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I’ve been working on a t-shirt quilt quite hard for the last two weeks. The top is pieced together and pinned to the batting and backing. (With approximately 400 pins!) The quilt is 104″ by 104″ and the largest quilt I’ve ever attempted. I’ll write a full post when I’m finished, but here’s a preview picture. It fills up the entire living room and my husband couldn’t even get high enough to get the whole quilt in the picture.
I did not get a lot of knitting accomplished over the last week. My parents came into town. Then my husband and I both caught my dad’s illness. Here’s a progress picture for the Bombshell Shorts. I’m still loving these cables!
None of my recent projects have featured cables, and I didn’t realize how much I missed them until I cast on Bombshell Shorts! I’ve been obsessed with these cables this week and basically neglecting my other projects. I also really like how the shorts are fitting thus far. Please ignore my spandex-clad booty.
I’ve knitted a ton this week and have nothing finished to show for it. Here is a progress picture of all three of my current knit-a-long (KAL) projects.
This wedding season, chalkboard signs are all the rage. However, they are quite expensive. I decided to make my own. I bought some 2’x4′ pieces of chalkboard for $10.25 per piece at Home Depot last weekend. My almost father-in-law cut them for me on his table saw. I’ve been working at lettering them this week. The larger signs will have frames around them eventually, but they are turning out too cute not to share!
Materials:
Instructions:
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 30 minutes
Overall Experience: Excellent
Well… I should have had the sweater finished by today, but we were all graciously given another week. I’ve knit 5/16 of the back lace repeats in the last two days. Hopefully I can finish by next Sunday! I love how it is turning out.
I have been furiously finishing my dissertation this week, which resulted in no knitting from Sunday through Thursday. I finally finished the front of my summer sweater this morning, almost two weeks late. I’m really pleased with the way that it looks. I wanted to post a quick picture of it pinned to my form. Now I need to address those wedding invitations. I picked up my wedding dress this morning. Exciting! Only 85 days until I walk down the aisle!
So… I’m pretty much behind on everything. I’m behind on my dissertation writing goal. The wedding invitations should have gone out on July 5 and won’t be going out until after I get my dissertation done. I’m way behind on my summer knit-a-long project. At this point I should have 16 lace repeats finished for the front of the sweater and 8 on the back. I have 15 total. The good news is that Katie and Allison, who are in charge of the knit-a-long, have decided to give us an extra week to finish. That should be perfect. I’m almost exactly one week behind at this point. See my progress below.
I am way behind on this project. I’m currently finishing up my PhD and things have been crazy the last two weeks. I haven’t had much time to knit. I have 9 of the 16 lace repeats I was supposed to have done finished. Hopefully I have time to start catching up this week!
This is what the finished product should look like.
This week was crazy busy, and I had very little time to knit. I did not make my goal which was eight of the lace repeats. I managed 5.5 of them. Here is a quick progress picture. I’m looking forward to catching up on sleep tonight!
