Hello and how did it get to be late June already?!  Not that I am complaining!  Especially as Summer finds me knitting out on the deck — which is just delightful. But before we get to the Deck Knitting, I get to share our newest joy:  Julian!  Born May 26 and doing beautifully 🙂 We traveled to Reno to visit and welcome him when he was just 6 days old — and brought the Baby Knits with us, of course.

Oh so sweet!

Back home again, we grumbled through some rainy days, welcomed Summer on the Solstice, celebrated Father’s Day with a barbecue…and here we are at the end of June.  And here am I knitting on the back deck.

My Mermaid Sweater (my own design) is coming along.  I am enjoying the lace knitting — it is like a dance.  And the challenge of decreasing in lace pattern is my idea of fun!  It is a cotton-wool blend and should be a perfect “instead of a sweatshirt” sweater from Summer through Fall.  

I succumbed to this kit from We Are Knitters (Dive Tee) — a cotton t-shirt sweater with dramatic “dropped stitch” open work accents.  Lots of plain knitting — it was a great project for the car trip to Reno!  The back is done and I am working on the front now.  Again, this should be a great Summer-to-Fall piece.

I have been working on some warmer sweater knitting too (wool), but am now pondering resurrecting a couple of Summer projects from last year (which I would really like to finish!).  There is a part of my brain that seems to think that if I start (or re-start) more projects, I will complete more projects.  Sadly, it does not seem to work that way.  So, before I pull out those hibernating projects I will either have to complete a couple of things or decide to set a couple things aside for now.  The former is preferable, of course.  

There is also the matter of some crocheted butterflies which have been promised to my grand-daughters….Gotta get those done!  Good think it stays light so late — I have a lot of Deck Knitting (and Deck Crocheting) to do 🙂