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June Thing A Month - UFO #1

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Dear Neuro, June is not changing her tune, at least not yet anyway!  With just a few days to go I have finally managed to finish the largest and longest-standing UFO.  It's so old, it doesn't even have a name!  That makes it practically prehistoric!!!  Here is it covering Kylie: (Technically it still needs a washing, but at least all the crocheting and the miles of fringing are complete!!) I've got lots of littles in the wings, some of which may make June 30th, while others may just linger on to fly right into July... Here's to staying cool in this early summer heat! Love, Oogy

Thing A Month - June (and Sockapalooza too!)

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Dear Neuro, I've been looking forward to our June Thing A Month, 4 UFOs, for quite some time now!  And, while I can't believe that it's June already, I did manage to narrow down the selection of what I'd like to work on this month... First off - a very old afghan project, probably 12-15 years in the works by now.  It's fraught with peril - made in single crochet, of all things, and I'm not even sure if I have enough yarn left over to keep the pattern going.  But I need an afghan in the inventory, and it's high time I get this one finished, one way or another: Next is a nearly-done-but-not-quite-so pillow cover to match an afghan I made (again crochet, again several years ago): The purple fabric is silk that I am going to use to cover the white pillow form.  The pillow back is one big, purple granny square (same color as that tangle of yarn there).  This means I need to set up my new sewing machine (the one I got a few weeks ago - you can see where