelerate in a mad spiral until they are off to Italy as soon as schools is out. All I seem to do these days is running from a musical rehearsal to a baseball game to a swim practice. May Challenges: Transportation. Not doing well.

While I stress about the fact that I am always driving, all I can manage to knit are minuscule projects:


Yarn: LuLu's Yarns Supersock
Pattern: Little Coriolis by Cat Bordhi


Yarn: Lion Brand Microspun


Yarn: Lion Brand Microspun
Pattern: ChemoCaps Eyelet Hat by Joanne Turcotte


Yarn: Lion Brand Microspun

You would think that I am done with my Lion Brand Microspun, but I still have enough for another for another Eyelet Chemo cap. This Thursday game.

Labels: Eyelet Chemo Cap, Little Coriolis

Well, almost. According to my Ravelry notebook, there has been knitting around here.

Bamboo Lacy Scarf: done, old photo though.


Pattern: here
Yarn: Madil Yarns Eden, 2 balls (nice yarns, but splits like crazy.)

Oxfam Zigzag Lace Square:


Pattern: here
Yarn: Lion Brand Microspun, about 60 yards

Click here to read more about this project.

Another Oxfam Square:




Fiery Wrap:


Pattern: Jewel-Tone Wrap by Iris Schreier from Exquisite Little Knits
Yarn: Silken by Color Me

Labels: Fiery Wrap, Lacy Scarf, Oxfam blanket

I have a large number of cousins and cousins' spouses back in Italy (I have 14 cousins, most of them married, do the math.) The girls among us have a mailing list to keep daily in contact and since I talk (yes, even there) mostly about knitting and yarn, my hand-dyed yarn caught their interest. Next thing know, each of them demanded a colorway with their favorite colors in it, hence "Le Cugine" collection.

Here is Emma, one of the latest:



The skein on the left is merino/tencel, the one on the right is seacell/silk, both available on Etsy.

Labels: LuLu's Yarns

I saw this on Stephanie Japel's blog, and I immediately joined the Ravelry group and casted on for my squares:



I made two in Araucania Magallanes, 6x6".

Then I read the instructions: 9x9" superwash.

Uhm. Do you do know if any worthy cause that accept 6x6" non machine washable wool squares?

I am going to look through my stash again .......

Labels: Oxfam blanket

My plan is working. Not only I am at 411, but see my stash? I am working on my March yarn, but January and February are gone. But now is April, so here comes the April yarn, Mountain Colors Mountain Goat.

I cast on for My So Called Scarf, a pattern I have tried to make so many times but never found the right yarn:



It works! It is beautiful! It itches!

Really itches. It's the mohair, I am usually not that sensitive to it, but ..... it itches!

Destash.

Labels: destash