June was a big knitting month. But it wasn't all successful, which is always hard to take.
The green sweater that I shared in the last post turned into a "not-nearly-enough-yarn-to-finish" project. Despite my (terrible) math, the weighing and trying to figure out yardage, it was not meant to be. So it is now unraveled and waiting to be something else. At this point, since it is cotton, I am considering dishcloths. lol
I started another summer sweater that was a very unusual pattern design. In truth it was too unusual and I was NOT feeling the joy. It ended up being "frogged".
On the up side, it sent me into familiar territory with one of the yarns I had been using. I ended up knitting a second "Rock it Tee". I used the taupe-y pink colour from the frogged sweater, combined with a lovely pink fibre from a cone of yarn donated by a weaver many, many years ago. I think it is called Verlene, and I had best not stand too close to an open flame or fire.
I wear my previous tee quite often, and the mohair/verlene stripes let the air flow though, so it is fine for a pretty hot day. Probably not the 38 degrees with the humidex days.
I will use the other colour from the frogged sweater with another light fibre for stripes for a third Rock it Tee at some point. Here is that combo, in the queue.
Before I can get started on that, I am tackling a shawl left behind by my sister Nancy. Not exactly sure why I am doing this, other than survivor guilt perhaps. Since I have no idea where she was in the pattern, I spent several hours with the pattern and the shawl trying to figure that out. To little avail. I thought I would be able to "fudge it" and just keep going. Now that I have invested several hours in it, I realize the correct thing to do is to ravel it back to a place I recognize and move forward again. As there are no stitch counts in the directions, it is nearly impossible to choose a spot. Plus Nancy made a big boo boo right near the beginning. So I may go all the way back. In fact, looking at this photo, I know I will go all the way back. (If you zoom in, you can see that there are beads and sequins in the yarn on the right.)
Luckily, I fared much better on the sewing front. I completed my first Studio Tunic by Sew Liberated. I swear it is the best pattern I have ever made. The finishes are incredible. I will make another one in either denim or linen. It is an amazing layering piece. You can store a ton of stuff in those huge pockets.
And I made my second Tunic #1, designed by 100 Acts of Sewing. Also a success. https://www.instagram.com/100actsofsewing/
The one behind the new one was made from a finished length of African fabric I bought in Barbados before COVID sent us home a lifetime ago. I had to crop it very short to get it out of the fabric, which I love. So I just wear it with a tank top underneath. The new one is quite a bit longer.
On the hooking front, I am nearly finished both projects I need for Newfoundland Rug Camp in August. And I promise to share them once camp is done. Rick and I will head there in just over a month. He will spend a week with me before I head to camp and he flies home. We are both looking forward to that.
When I tally my June score, I think I am still ahead. Plus all the projects made staying inside for the rain-filled and smoke/smog filled days more tolerable. And, as the title of this post says, some went well and some just went away.
