It's hard to believe that the girls will be heading back to school next week. How can that be? How can summer be over? Yet it is true….
It's amazing to me how every year when August rolls around all of the things I thought I would finish during the lazy days of summer are still staring me right in the face. Does that happen to you?
The fabric above is for the Market Tote that I blogged about here . This fabric is washed, pressed and cut and it was going to be my summer bag, but as you can see THAT didn't happen. I love the fabric enough though that it will hopefully now become my Autumn bag 🙂
The yarn that is wound into balls and ready to go is for this sweet little backpack for my granddaughter, McKayla. ( I still gulp when I say granddaughter…eek!)
A few weeks ago Mckayla asked "Grammy…when are you going to make my purse?" This would be the purse I have been promising to make for about a year now…yikes! Given that Mckayla is now entering the 3rd grade, I thought that this backpack would be more appropriate for her and she agrees, so it is moving right to the top of the "hurry up and finish summer project list" It's a grandmother's duty, right?
So……I am focusing on finishing up these Summer projects before summer is over. It is my goal to see that the little backpack, "Hey Teach" and the Market Tote finished before the summer wanes. A grrl can hope anyways…….
On another note……..
Over the weekend I received this fabulous gift from Lynne. This was a beach theme and very fun!
You can see that Lynne outdid herself with a sweet little conch shell bird house, some very pretty shell shaped dishes, beachy smelling soap and candles, a much needed file organizer along with a market tote pattern and some cotton yarn to knit it with.
There was also lots of candy reminiscent of our childhood, but the girls scooped that right up 🙂
Lynne has been our gracious swap hostess over for a good time now and she has done a fabulous job at coming up with interesting gift themes. Lynne is taking a break to take care of herself and her family for a spell and we wish her well!!
Thanks Lynne!
The Woolen Rabbit 
We always think we’ll do more than we do, I guess that’s human nature. Or should I call it knitting nature?
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Our eyes are always bigger than our stomachs, and our project queue is always busier than our hands.
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It’s just nice to hear I’m not the only one with Delusions of Grandeur.
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It is 40 here this morning. I think you’d better hurry if you think you’ll fit all that into summer. The hills are turning now, not only a tree here and there.
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I think it’s Crafter’s Nature, all the projects made with our hands, they take longer than we think it ‘should’? We are a crazy optimistic bunch.
It IS a ‘Grandmother’s Duty’, :^)… my daughter and granddaughter seem to think I should knit only for them and seriously, their list is neverending.
What a gorgeous whack of Beach gifts, so soothing to the eye, the colours.. and love the shell birdhouse!
Our schools opened their doors for classes on the 11th of August! unbelievable!
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I guess I can’t blame anyone but myself for the failure to finish my Alpine Lace Scarf this summer – I snuck in too many unplanned projects.
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Things happen,Im sure you have been busy enough.
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I love everything you’re going to make, and I can’t wait to see it all! Reading blogs gets me into so much trouble. Now, I have to make the backpack for my little granddaughter, who started kindergarten two weeks ago. Boohoo!!! On top of it all, I’m billions of miles away from her. She’s in Tennessee. I feel closer to her when I knit something for her. When I’ve seen something that looks like it would be fun to make for her, I’ll tell her about it, ask her what color, and then, often, it doesn’t get made for forever!!! Grandmas have to get their acts together! Love your blog, Kim.
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Kim- You’re a terrific Grammy- because I’d be taking her to Staples to select a backpack. Okay, maybe order from L.L. Bean.
ALL my summer projects are sitting around looking menacingly at me- time to put them away.
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An adorable backpack for an adorable girl. Can’t wait to see it done.
Hey, we’re coming up this weekend but it’s gonna be short. Let me know if you want to meet up at Patternworks or something.
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I’m not happy that summer is ending, but still I’m happy that fall is coming!
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