Getting started with Camp Loopy

I decided to participate in Camp Loopy this year.  Are you?  For June, July, and August, you knit or crochet one project each month.  I'm working on my first Camp Loopy project - which has to be done by June 30 - and I don't like the pattern I chose with the yarn I'm using.  I really, really like Henslowe (my original pattern) and I'm into the first straight section and I don't like the way this colorway and the pattern is working up....I think that it needs a bolder color or something.  I like the pattern, but I decided to frog it last night.  I think that I will revisit it with different yarn at a later date...

So, late last night I went perusing Ravelry for a pattern that uses (1) at least 375 yards, (2) is easy to knit, (3) will travel to Alaska well, and (4) is easy to memorize for the craziness in the few weeks ahead.  I decided on the Knotted Openwork Scarf.  It's a 4 row repeat, looks great, and I can continue until I run out of yarn.  Tonight I am going to restart the Camp Loopy project...

May Postcards

Did any of you join postcrossing.com?  I received several postcards in May and thought I would share a few.

Spoiled Rotten

My pen pal Sharon is awesome!  Look at all of the project bags and skein of Hazel Knits yarn she sent!  I received the first one just before I left and the camper project bag was waiting for me when I returned home this week.

 

I'll be sure to put the camper bag to good use with my Camp Loopy project - which I need to get started...in between.....

...here's the big news...a new apartment in a month!  I'll be moving to a slightly larger apartment right around 4th of July, so I forsee a lot of packing in my future.

Back from Idaho

I was in Idaho last week for Katie's wedding and it was wonderful.  We went camping in the mountains for her bachelorette party and although it rained, we had a good time and shared some stories.  The wedding on Saturday was beautiful and I'm so happy for the couple.  While I'm getting unpacked and back into a daily routine, I thought I would share some photos from the camping trip (since I don't have wedding photos to share!)!