Finished Objects (FOs):
1. Pussy Hat: started January 10, 2017; finished January 16, 2017
2. Hermione's Everyday Socks (v2): started November 14, 2016; finished January 28, 2017
3. Frene Creek Farm Corriedale (spinning): started October 12, 2016; finished January 16, 2017
4. Pikachu Hat: started February 3, 2017; finished February 10, 2017
5. Trusty (v2): started December 22, 2016; finished February 24, 2017
6. Pussy Hat: started February 13, 2017; finished February 27, 2017
7. Pussy Hat: started March 2, 2017; finished March 8, 2017
8. Pussy Hat: started March 9, 2017; finished March 21, 2017
9. Pussy Hat: started March 21, 2017; finished March 30, 2017
10. FlockSock Yarn #1: started April 5, 2017; finished April 5, 2017
11. FlockSock Yarn #2: started April 5, 2017; finished April 5, 2017
12. #initiateknitdesign challenge from ArohaKnits: started April 3, 2017; finished April 11, 2017
13. Knit Picks Bare Palette Fingering: started April 9, 2017; finished April 9, 2017
14. Malabrigo Rios: started April 9, 2017; finished April 9, 2017
15. Nashua Creative Focus Superwash: started April 9, 2017; finished April 9, 2017
16. Pussy Hat: started April 13, 2017; finished April 30, 2017
17. Pussy Hat: started April 30, 2017; finished May 13, 2017
18. Messed Up Moss: started January 4, 2017; finished May 17, 2017
19. Pussy Hat: started May 19. 2017; finished May 23, 2017
20. Pussy Hat: started May 24, 2017; finished May 26, 2017
21. Baby Pussy Hat: started May 26, 2017; finished May 26, 2017
22. Pussy Hat: started May 26, 2017; finished May 26, 2017
23. Bugga Bare (2 matching): started June 3, 2017; finished June 4, 2017
24. Bugga Bare: started June 3, 2017; finished June 4, 2017
25. Bugga Bare: started June 3, 2017; finished June 4, 2017
26. Malabrigo Twist: started June 3, 2017; finished June 4, 2017
27. Malabrigo Twist: started June 3, 2017; finished June 4, 2017
23. Vanilla Socks: started March 30, 2017; finished June 8, 2017
24. Stormageddon's Vest: started October 17 2016; finished June 9, 2017
25. BMFA Handpainted Roving: started March 23, 2017; finished June 23, 2017
26: Malabrigo Sock: started July 3, 2017; finished July 4, 2017
27. Malabrigo Sock: started July 3, 2017; finished July 4, 2017
28. Sanguine Gryphon Traveller: started July 3, 2017; finished July 4, 2017
29. Sanguine Gryphon Traveller: started July 3, 2017; finished July 4, 2017
30. Bonbon for Miss C: started June 24, 2017; finished July 6, 2017
31. Sandy's Palette Merino/Silk Roving: started July 1, 2017; finished July 7, 2017
32. Sandy's Palette Merino/Silk Roving: started July 2, 2017; finished July 10, 2017
33. Miss Babs BFL: started July 11, 2017; finished July 21, 2017
34. Yarn Dyeing Adventures: started August 6, 2017; finished August 6, 2017
35. Unnamed Hat: started August 14, 2017; finished August 24, 2017
35. Unnamed Hat: started August 14, 2017; finished August 24, 2017
36. Veggie Socks: started July 6, 2017; finished September 8, 2017
Nope. Nothing new to see here. Not unusual, I suppose....
Works-in-Progress (WIPs):
1. Wink: started January 5, 2015
2. Oh, She IS a Bad Nut: started August 11, 2016
3. Fall in San Francisco (prototype 3): started October 4, 2016
4. Smooth Operator Socks: started October 13, 2016
5. Morvarch Aardvark: started January 1, 2017
6. Stomping Grounds collection: started February 26, 2017 (no project page)
7. Hat Design: started March 20, 2017
8. Vanillaish Rainbow Socks: started June 1, 2017
9. Twilight Socks (from blanks): started June 8, 2017
10. Garter Stitch Baby Blanket: started July 6, 2017
11. New Hat Design (for the unnamed hat in the FO section): started August 14, 2016
12. Neck-Down Base Shawl: started September 10, 2017
13. Shetland Neck Wool on Support Spindle: started September 8, 2017
14. Wasabi for Mr. K: started September 17, 2017
I didn't have enough to do, what with thirteen projects......so, I started another one. Wasabi is for my SIL's middle child (one of the two that are still in the foster system, out of three total kids). I made Bonbon for his older sister so this one is for him. Unfortunately, Wasabi is in time-out because I'm working on the tail fins, which is fine...and I thought something had to be wrong because there was no way that [k2 kfb k2]x2 was going to equal 14 sts.......turns out, I just can't read. So, I suppose later today, I can put it back in the rotation and get it finished up. I actually only have the tail fins and the two other fins (which will be attached separately) to knit, and then I need to attach the eyes. soooooo, I'm actually almost finished with this one. Go me!
