Christmas in July

Well, I have finally decided to get my jump on Christmas knitting and Crochet early this year.  I have a lot of things I want to do but I am still unsure if I will get them all done.  I did some brainstorming put my list of people in a nice excel sheet to help me keep things neat and it the sum of projects I want to do comes up 26 with some various little items as just in case gifts.  With what about 21 weeks until Christmas I think I have my work cut out for me (HAHAHAHA)   Hopefully being organized this time will help me to get things done quickly and everything I need ready before Christmas.

My Goal is to blog along the way and post photos and links to the patterns as we go.

This weekend I cast on three different gifts.

First, For my Sister n Law I cast in a Shawl, this will be my fist ever its not super lacy but its has a little bit of Yarn Over action so that is super exciting. I am using the Mara pattern found here.

Second, I also cast on a variation of the In a Wink baby blanket for my other Sister in Law she loved the ones I made last year so I am making her a bigger variation.  Pattern Here  I got really lucky and found the colors she wanted on clearance!!

I will post a picture when I get more than a row done.



Third, I found some really cool  Red Heart scrubby yarn while scoping out Hobby Lobby.  I want to use this to make some loofahs, washcloths and dishcloths.  I started up simple knitted dishcloth, I just cast on 30 stitches and working garter stitch.