Project 1 for Camp Loopy is completely done.

My photos of my knit projects always look so bad because I take them inside at night. I thought I’d try outside for these.

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I finished the binding on this one last night. The top was pieced by AnnG – I always love finishing her HeartStrings tops!

On the machine today is a queen sized sports theme top of my Aunt’s….I’ve made a good start but expect I’ll be working on this for at least the next 2-3 days in between other tasks.

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I didn’t work much this weekend — a little knitting, a little binding, and a little cutting.

I also attended a genealogy research lecture on Saturday and Keith and I took a bike ride today.

I’ll post a photo of the quilt I bound tomorrow and here’s a very poor photo of the tumblers up on the design wall.

There are lots of sashed tumbler quilts out there and I’d had one on my to do list for a while as something different to do with my GO dies but I was finally motivated to start it after seeing a completed quilt shared with me by one of my blog readers. She used a published pattern and an elongated tumbler shape (I’m not making the same quilt) but it did spur me on to pull out the one I’d played at drafting a while back.

As you can see its not a completed design but it was enough to capture the idea for future use. I do have a half Tumbler die that I hadn’t used yet which I’ll use on the top and bottom and it won’t be a large quilt …. Just a small one for donation.

The photo is terrible I know, a hazard of shooting it with my iPad at night in my hallway that isn’t particularly well lit. I just did enough today to play around with my idea for constructing it. With the angles it’s not completely straightforward.

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I have two shawls to knit in July but can’t start either of them yet so I started this Herringbone Lace Shawl today in Cannon Falls. I’d bought some Berroco Vintage yarn there and made a shawl when Sheree and I met at What in Yarnation last year and I really enjoyed working with Vintage and the drape of the finished shawl ( it’s for donation eventually as is this one unless I change my mind).

This will make a good travel project for the trip to Seattle next week too so I don’t regret starting it even though I’ve got two others in the queue for the first of July.

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National knit in public day actually lasts a week and today I did, knit in public with my friend Sheree. We met halfway in Cannon Falls at What in Yarnation.

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Still working through the list. I quilted this HeartStrings top pieced by AnnG tonight and got the binding on. It’s ready for me to hand stitch this weekend (or sooner if I get around to it). This is another one I bought home from the last sew-in in Roberts WI.

More Dwirling … It’s quick, easy, and looks good – Just what I needed today.

I also hunted through the yarn stash and pulled some for my July Camp Loopy project. Even got it wound and put it in the project bin for my GA trip.

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I’m hoping blocking will increase the size of my Afterglow shawl. It went fast once I got past the scallop section. This was knit from the scallop section up and I wasn’t able to add more rows using up all my yarn which was VERY sad … You’ll be able to see those scallops much better once it’s blocked.

Project #2 for Camp Loopy has been posted … It needs to use 500 yards and be a popular design on Ravelry (more than 1000 projects or queues I think) and I’m going to knit Hitchhiker. While its tempting to order yarn, I plan on using stash yarn for this one.

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The blocks for this HeartStrings quilt were pieced by DebS and assembled by Sue or her Mom. I finished stitching the binding down last night which means I finished all three quilts over the weekend that were on my list. Yea for me!

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As I already mentioned, I love how this Solid Stars and Strings quilt turned out.

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Dawn shared her quilts with me inspired by my Solid Stars and Strings quilt. I love her colors!

I finished binding mine tonight so should be able to get a photo tomorrow.

And of course her quilting is gorgeous. You know how much I love her quilting designs from her Pajama Quilter DVD’s.

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