Year SEVEN: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Update #40

Happy Sunday!

I'm behind again. Forgive me because this is just who I am as a person lately.



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
16. Paradiddle Prototype: started 19 October 2017; finished 31 July 2018
17. Frankensocks: started 1 March 2018; finished 2 August 2018
18: Cup Cozy: started 22 September 2018; finished 22 September 2018

Nope. Nothing to see here. Move along now, sir.



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. Returning: started 14 January 2018
7. Faerie Mountain Fibers Crazy Batt (EEW Mini Spinner): started 13 April 2018
8. Granny Square Blanket (1): started 28 April 2018
9. Clapotis: started 29 June 2018
10. Safari Duo - Ella the Elephant: started 11 July 2018
11. University of Wisconsin Ski Hat: started 11 July 2018
12. Abracadabra Socks: started 7 August 2018
13. Age of Brass & Steam Shawl: started 10 August 2018
14. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
15. Sockhead: started 11 September 2018

I think the only thing I've worked on since the wedding last weekend was the Sockhead hat. I've finished up the ribbing and I'm just knitting around and around and around until it's long enough.

I took this photo on Tuesday during Stormageddon's swimming lesson. I'm further along than this, obviously. I think the ribbing ended up around 3" and I'm almost to 6" now. Just mindless knitting from now until I do the crown decreases.

I'm at the point where I think I'm ready to do the heel flap for the Abracadabra Socks, also. I'm not fully decided but I think that's where I'm at. Maybe.



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 the Neighborhood Fiber Co. in "Charles Centre")
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. Moab (fingering - Wollmeise in "Lavender")
11. Pumpkin Pie (DK - Kangaroo Dyer orange)
12. Anne's Sweater (sport - Artfibers something)
13. 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. Sock Blanks (10) from Vice Yarns

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)

This week was somewhat eventful. 

We woke up Monday morning to a bit of rain. This is what my WTForecast App told me. I don't think the "again" is correct as it hasn't rained since....well, it's been awhile. But we had some rain. 

On Tuesday prevening, the Cub Scouts Pack had a hike at one of the local parks. 

I was less than amused by the view. It was uphill and it was brutal for me. I'm not used to hiking and I was huffing and puffing worse than the wolf the entire way. But, the view was nice.

Little Man was, of course, cold. We weren't quite prepared to go. It was supposed to start at 6pm and we were literally leaving the house at 5:58pm. Oops. But, we made it. They hadn't even left for the hike yet.

We found this beetle along the way. He was almost as big as my thumb. No idea what kind but it was big. 

This was the end of the hike. That hill behind me...that's what we climbed. It was about 2 miles overall. And going down was easier, of course. 

I had a little breakfast date with Stormageddon on Wednesday morning. And that afternoon, I had a late lunch date with both Stormageddon and Little Man.

His school does a thing called "Dinner Night Out," where a local restaurant will donate a percentage of profits from all the flyers that are brought in for a particular school. So, we tried a new place up the road from us. The lemonade was fabulous but I wasn't a huge fan of most of the food. But that's fine. We tried it. 

Thursday was Little Man's last day of school for a couple weeks. He has fall break until the 22nd. So, it was just some swimming lessons and that was it (for him). Stormageddon, on the other hand, finally had his 4 year well-visit with his (new) pediatrician. He's still big for his age but not as big as Little Man was at the same age. It's all fine. 

Friday we spent the day at a group playdate.

There's a little beach, a playground, and a wide open field. The only problem with the water is that it's contaminated by geese (poop and feathers mostly, but the actual birds as well). The boys had fun, at any rate. 

Yesterday was spent cleaning as my in-laws came into town (which is why I'm late in posting today). 

Oh, and we had a lunch date at the hot dog place in town. 

I hope you've had a lovely week and weekend!