July 2023 Goals

 Wow, it's still June (the 28th to be exact), and I've already set goals for July! 

Here's the Cliff Notes version that is on my one-page ongoing to-do list: 

#amibook - Cactus

#amiwars spotlight

Blue Use Up

Crazy Critter

Green Use Up

Hilde

Mermaid Kitty

Open Mouth Cham.

Orange Use Up

Pink Use Up

Red Use Up

Yellow Use Up

1. So, for the #amibookchallenge, where you make an item from a pattern book you have purchased, but never used, I am going to dive into the new cactus amigurumi book I got with my Mother's Day gift card, and make one of those! DONE (and this also used up yarn from the green use-up)

2. I'm still participating in #amigurumiwars2023, so once the spotlight designer is announced, I will be making something from that designer. I made the penguin from Monster Hook: DONE

3. I'm trying to focus on working down my stash this month... so I am going to pull one skein/cake/ball of yarn in six different colors from my stash and keep going with it until I finish it off. You may notice purple is missing from the rainbow of colors. I am pretty low on purple yarn at this point! So, #3 is Blue. As I pull the yarn and use it up, I will add pictures. 

Here is the blue yarn I chose: DONE 

I made five projects from the blue yarn: 

4. My Crazy Critter Challenge for this month, chosen by Random Number Generator, turned out to be a light blue dinosaur with gray bumps. DONE

5. Green Use Up - I pulled some green-blue yarn from stash... first project was a mushroom. I also made the cactus above, and two axolotls DONE

6. I'd like to make another Hilde the Highland Cow, pattern by Yarn Society - DONE

I'll add... I double-dipped... I used the red yarn I picked for the red use-up

7. I have two patterns I like for Mermaid Cats - so I'd like to make up one of them this month... or maybe both! DONE and DONE

Made a mini - 

 

Then I made a bigger one. 

8. Open-Mouth Chameleon has been on my restock list since last September! It's time to restock him! DONE

9. Orange Use-Up - DONE

I used a double strand of worsted weight and a K hook to make up my Happy Huggy Cat. This guy is about 30" tall! (I forgot to measure to get his exact height!)

I thought I had enough left over to make a little purse... but I ran out with one row to go, so it has a brown top! 

10. Pink Use-Up

11. Red Use-Up - DONE

 I made Hilde, a gecko, an octopus and a chicken! 

12. Yellow Use-Up

Didn't get to the pink and yellow use-up.. but I had two custom orders that kept me busy: 

I got an order for a turtle matching game... 

And the customer who bought the burgundy cow wanted an orange one, too!