Year SEVEN: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Update #30

Happy last weekend of July (WHAT?!)! Happy Sunday!


FOs (Finished Objects)
1. Adare: started 30 December 2017; finished 5 January 2018
2. Luck o' the Irish Cowl: started 31 December 2017; finished 14 January 2018
3. Rasta Scarf: started 19 January 2018; finished 10 February 2018
4. Rastarmulke (v2): started 10 February 2018; finished 10 February 2018
5. Gamer Bag: started 28 September 2017; frogged 16 February 2018
6. Oh, She Is a Bad Nut: started 11 August 2016; frogged 16 February 2018
7. Garter Stitch Baby Blanket: started 6 July 2017; finished 3 April 2018
8. Pattern submission: started 19 March 2018; finished 3 April 2018
9. Tiny Narwhal: started 5 April 2018; finished 6 April 2018
10. Tiny Narwhal: started 5 April 2018; finished 6 April 2018
11. Hat for Little Man: started 19 April 2018; finished 27 May 2018
12. River's Edge Fiber Arts Falkland Merino (wheel): started 19 May 2018; finished 2 June 2018
13. Smooth Operator Socks: started 13 October 2016; finished 12 June 2018
14. MaryAnn Wool (wheel): started 9 July 2018; finished 12 July 2018
15. Malabrigo Nube (wheel): started 12 July 2018; finished 20 July 2018

I've definitely not finished anything this week, which is fine. So let's just keep moving :)



WIPs (Works-in-Progress) These are carried over from the last Year of Projects....or longer.
1. Wink: started 5 January 2015
2. Stomping Grounds Collection: started 26 February 2017
3. Hat Design: started 20 March 2017
4. Unnamed Hat Design: started 14 August 2017
5. Shetland Neck Wool (support spindle): started 8 September 2017
6. Paradiddle Prototype: started 19 October 2017
7. Returning: started 14 January 2018
8. Frankensocks: started 1 March 2018
9. Faerie Mountain Fibers Crazy Batt (EEW Mini Spinner): started 13 April 2018
10. Granny Square Blanket (1): started 28 April 2018
11. Clapotis: started 29 June 2018
12. Safari Duo - Ella the Elephant: started 11 July 2018
13. University of Wisconsin Ski Hat: started 11 July 2018

Today is the last day of Tour de Fleece and, honestly, I'm so woefully behind that I don't even care. That's not to say I didn't get any spinning done during TdF because, based on my last two entries in my FO section, I did get some spinning finished.

I also did some spinning this week. I pulled out my EEW Mini and finished spinning the first bobbin and started the second bobbin of the Faerie Mountain Fibers Crazy Batt.

I don't know how I feel about this little wheel yet. It might be because I'm using a crazy batt but I'm not in love with this little wheel. I think it's great for travel and in a pinch spinning but I think if I'm going to have an electric spinning wheel, I should have a bigger one. But, the jury is still out. I also haven't worked on a full-size electric wheel so I may not love those either. But, for now, I've finished up the first bobbin, which probably has about an ounce, and I started the second one.

In addition to the little spinning that I did, I also worked on my FrankenSocks and my Paradiddle Prototype Sock. I'm just working down the foot on the FrankenSock and I've almost finished the foot on the Paradiddle Prototype sock. So, good progress.

But that's it. I think.

I also fell into Slipped Stitch Studios the other day and came out with a few items but I'll post about those at a later date. I didn't go crazy - just some progress keepers and a sock sleeve.



OMGLSGWTFBBQ Lists:

Children's Items
1. Undetermined hat for Stormageddon
2. Mittens for Stormageddon
3. Oliver for Stormageddon (worsted weight - Stunning String Studio from Stitches West 2018)
4. Lancelot for Little Man (worsted weight - green Plymouth Encore)
5. Dandy Sir Cephalopod (worsted weight - Red Creek blue, maybe)