I've also worked a few rows of the shawl and the Vanillaish Rainbow Socks....but that's honestly about it for knitting. I haven't had a lot of time this week, apparently.
17 UFOs in 2017
1. Wink: started January 5, 2015
2. Oh, She IS a Bad Nut: started August 11, 2016
3. Fall in San Francisco (prototype 3): started October 4, 2016
4. Frene Creek Farm Corriedale (spinning): started October 12, 2016; finished January 16, 2017 **DONE**
5. Smooth Operator Socks: started October 13, 2016
6. Stormageddon's Vest: started October 17, 2016 **DONE**
7. Hermione's Everyday Socks (v2): started November 14, 2016; finished January 28, 2017 **DONE**
8. Trusty (v2): started December 22, 2016 **DONE**
9. Design: Susan's Hat
10. Design: Little Man's Baby Blanket
11. Design: Paradiddle Socks (aka Little Drummer Girl)
12. Design: Pacific Waves Hat
13. Design: Fall in San Francisco Hat
14. Stash Inventory (photos, in Rav database) **DONE**
15. Dystopian Novel
16. Doctor Who blanket (1)
17. Doctor Who blanket (2)
And my "OMGLSGWTFBBQ" Lists
Children's Items:
1. Stuffed toy for Miss E (SIL's adopted daughter)
2. Stuffed toy for TAZ (brother's daughter)
3. Undetermined hat for Little Man
4. Undetermined hat for Stormageddon
5. Mittens for Little Man
6. Mittens for Stormageddon
Items for ME (selfish knitting FTW!):
1. Park Slope (fingering, specifically Mountain Colors Crazy Foot)
2. Worsted weight house socks (worsted, of course - maybe something like Lumberjack)
3. Classic Silk Mayfaire Camisole (Miss Babs Northumbria with modifications)
4. Evangeline (worsted; solid or semi-solid)
5. Lichen (Aran or Sport/DK; solid or semi-solid)
6. Moyen Age (fingering; one of my Vice Yarns? Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20?)
7. Ginny's Cardigan (DK; solid or semi-solid)
8. Drip Drip Drop (sock; solid or semi-solid)
9. Celtic Myths (worsted; solid)
10. Jag in Garter Stitch (DK; 2 colors)
11. Cobh (fingering; 2 colors)
12. Offhand Lace (bulky; solid or semi-solid)
13. Whitman (DK; any color)
14. Flax (worsted; any color - Misti Alpaca Harry Potter-esque one?)
15. Hoar Frost (Wollmeise that's wound in the bag)
Christmas/Charity Bin:
1. 198 Yds of Heaven (worsted; solid)
2. Comfort Food (Aran; solid)
3. Tombreck (worsted; solid or semi-solid)
4. Premie Spiral Hat (DK; any color)
5. Pumpkins & a Pattern (any weight, any color - gauge doesn't matter)
Designs:
1. Susan's Hat *started* - need new prototype & write pattern
2. Little Man's Baby Blanket *started* - write pattern
3. Paradiddle Socks - need prototype & write pattern
4. Pacific Waves Hat *started* - need another prototype & write pattern
5. Fall in San Francisco *started* - need another prototype & write pattern
6. Stormageddon's Baby Blanket - need prototype & write pattern
7. Cabled pullover (grey look-alike sweater) - need sketch, grading, swatch, prototype, & write pattern
8. Christmas stocking for Little Man - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
9. Christmas stocking for Stormageddon - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
10. Christmas stocking for Husband - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
11. Stomping Grounds collection (everything: charts, prototypes, swatches, etc.) *started*
Spinning:
1. Faerie Mountain Fibers Crazy Batt
2. Wash & start processing Alpaca fleece from Lambtown
3. Wash & start processing Merino fleece from Lambtown
Other:
1. Stitch markers
2. Make sure my vintage patterns are in Ravelry (Workbasket magazines, leaflets, etc.)
There hasn't been a lot happening this week because we were getting ready for Husband's work BBQ party, which we catered. Again. It was on Friday so we spent time this week smoking the rest of the meat, ordering things, picking things up, multiple trips to Costco, trips to Safeway (grocery store) and Target, laundry, cleaning, packing, repacking, and blah blah blah.
