Year SEVEN: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Update #47

Happy Sunday!

I usually write posts the night before but there have been a few things that threw this week off and I wasn't sure what day it was (and even though I know it's Sunday, I'm still not convinced). So, I'm posting a bit later than normal. Again. Oops. Live with it and let's move on :)


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
19. Sockhead: started 11 September 2018; finished 2 November 2018
20. Violet Waffles: started 15 November 2018; finished 16 November 2018

Moving along....



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. Campfire Socks: started 17 October 2018
16. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
17. Ewetopia Stripey Socks: started 15 November 2018
18. Violet Waffles: started 16 November 2018

Honestly, there hasn't been a lot of knitting this week. I did work on the second Violet Waffles hat and I might be to the crown decreases. I need to measure to make sure but it looks long enough. I also did a few rounds here and there on the Ewetopia Stripey Socks. Other than that, I haven't done much else. Maybe this coming week?



OMGLSGWTFBBQ Lists:

Children's Items
1. Mittens for Stormageddon
2. Oliver for Stormageddon (worsted weight - Stunning String Studio from Stitches West 2018)
3. Lancelot for Little Man (worsted weight - green Plymouth Encore)
4. 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)

With the traveling on Monday and Thanksgiving on Thursday, this week has been kind of messed up all around. My days have been off all week and are, in fact, still off (did I mention that I'm not convinced that it's Sunday, even though everything tells me it is?). 

But, we did a few things this week. 

I flew home on Monday morning. Actually, I took the bus to Chicago, which means I was up at 4:30am Monday morning (CDT - so it was 2:30am PDT). Anyway, I flew standby but there were something like 39 open seats and I was the only one on standby. So, I had an entire (exit) row to myself. I watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them again, along with more episodes of Young Sheldon, which is a cute show but I can see why it didn't do as well as CBS Execs had hoped. I got home in the middle of the afternoon and the smoke was still crap, but it was the first "moderate" day they had had since before I left. 

Tuesday, Little Man had another half-day at school and that afternoon, we went to see Crimes of Grindelwald. 

Tuesday night, we ended up with an unexpected visitor as our friend stayed with us for a few days. It's a long story and I'd rather not get into it. He left on Thursday evening for a pre-planned trip to Switzerland (the homeland for his family). 

Wednesday, we were sitting around, watching movies (because OMG RAIN HAPPENED!) and the lights flickered.....didn't know why but it happened. We found out about two hours later...

That tree was behind our property, on the PG&E substation land. And it has been leaning northward since forever. It was trimmed/culled a bit last summer and the lean was more pronounced. Well, add some rain and the damn thing fell right over, hitting some wires on the way down (hence the flicker of our lights). Luckily, it didn't fall onto our property...and the bonus is that when PG&E finally cuts it apart, we've asked for the trunk pieces for firewood. 

In addition to the tree falling over, we also decided to go apple picking in the rain. We have a little pink lady apple tree in our front yard and one of the apples had fallen off, meaning that it was probably time to pick them. So, the boys and I went out in the rain and picked apples. 

I think the boys are both due for new raincoats.....oops. A problem for another day.

I mean, you can see how tall this tree is, right? I can reach the top of it without issue. It's tiny. But it produces apples :)

I found a little friend on one of the apples. He was moved to a safer location. He was also on one of the apples toward the top of the tree, which surprised me that he climbed all that way. But it was cute. We wound up with fifteen apples. We lost at least two to animal damage (maybe three or four) and another two to taste-testing earlier in the season. That's a lot of apples for such a little tree.

I did some cleaning on Friday and came across Little Man's Bucky Badger hat, which no longer fits him...but it fits Stormageddon.

With the rain and smoke, Puppy has had to stay inside, as well. He's spent a lot of time cuddling with Little Man on the couch.

Thursday was, of course, Thanksgiving. We had fifteen people in our house (seven were kids). We made turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, gravy, Brussels sprouts, creamed corn, and rolls. We had plenty of leftovers, as we do. We're working through them. We had a second Thanksgiving on Friday when our pilot friends were both in town on layovers.

Also on Friday, we put up our Christmas decorations, including the tree and the Hogwarts train. We bought a tree skirt.....except it was HUGE. We returned it and Husband ordered a much smaller one. We'll see how it goes.

We had more rain over the last few days. I don't know that it rained much yesterday but it's supposed to rain again on Tuesday. While I love that we're getting rain, I also need to do some more painting on the siding, which I can't do if it's going to be rainy and crappy. ::sigh:: 

Anyway, I hope you've had a lovely week. I'm still not convinced that it's Sunday but there you go.