Items for ME (selfish knitting FTW!)
1. Brickless (worsted - Miss Babs Yowza in "Celebration") *
2. Honey Badger (fingering - BMFA STR L - one of the ones from Carrie)
3. Park Slope (fingering - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot)
4. Maya's Shawl (bulky - Plucky Silk Merino Aran)
5. Companion Mitts (fingering - BMFA STR orange from Carrie) *
6. Forest Cardi (worsted - Baah Shasta in "London Blue" and....something....)
7. Flax (worsted - Cascade 220 in "Royal Blue" or Misti Alpaca Harry Potter color)
8. Jag in Garter Stitch (fingering - KP Palette grey and Artfibers Carezza)
9. Reichenbach (fingering - AVFKW Slick or BMFA STR-M in "Vintage")
10. Sockhead (fingering - Madelinetosh Merino Light)
11. Moab (fingering - Wollmeise in "Lavender")
12. Pumpkin Pie (DK - Kangaroo Dyer orange)
13. Age of Brass & Steam (DK - Berroco Comfort DK)
14. Anne's Sweater (sport - Artfibers something)
15. Moyen Age (fingering - Vice special order either grey or green)

Random Things
1. Pop Blanket (worsted - may need to order some yarn for this)
2. University of Wisconsin Christmas Stocking kit
3. University of Wisconsin Button Beanie kit
4. Xandu Snowflake Cowl (fingering - two contrasting colors)

Designs
1. Susan's Hat *started* - need new prototype & write pattern
2. Little Man's Baby Blanket *started* - write pattern
3. Paradiddle Socks  *started* - 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 - Old Navy hooded sweater with cable) - 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 *started* - need everything: charts, prototypes, swatches, etc.

Spinning
1. AVFKW Merino Silk
2.  Abstract Fiber Merino Tencel
3. Allons-Y Fiber Arts 18.5 Micron Merino
4. Allons-Y Fiber Arts Merino, Trilobal Nylon, Silk
5. Alpaca (from Lambtown 2014)
6. Ambrosia & Bliss Rambouillet Top
7. Anne's Fiber Expressions
8. Ashland Bay Fiber Merino Top
9. BMFA Handpainted Roving
10. Bramble Wool Farm Shetland Wool

Dyeing
1. Gaia (worsted)
2. Euro Sock 6-ply or BFL Sock (I can't remember which one I have)
3. Whatever else I find in the bag...I have a bag...or maybe a couple of bags....sock blanks, some more BFL sock....

Other Fibery Endeavors
1. Stitch markers
2. Vintage patterns into Rav database
3. Inventory of books & loose patterns (update)
4. Inventory of PDF patterns (update)
5. Update yarn inventory (make sure it's up-to-date)/destash
6. Inventory project bags (Erin Lane, I'm looking at you)


It's been a quiet week around here. Husband was home sick on and off this week (he's feeling much better, if you're wondering).

We went to the park for an impromptu playdate on Wednesday. One of Little Man's classmates is moving within the next week or so so we met them and a couple other classmates/friends at the park. They were too busy so I only caught a photo of Stormageddon.

He was busy chasing squirrels. I wish I were kidding. We're in this huge park in the middle of town, with play equipment and everything else...and he's off chasing squirrels up trees. ::sigh:: Silly boy. That's not to say that he didn't play. He did...but he liked chasing squirrels. We also went on the little train before we left. I have photos but as they also have a couple of their friends, I'm not going to post them.

I took a selfie on Friday morning. It was when I took this photo that I realized how badly I needed to do something with my hair. So yesterday, I re-dyed it the pink color. I had the initial dye job done professionally but it faded pretty quickly, as reds/pinks are wont to do. I picked up a bottle of one of those "will wash out in x washes" and went that route. I got at least two uses out of the one bottle, so it was worth the $10, as far as I'm concerned. It's back to a vibrant pink now.

Also on Friday, we walked to the nearest Starbucks, which is about 1.25 miles away from the house. We have to go up over the highway to get there, which isn't a big deal. On our way home, Little Man spotted this:

Ducklings in the drainage ditch between the road and the golf course across the road from our house. I was a little worried as we watched one, two, three, four.....eight ducklings come out with no sign of Mama. I did not want to call the local Humane Society.

But Mama duck showed up. And they all went off happily.


I expect this next week is going to be kind of busy. Husband's work BBQ that we basically cater is happening on Friday. Currently, I have nine Home Depot 5-gal buckets with various types of pork products brining near my kitchen. Our garage is filled with various items for said BBQ (plates, silverware, cups, aluminum foil, etc.) and our garage freezer is filled with other various food items (hamburger patties, hot dogs, veggie burgers, etc.). Between now and Friday, we have to smoke all the meat in the aforementioned buckets, make a few orders for things, pick up those orders, and figure out how to transport it all. It should be fine. We've done it before and I'm not that worried about it. But, we still have to do it.

So, there's all that.

I'm kind of short this week. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend :)