On the Needles | Lofty Goals

The weekend is here and it's been super busy at Firefly Fibers. Life has been a little less than cooperative as of late and, although I'm mostly caught up, I'm still a wee bit behind on the knitting. So, I hope to take care of a good portion of the knitting backlog this weekend. Can you hear me squealing with joy?

Goal #1: 

The new Fall Knitalong is on my needles and I plan to wrap that up this weekend.

Since casting on with this beautiful yarn at a baseball game...

I've been stealing blocks of time here and there, but now I'm on the last section of charts. It's quite scrunched up on the needles and I can't wait to bind off and see what it looks like in all its glory! Here's another WIP photo from early on:

I cannot sing enough praises about Julie & her yarn (I love every single one that I've knit with and she's a pleasure to work with) and the Campside pattern has such a lovely rhythm to it (Alicia, the designer, was just as wonderful and kind when I reached out to her to finalize the Knitalong details for the shop). Many thanks to both of you and to Pom Pom Quarterly for publishing the pattern!

All in all... This shawl has been a joy to knit, but it's time to wrap it up and get it off the needles so it can be on display at the shop - get ready to drool!

Goal #2:

Inland for the Journey-along.

Yup, this is still the last of the progress - I'm stuck on those blasted sleeves and as the leader of this knitalong, I'm hanging my head in shame.

I lost my motivation when the weather warmed and my practical side didn't see the purpose in plowing through a bulky sweater when summer was right around the corner and I had other things to knit. But now it's 45 outside and I wish I would have stuck with it. So, my goal is to get back at this this weekend and finish up the sleeves, at the very least - after finishing Campside, of course.

Goal #3:

I cast on a new CustomFit sweater this last July on our Colorado trip while watching episode after episode of Gilmore Girls. Sadly, the sweater lost momentum at... you guessed it, the sleeves.

It's a CustomFit version of Knitbot's Featherweight with 3/4 length sleeves and the rest of the body is done, so I hope to get those cast on and finish them up this weekend, too.

 I have a couple other things that might find their way onto the needles because I desperately need a smaller project, but we'll see... I'll keep you posted.

Cheers and Happy Weekend!

Journey-Along | July Giveaway

The wait is over... our July Journey-Along winner has been randomly selected!

Congratulatoins to Karla (rav id: cafekarla)! You've won a Spud & Chloe Upcycled Project Bag and 1 skein of Spud & Chloe Sweater in the color of your choice!

Many thanks to everyone that is participating and clicking along through Journey!

There will be more giveaways coming up, so keep clicking away. Remember, you can join the Journey-along at any time - all of the details and the link to the sign up form are here in this blog post. 

Happy knitting and there are more giveaways coming up!

Cheers!

Journey-Along | Giveaway & a Peek...

Well, I somehow managed to relax on our vacation to visit my Colorado family this last weekend. I'm not good at relaxing, so getting in the car and leaving Wisconsin was a great way to force me to sit still for a bit (15+ hours of sitting still). I'll share more details on our trip in the near future...

Remember the Journey-Along July Giveaway that's coming up on July 15th? Well, here's a peek at the prize:

The winner will be randomly selected on Tuesday, July 15th. To be eligible for this and all giveaways, just make sure you've filled out this form and have cast on a Journey project (you only need to sign up once). Don't forget to check in on our Journey-along Ravelry thread and tag your projects with the hashtag #journeyalong. Full Journey-along details can be found here...

I do still have Inland on my needles, but working on a bulky-weight, one-piece, long-cardigan didn't seem to be the best car project, so today I want to show you these:

Yup, I'm working through Climb (for the 3rd time) and I cast these on in Colorado for my 'non-thinking' knitting - these will actually be for me. The yarn is Regia's Fluormania in the Neon Rainbow colorway - I'm a huge fan of Regia's super-durable sock yarn and this bright version is extra fun!

I didn't have time to wind the yarn into 2 balls before we left on vacation last week, so I decided to get crazy when I cast on and just 'go with it'. I'm working from the inside and outside of the ball so the stripes aren't matching up - deep breaths - but now they're both starting to stripe orange, so I'm feeling like there's a little less chaos here. lol!

I do have a couple other projects that I cast on when we were in Colorado and some other goodness to share, so stay tuned!

I'm off to try more of that relaxing thing. Cheers!