Happy Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.  I am a bit tired today.  I went to bed late, but my grandson, Antonio, is also sick.  He has been having diarrhea and last night he vomited also.  So, not a good night sleep....I hope to make up for it tonight!

So......what is going on in the knitting area you ask?  Well.....drum roll please, I finished my Cabled Socks......Yeah!  I am so excited.

Since I still have a few days before Camp Loopy Project 3 starts, I worked a little on my deep purple shawl:

Then there was a little bit of SEX........now, get your mind out of the gutters.....this is a different SEX:
Stash
Enhancement
eXperience!

I am hoping this will be my last Stash Enhancement for a while....I really need to start saving my pennies instead of spending them.  I got some Madeline Tosh sock yarn in Charcoal and Onyx.  Then there was this Malabrigo worsted that was calling my name, not only is it the perfect color....but it is the perfect name, "Rhodesian".  I LOVE Rhodesian Ridgebacks....they are gorgeous dogs and this yarn is just as gorgeous.

I am not sure if I have mentioned in the past, but I signed up for Barking Dogs Yarns Sock Yarn club, so I get a skein of specially dyed yarn every other month.  I just got August's yarn and it is called Swamp......These are not typically my colors, but I really like it:

Lastly.....I had my regular SNB this past weekend and one of the members had this awesome bag......I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.  I said to myself, "I have to make this".....but it is crochet.  No worries....I do know how to crochet, I just prefer to knit.  Here is a pic of the awesome bag:

On Sunday afternoon I went to my stash to see what kind of yarn I had to start this (Hey, aren't you proud of me for going to my stash?).  She used all Sugar'n cream cotton, but I had some Sugar'n cream and some of Hobby Lobby's I Love this Cotton.  At first I started in her same striping sequence....Red, Orange, Pink, Turquoise, Yellow, Green, Purple.....but I was not feeling it.  I am very bad at matching colors....and I love her bag so I figured using the exact same color striping would work, but I guess my colors of the I Love this Cotton were off just enough to make it look weird.  So I restarted in Roy G Biv......this is how I learned to remember the color of a Rainbow.....Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.....Roy G Biv (Yes, I am weird).  Since Pink is not really a rainbow color, I put it next to red.  So my color striping is Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Turquoise, and Purple.  Here is my crocheting so far (not bad for a knitter, huh?).

Well, that is all I have to far....I will see how much of the bag and the deep purple shawl I can get done before camp starts on Thursday.

I hope everyone had a great week.  Happy Happy knitting....and remember:

Happy Happy Tuesday!  I am a little bummed today.  The ladies that I usually knit with at lunch are both gone today.  So, I will run some errands during lunch today.....boo for errands.  Oh well.

Since Camp Project #3 does not start for 9 more days, I am trying to get 2 projects completed and 2 projects started......I need to finish the Harmonious Cable socks by July 31 for a KAL, then I want to finish the Deep Purple Crescent Shawl before August 31st.  As for starting projects....do you remember when I blogged about making a pattern for a friend and starting a cardigan for my daughter (the post is here)?  Well, those are the two things I want to get started.  For my daughter's cardigan, I have to re-write the pattern for me to be able to read better.  I just copy and paste the pattern into a word document and add some extra spaces in between sections to help me read it better.  This also forces me to read the pattern before I start. As far as starting the shawl/wrap for my friend, Marie, well, that is just garter stitch and easy to start......

Need to finish:

Just had to start:

I did get some bad news this past week.  A lady that used to come to my SNB but moved a little over a year ago told me that her daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia.  I am so sad for her and praying for her and her family.  She is about to move to Ohio to be with her daughter.  She asked if the SNB gals wanted to make any chemo caps, so we are going to do that over the next few months.  I did some research and do you know what color the ribbon is for Leukemia Awareness?  Yup, you guessed it....ORANGE!

My yarn for Camp Loopy Project 3 was delivered and I am in the campfire called Marshmallow Maverick.

Lastly.....tell my why you knit?  I love this cute picture:

Happy Happy Knitting and I hope everyone has a great Tuesday!