So, not a lot of time for knitting. Or anything, really.
On Monday morning, Stormageddon had his audiology appointment. He was a little more cooperative so we were able to get some testing done. His hearing is fine, from what we could tell. So, our next step is to contact the school district to look into getting him speech therapy. He's three years old and although he has plenty of words, he doesn't always use them. Instead of saying, "milk" to me, he'll just go grab the gallon from the fridge and carry it to me. He's tends to "grunt & point" when he wants something, even if it's a word he knows. By this age, he should be using at least one word indications, but really, he should be getting into two- and three-word sentences....except he's not.
He was very busy before his appointment, however. He insisted he sit with a book and he studied it well.
I found this lovely moth on our recycling bin outside earlier this week. I mostly took the photo for Little Man because he was at school when I spotted it.
Speaking of bugs, Stormageddon and I had a breakfast date on...Tuesday, I think. We went to Heidi's Pies, which is locak, and sat in the corner by all the windows. He was so cute, looking at all the cars driving by...until a little bug came crawling up the window. He backed away so fast, I thought he was going to knock his chair over. All because of a little bitty bug. It wasn't a mosquito but it looked similar. He was honestly scared of it. I thought about squishing it but didn't. I don't think I want to explain that to him right no, especially as he takes things so literal lately.
On Friday, Husband's company BBQ happened. It was supposed to be in August but it was moved. So, we had three bounce houses and only four kids that used them (besides Husband and myself, and a couple of Husband's coworkers).
Little Man came over after school but I was at home with Stormageddon by that point. He was peopled out by then. But the BBQ went well and, apparently, we're doing it again next year. ::sigh::
Little Man got to ride in our friend's Porsche on the way home. Little booger.
Yesterday, I took Little Man to the park. Seven other moms (some with their kids, some without) and I drank wine in the park and folded all the donation letters and stuffed envelopes for the auction. It took us just over an hour to fold/stuff 500 letters. I think the wine helped :)
The only photo I got of him, I had to zoom in because I was halfway across the park:
Off to the right is a HUGE magnolia tree (the same one our friend and Little Man admired a few weeks ago). I've used that tree as a backdrop on more than one occasion.
It was a lovely couple of hours at the park....and none of the kids got into it, which was also helpful.
Anyway, I hope more knitting can happen now that the party is over but we'll see how things progress. I hope you're having a lovely weekend!
Children's Items:
1. Stuffed toy for Miss E (SIL's adopted daughter)
2. Stuffed toy for TAZ (brother's daughter)
3. Undetermined hat for Little Man
4. Undetermined hat for Stormageddon
5. Mittens for Little Man
6. Mittens for Stormageddon
Items for ME (selfish knitting FTW!):
