So Long July

Whew.  What a month!  It's been hot here in Central Illinois this month, but then again it is July! 

As a kid, July meant our annual vacation to Minnesota was over and back-to-school was just around the corner.

  I loved those vacations way up North, on the lake, swimming, fishing, boating, watching the fish being cleaned.  Yes, I said watching the fish being cleaned in the fish house.  Mom didn't care for it so much because I always came back to the cabin with fish scales all over me, but I loved it.

There was also a festival during those vacations called Muskie Days where there would be carnival rides, polka dancing in the street and all kinds of fun things going on.  Oh, those memories are so dear.

I just got home today from a fantastic little jaunt up to Chicago to attend a mini meet-up with knitters.  I'll blog about it next week and podcast about it, but let's just say it was a whole lot of fun, very reminiscent  of those July vacations.  New memories are being made.

Today is the  last square for the month in my cozy memory blanket.  

Bring on August!
 

Knitting Adventures With PJKnits Commence!

 

Just this morning, I watched Joni Mitchell singing "Both Sides Now". Talk about perseverance.  Wow.

And then today's Devotions From the Front Porch was about clouds, and we are having clouds here in Central Illinois.  But, we have our knitting and a cuppa and a cool breeze and some birds singing.

The current ball of yarn for this Half and Half is about to run out on me.

But, it is funny how I never seem to get the end of this current Half and Half Wrap!

 I'm ready for it to be finished, because, well, I have another one waiting in the wings.

Hope there is a cool breeze blowing your way today.  Enjoy your knitting outside if its, I will be.

Scrappy Sundays

I totally forgot to post last week's square so here it is - 

 And here is this week's square - 

Hope you had a great weekend.  Here at Chez PJKnits, tomorrow promises to be a tad cooler and less humidity, so there should be some knitting on the porch coming up.

Mail Call

 I am already starting to think Fall and Transitional Sweaters, so when these cute stitch markers came to my mailbox from Candee out in California, I knew my mind was in the right place.

And then I looked at the weather forecast for the week...

I'm still thinking Fall and Transitional Sweaters, and am working on my last Summer Sweater for 2022, for sure.

I took advantage this morning to be out on the porch knitting, with a nice breeze, but now, it's just plain muggy, so back to the AC.

Happy Wednesday!  Enjoy your knitting!

Is This A Monogamous Knitter?

You know how you sometimes like a nice rainy day?  We are having one today here at Chez PJKnits.

Surprisingly, it is a bit cool on the porch this morning, while I capture where I am at on my last Summer sweater for this year, at least I think it is my last.

I stayed up way tooooo late last night, lets just call it morning, because I wanted to get to the textured part of my Edie Sweater by Isabelle Kraemer, to see what it looked like.  

As you can tell by my knitting on the porch this week, I have been knitting quite a bit on it.  Which means other projects have not been knitted on.

Hmmm, am I becoming a monogamous knitter? 

We Got Sun and A Little Something Else

 It is Scrappy Sunday!

And my neighbor two doors down, who totally knows what I am going through, brought me flowers from her flower gardens.

She lost her husband a few years back too.  I told her through the glass that I didn't want to get close to her, as wait for it, I tested positive for Covid...her reply, she just got over it.

Sounds like we are going to have keep being vigilante.

Happy Sunday!

I Do Like A Rainy Day

 But after two days of rain, I'm ready for a bit of sunshine.

Thursday-

It was a good start to the morning yesterday to sit and watch some podcasts and watch it rain.

Well, and of course, knit.  I finally decided on Edie by Isabell Kraemer for this yarn.  You will, of course, notice, dear reader, that it is not blue...that is because last year when I bought it, there wasn't a Caribe Blue in it, they were all very muddy colors.  So, I opted for purple.  I think that is all that was left and it was on sale too!

And so today, Friday -

More rain, and I am pretty much spending this morning, the same as yesterday morning, having a cuppa or two, watching podcasts and 

I cast on a new project as part of the Frivolous and Frugal Podcast's KAL, Give-A-Boost KAL.

This is where you pick a project that in Ravelry has less than 50 projects, and knit it, to give a boost to the designer.

I am using Leslie Friend's Beatrice Mitts that she so generously gave to knitters early on after its release.  It is a pay for pattern now, but, a very reasonable price.  And of course, I had to buy the same exact yarn that Leslie used from Turtle Purl Yarns on Etsy.

It is aptly named Trench Coat.

I may need to invest in one before the day is out.  Happy Friday dear reader!  

 The latest episode of pjknits is up on You Tube and you can catch it here

There are a couple of summer tees featured and several wraps from my collection that are perfect for souvenir yarns from your stash.

Grab a cuppa and your knitting and lets sit and knit.

 

Solo and Scrappy

 I made my first solo trip this weekend to celebrate this beautiful girl's birthday.

And now I am home, and of course, it is Scrappy Sunday.  The first one of July 2022!

Finally Finished Friday

 The Lovely Tee by Kimberly McAlindin

The yarn is Stitched Together Studio out of Iowa and the color way is Blue Christmas 2019 that I purchased from my local yarn shop, The Fiber Universe a couple of years back.

I did do helical knitting in the body and still got some pooling, but I am okay with it.

I lengthened the body and the sleeves and instead of doing ribbing on the hem, opted to do the slip stitch hem like the sleeves and neck.

The best part of the whole sweater for me was the sleeve treatment!  I can totally see doing this for another yoke sweater, maybe in long sleeve and a bit of a bell sleeve for later this year.

I am loving that I now have another sweater for Summer wearing.