August 2018

Well there goes August. I was away for the first 2 weeks, and came back to a bit of a disaster, but then that happens doesn't it.
Why is it so much easier to start a project than to knuckle down and finish one? I have the same issue with everything, books, colouring books, reading, cross stitch. Is it the lure of something new and exciting that draws you in, tempts you with its siren song, and then you kilter off and see something else in the distance that looks better, and gives you more joy than you already have, I am  not quite sure on that one, but I am hoping to figure it out, and get some things done.
I plan on doing some monogamous knitting for a bit and seeing what I can accomplish that way, as currently progress is very slow and I am desperate to make progress. Wish me luck.

FO's:

1. Vacation Socks Pair 1
2. Vacation Socks Pair 2
3. 3 hats for donation somewhere

WIP's:

1. Up to the Mountain Shawl for Kim
• This is a sample knit, which I am very happy with it being, as I have a due date for it September 26, 2018 it must be blocked and presented to Kim, so I plan on being off the needles by September 22, and blocked by the 24th.
• Not sure I like knitting on a schedule, I should see what this does though for me and see if I should set deadlines more often. 
2. Lestrange Cloak
• I really want to say that I finished this, but I did not. 
• I soon will have 5 sleeves for this sweater not just 2 or even 3. The first one was too short, the second too are not wide enough to go around the tops of my arms, and as much as I want to just be able to fix them as they are now, that will make me unhappy. So I shall get there, but it will take me longer
• The sweater as it stands now, a sleeveless one is gorgeous and I would for sure wear it with no sleeves, but 
3. Camp-side Cardigan

1. Woops this just slipped and fell onto my needles, there was nothing I could do.  
4. Tardis Afghan
5. Hue Shift 5 colours
1. 1 quarter to go!!!
1. CO is 18 stitch maker CO 17 with a CDD (I keep forgetting what my cast on is, so here we go, never to forget)
2. Seeing as how it is now Spruce Meadows season this will be my knitting for while I am sitting in the trailer, waiting for people to give rides too :) - hahahahha I could not have been more wrong. 

Languishing WIP's:

1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
2. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
• The 4 year sweater...it was cast on in January of 2014

Future Cast On's:

1. Touch the Sky Cardigan
2. Crazy Stripes Cardigan

Books:

1. Fanny Hill
2. Moll Flanders
3. Worlds of Ink and Shadow
4. DragonFly in Amber
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Curtsies and Conspiracies
7. Crazy Rich Asians

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