A Year of Projects Update - week 50

 I did not intend to be away for quite as long!  I don't think I've had a four week break in all my years doing a year of projects!

Anyway it does mean I have progress!

I finished the dress.

Excuse the background in the modelled shot!  I am ridiculously happy with this- I used John Arbon Textiles yarn and a few leftovers.  The pattern is called Elsk and is from The Shetland Trader book 3.

So since finishing that I have cast on two new projects.

The Stockholm slip over by Petite Knits.

For this I'm using some yarn from Kate Davies design.

I have also started a pair of socks using some very summery yarn - I can't remember where it is from, but I don't think they are trading any more.

These are just going to be a vanilla sock - I haven't done socks for ages so it's a nice little project.

I have been quite busy the last few weekends - last weekend we went to a racetrack called Oulton Park to watch touring cars and prior to that we went to a Devon seaside town called Seaton and spent some time sea swimming with friends.

So there we go!  That pretty much summarises the last month.  I hope everyone has had a good month and I won't take quite as long to get back!

A Year of Projects Update - week 46

 It's been a couple of weeks since I posted - I've been plugging away on Elsk!  But have done little else.

So I have been working on Elsk.

As you can see I'm working down the sleeves - as soon as the colourwork is done on sleeve 2 it should be finished very quickly!

I have not done anything else!  But half term is looming and I intend to start a few things then.  There will be a little gardening going on today, but then I have a week to get to grips with it in a week.

And that is all this week - just work and a little bit of knitting!  I hope everyone has a great week. 😊

A Year of Projects Update - week 43

 April is flying by!  I have worked on a single project (still)!

I did spend a little time in the garden today.  Just digging a few more rows and cutting back on a little brambles.  We put the potatoes in a couple of weeks ago and I have been bringing on several seedlings, although nothing else is ready to go out yet.

Anyway, the project is the Elsk dress.  I am knitting this in John Arbon Textiles yarn.

It is done bar the blocking and the rest of the sleeves.   It is, however, very slow going at the moment as I don't have much knitting time at the moment.

And that really is it again.  Hopefully I'll have more soon.  I hope every has a good week.