Dream making in July

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Hello darling,

I am feeling very Austin Powers “I’ve lost my mojo!” this month. I have finished nothing, and I have started a few things that have either stalled or that weren’t working out, so I frogged them. I have somewhere around 10 pairs of pajama pants/ shorts for my family that have been cut out and are in all different stages of completion, but not a single pair completed. I used the wrong weight of yarn on Joji Locatelli’s Lace and Fade Boxy (thinking I could fudge it), and it simply isn’t working out. I went to start my Shatar Vest and realized that I don’t have the correct size needles (I can’t even fathom how I would be missing a needle size, I could practically own a knitting needle shop). I keep making progress on a pair of socks, then get bored and put them to the side.

So, it’s time to figure out my life and kick my creativity in the butt. I am going to do some dream making in hopes of igniting a creative spark. I don’t intend to go crazy with my plans and pairing, but I want a couple of things to ponder and plan for.

I want to knit another Rams Horn cowl, part of Mina Phillipp’s Cowl Collection book. I have knit one before and I loved the knitting process. I ended up giving the finished cowl to Vero, since it was more her style than mine. I loved the knitting process. It was a total potato chip knit. I want to use the last of my Knitpicks Swish DK in Heather Gray and the 4/5’s of a Yoth gradient set that Abb’s gave me. I have wanted to put those to use for a long time, but was just shy of the necessary yardage needed for anything I tried to make with it. I have no idea who this cowl will be for, but I want another enjoyable knit.

I want to sew another Lawley skirt. I know I had some struggle with the last one but that was mostly due to my fabric choice. I am hoping that I learned enough from my mistakes on the last one to make this one more successful. It is a regular quilting cotton, and I have absolutely no intention of trying to pattern match the gingham. It may be a hot mess, but I think it can still be cute. For as hostile as I was about the last one I made, I wear it all the time. I think I will wear the heck out of this new one too.

This is more of a wild card. I have 1 yard of this dragon print quilting cotton. I have been wanting to find a top pattern that I could use for an assortment of fabrics. I am thinking of trying to modify 100 Acts of Sewing Dress No 2 into a sleeveless top. I speak of this like I have the first clue about pattern modification, but I think I can work it out. In retrospect, I don’t really know what made me pick this fabric, and luckily it isn’t that precious to me. I will give this pattern and whirl and see what I can do with it.

And that is all she wrote, for now. I did order the correct size needles for Shatar, and they should be here tomorrow. Tomorrow is already the last day of July, and this is my first post of the month. I still have to officially frog the Boxy sweater and put everything away. I think I may still peruse Ravelry and see if I can get inspired by something. I just bought a couple of summer top knitting patterns, but true to form, I can’t motivate myself to work on them. This is why I only ever get one summer garment per year. I just don’t enjoy knitting them as much as cold weather garments… Oh well, onward!

Loves,
M

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