Off My Needles

 Finally able to post a picture of my finished Brookings Pullover.  These are the details on my Ravelry Page.

Whiskey Barrel Brookings Pullover

Monogamous Knitter

 Sometimes it is best to just move on.  I rarely frog any knitting project.  I was being creative learning how to knit toe up two at a time socks on two circular needles.  But I added a new-to-me heel and made a jumbled mess.  

I am actually relieved that I frogged.  It felt very liberating.  The yarn has been returned to stash.  

I also came to the realization that I am a monogamous knitter. So no more multiple projects at any one time for me.  I am going to concentrate of finishing my Brookings Pullover.

Brookings Pullover

One Monthly Goal September

 I am a little behind on two BOM's: 

1.   Sister's QAL BOM-- August and September.  

2.  A Quilting Life--July, August, September

My OMG is:  complete 5 blocks.

PhD Finish

 Slowly but surely I am making my way through my unfinished projects.  This is a guild challenge from a few years back.  The challenge was to design a decorative element for the center square.  A theme was given each month.  This quilt was made entirely of stash fabric.

A BIG Finish for August

 My Norah's Vintage Afghan is finished.  It will make someone nice and toasty this winter.  But I think I am finished with afghans for awhile.  They take forever!

On the Needles Friday

While I may have waaaaaay too many quilt projects in progress, I am fairly restrained with my knitting.  I always like to have something to work on when in the car and maybe one project that isn't good to work on in the car.
I am try Toe Up, Two at a Time on Two Circular needles for the first time.  So far, I am enjoying it with no major mishaps.  I am using Sockmatician's recipe for the pattern.

And my "at home project when I need to concentrate" project is Brooking's  Pullover.

PhD Progress

For the past several years I have signed up for a few quilting and knitting destash challenges.  (I am very motivated to begin a new year with a well formulated plan.)  One of my favorite quilting blogs is Quilting Gail and she hosts a yearly PhD challenge.  I take pictures and identify what I want to finish and post about it.  So far so good--right!

I started to set up a calendar with weekly and monthly posts that I wanted to participate in.  That working calendar is no where to be found on my desk or in my files (maybe it was a dream).  What could my excuse be this year for not following through?  With the pandemic, time stood still and it has been only been a day or two instead of five months or whatever we are up to now.
Like everyone else, I have cleaned every closet, drawer and shelf at least twice.  I have inventoried every single skein of yarn and gathered all quilting projects in one place.  In a moment of pure embarrassment I found not 20 or 30 PhD's but 42 of them.  This is my mid-year re-commitment to GET IT DONE.
I do like using Gail's Tally Record to keep track.

But I will finally share a finish for July.

Turning Twenty blocks made into a lap quilt.

Quilting done on my embroidery machine with a design by Amelie Scott.

Now I only have 40 projects to GO.  Wish me luck.