Okay, July was a month that I am glad to see go out the door. I did have some great moments in the month; my sister and niece came to visit, I worked at the summer camp at Alta Vida Alpacas, and I spun my friend Deb’s beloved Jake dog into yarn. Good highlights!
On the flip side, I lost a war with an invasive weed in one of my gardens and my autoimmune conditions went into high gear. For the first time ever I was unable to sleep due to pain (what is up with my joints and muscles?!), gastritis returned after being good for two years, my Sjogren’s flared (!!) and my lips turned blue. Ugh. I blame the heat and the sun.
Now it is August, I’m on oxygen full time, meds have been changed, and I’m in need of a little cheer. Shawls, I need shawls!! The way things are going right now I want to be wrapped in color. Shawls will give me color, texture, lots of mindless knitting, and defiance in the face of medical adversity. I hit the stash, printed patterns from Ravelry, made my shopping list and when I went on the knitting road trip with my peeps last week I scored everything I needed. May I present to you, Seven Happy Shawls…
How is this for cheerful defiance! I was really torn about which one to start on, but I’m leaning towards Antarktis.
More defiance. This should keep me going in good cheer until the end of the year. I’m torn about the order to knit them; they are all just too yummy for words.
All right August, I am ready for you. Let’s go!!
Notes:
- My Ravelry queue can be located here if you would like more information about these patterns and the yarns that I have selected.
- I downloaded Fotor for Windows to make some photo collages instead of posting a million pictures. What do you think? I think that you can also make stuff online. It was free, free, free!!
Yarn, Books & Roses 
Those are all fantastic shawls. You are really organized there! Are you planning to knit them all in August? I am participating in the Helen Stewart, The Shawl Society, KAL which has one pattern a month for 6 months. We began in June and I am already behind. LOL I have knit the first one, Talisman, and am currently working on Amulet and now the third shawl has been released. I might be further along if I had not also decided to knit a Playground Shawl and socks for my husband. But really, who am I kidding? I am a really slow knitter so I might not be much further along anyway!
I was thinking I would do well to get them done before the end of the year. You know I’ll get caught up in other knitting projects along the way. So many shawls, so little time…
I’m sorry you’re not feeling well. How organized you are and what fun to pick from a fun array of patterns.
My doctor changed so meds to force my heart rate to come up and I feel much, much better! I haven’t used oxygen for two days.
I used to organize my labs and learning activities in my classroom like this. Now I use the boxes for knitting project kits. It’s fun, and I really do save a lot of time because I don’t have to hunt things down all the time.