1. Park Slope (fingering, specifically Mountain Colors Crazy Foot)
2. Worsted weight house socks (worsted, of course - maybe something like Lumberjack)
3. Classic Silk Mayfaire Camisole (Miss Babs Northumbria with modifications)
4. Evangeline (worsted; solid or semi-solid)
5. Lichen (Aran or Sport/DK; solid or semi-solid)
6. Moyen Age (fingering; one of my Vice Yarns? Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20?)
7. Ginny's Cardigan (DK; solid or semi-solid)
8. Drip Drip Drop (sock; solid or semi-solid)
9. Celtic Myths (worsted; solid)
10. Jag in Garter Stitch (DK; 2 colors)
11. Cobh (fingering; 2 colors)
12. Offhand Lace (bulky; solid or semi-solid)
13. Whitman (DK; any color)
14. Flax (worsted; any color - Misti Alpaca Harry Potter-esque one?)
15. Hoar Frost (Wollmeise that's wound in the bag)
Christmas/Charity Bin:
1. 198 Yds of Heaven (worsted; solid)
2. Comfort Food (Aran; solid)
3. Tombreck (worsted; solid or semi-solid)
4. Premie Spiral Hat (DK; any color)
5. Pumpkins & a Pattern (any weight, any color - gauge doesn't matter)
Designs:
1. Susan's Hat *started* - need new prototype & write pattern
2. Little Man's Baby Blanket *started* - write pattern
3. Paradiddle Socks - need prototype & write pattern
4. Pacific Waves Hat *started* - need another prototype & write pattern
5. Fall in San Francisco *started* - need another prototype & write pattern
6. Stormageddon's Baby Blanket - need prototype & write pattern
7. Cabled pullover (grey look-alike sweater) - need sketch, grading, swatch, prototype, & write pattern
8. Christmas stocking for Little Man - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
9. Christmas stocking for Stormageddon - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
10. Christmas stocking for Husband - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
11. Stomping Grounds collection (everything: charts, prototypes, swatches, etc.) *started*
Spinning:
1. Faerie Mountain Fibers Crazy Batt
2. Wash & start processing Alpaca fleece from Lambtown
3. Wash & start processing Merino fleece from Lambtown
Other:
1. Stitch markers
2. Make sure my vintage patterns are in Ravelry (Workbasket magazines, leaflets, etc.)
There hasn't been a lot happening this week because we were getting ready for Husband's work BBQ party, which we catered. Again. It was on Friday so we spent time this week smoking the rest of the meat, ordering things, picking things up, multiple trips to Costco, trips to Safeway (grocery store) and Target, laundry, cleaning, packing, repacking, and blah blah blah.
So, not a lot of time for knitting. Or anything, really.
On Monday morning, Stormageddon had his audiology appointment. He was a little more cooperative so we were able to get some testing done. His hearing is fine, from what we could tell. So, our next step is to contact the school district to look into getting him speech therapy. He's three years old and although he has plenty of words, he doesn't always use them. Instead of saying, "milk" to me, he'll just go grab the gallon from the fridge and carry it to me. He's tends to "grunt & point" when he wants something, even if it's a word he knows. By this age, he should be using at least one word indications, but really, he should be getting into two- and three-word sentences....except he's not.
He was very busy before his appointment, however. He insisted he sit with a book and he studied it well.
I found this lovely moth on our recycling bin outside earlier this week. I mostly took the photo for Little Man because he was at school when I spotted it.
Speaking of bugs, Stormageddon and I had a breakfast date on...Tuesday, I think. We went to Heidi's Pies, which is locak, and sat in the corner by all the windows. He was so cute, looking at all the cars driving by...until a little bug came crawling up the window. He backed away so fast, I thought he was going to knock his chair over. All because of a little bitty bug. It wasn't a mosquito but it looked similar. He was honestly scared of it. I thought about squishing it but didn't. I don't think I want to explain that to him right no, especially as he takes things so literal lately.
On Friday, Husband's company BBQ happened. It was supposed to be in August but it was moved. So, we had three bounce houses and only four kids that used them (besides Husband and myself, and a couple of Husband's coworkers).
Little Man came over after school but I was at home with Stormageddon by that point. He was peopled out by then. But the BBQ went well and, apparently, we're doing it again next year. ::sigh::
Little Man got to ride in our friend's Porsche on the way home. Little booger.
Yesterday, I took Little Man to the park. Seven other moms (some with their kids, some without) and I drank wine in the park and folded all the donation letters and stuffed envelopes for the auction. It took us just over an hour to fold/stuff 500 letters. I think the wine helped :)
The only photo I got of him, I had to zoom in because I was halfway across the park:
Off to the right is a HUGE magnolia tree (the same one our friend and Little Man admired a few weeks ago). I've used that tree as a backdrop on more than one occasion.
It was a lovely couple of hours at the park....and none of the kids got into it, which was also helpful.
Anyway, I hope more knitting can happen now that the party is over but we'll see how things progress. I hope you're having a lovely weekend!
Hopefully everything with stormgeddons speech will work out. I am glad your bbq turned out good. Sorry you have to do it again next year. Looking forward to seeing if any fiber gets played with this week.
ReplyDeleteWow! Four kids sharing three bouncy houses. How great is that?!? lol I clicked on the Wasabi link. What a cute pattern!
ReplyDeleteLittle Man looks pretty chuffed to be sitting in a Porsche :)
ReplyDeleteWasabi is very cute... and some days I can't do math either!
I always enjoy your pictures of the week with your family. Thank you!
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