June already???? May just seemed to fly by. Or maybe it's losing about a week and a half to "other people's stuff " (not my favourite way to take up time). But, it is what is is. It did mean a few more oportunities to wear me mades though.
A quick dash out on the Friday to get a few essentials (pain killers and snacks) on a cool day said t-shirt and jeans. However, this great cardi over top raised the whole outfit up several levels. This is a project I started last August, Chocolate and Pistachio (link to Rav project page). I'd finished it fairly quickly except for the buttons. I struggled to find what I wanted and eventually went with some I found in a quilt shop in the city. But, as can be seen here, they're not a great match. They looked like a pretty good match in the store. Reason #683 why not to shop at night. No way to get a look in natural lighting. Sigh. I'm on the hunt again and will swap out when I find something better.
Aside from my button issues, I do love this. I bought the pattern (Carabe) back in May of 2014 and got the yarn (Malabrigo Rios) for it about the same time. No idea why I didn't start it right away, but I guess everything in it's time, yes?
The next time I went out it was to do a move out inspection, so jeans were the order of the day again, but nothing said I couldn't pair those with a nice top, right? So here is my first go at the Split Neck T Shirt. This project pre-dates Ravelry (or at least pre-dates my membership) and I have no notes. I think I used Misti Alpaca's Cotton which has since been discontinued. This has held up remarkably well, though it's looking a little rumpled here. Most photos for this week were taken after wearing and after a few days in the time out corner of my closet.
A day in the city interacting with other people called for something a wee bit dressier. So, RTW black top and slacks glammed up a bit with Vodka Limeade and accessorized with a me made mask. This cardi is one that was featured last year as well, so I won't go on about it. I will just note that the yarn is very soft (baby alpaca) and it's got a tendency to shed and pill a bit. It's not to bad as yet, but I think I should be looking about for a de-pilling tool.
Latter in the week, a day of running about and meeting up with repair people suggested going casual again, so t-shirt and jean capri's but with a cute cardi thrown over to keep from being too casual. I don't know for absolute certain, but I do think Lyin' Eyes here was my oldest UFO. Best I could figure out, I had started it in the summer of 2006 and finally finished it this spring. It's very cute, but OMG what a pain it was to finish/sew up. I now know just how important it is to have a selvedge edge on a patterned piece. No wonder it was in the bad knitting box (I didn't remember why, think I blocked it out). That said, I did finish it, with much encouragement from the folks in the 2020 Project Challenge thread.
The yarn is Worsted Cotton and pattern is the Eyelet Cardigan from Blue Sky Alpacas. It's interesting to note the pattern says it was published in 2010, but I found an old blog from 2007 where I was talking about this project.
I'll have one more post (later this week hopefullly) for the final few days of the month and, perhaps, a bit about what sort of progress I made on my other two goals. Those are a whole lot less photogenic and are going to make me think. Probably why I haven't said much about them yet.
Until then, stay safe.
