Whatever. Let's just get going :)
FO's (Finished Objects):
1. Age of Brass & Steam: started 10 August 2018; finished 7 January 2019
2. Sockhead for Little Man: started 29 November 2018; finished 25 January 2019
Nothing new to see. I've not taken modeled photos of Little Man in his Sockhead...I've been wearing my Age of Brass & Steam a bit this week, though.
WIPs (Works-in-Progress) (These are carried over year to year):
1. Wink: started 5 January 2015
2. Shetland Neck Wool (support spindle): started 8 September 2017
3. Returning: started 14 January 2018
4. Faerie Mountain Fibers Crazy Batt (EEW Mini Spinner): started 13 April 2018
5. Granny Square Blanket: started 28 April 2018
6. Clapotis: started 29 June 2018
7. University of Wisconsin Ski Hat: started 28 July 2018
8. Abracadabra Socks: started 7 August 2018
9. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
10. Campfire Socks: started 17 October 2018
11. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
12. Ewetopia Stripey Socks: started 15 November 2018
13. Multi-Colored Merino Top (Viktor): stared 16 January 2019
14. Cowl for Miss Sylvie: started 18 January 2019
I worked a bit on my Ewetopia Stripey Socks this week...while waiting in line at Ikea to do yet another return (but this one was legitimate - the wine rack holder thingies I picked up were for the narrower shelves and we have the wide ones). That line was.....I was at gone for almost four hours. The drive down and back took an hour total, I was in the returns line for an hour, I was in the checkout line for 45 minutes, and then I had to go through Ikea five times to find what I was looking for...because it was supposed to be in one section but that's not listed on the map and the two areas it may have pertained to were, of course, on opposite floors....so up down up down through through up down....but I found it. And on top of that, I drove around the parking lot five times to find a spot. ::sigh:: It was a long day. I think that was Sunday.
Outside of the Ewetopia Stripey Socks, I restarted the cowl I'm making for Stormageddon's speech therapist. The yarn decided it didn't want to be the San Mateo cowl so I'm making one up of my own, somewhat based on one of my design projects below (#8 Unnamed Hat). It's going to have ribbing on both ends and design stuff in the middle. So far, I'm just on the ribbing on the one end. It's fine, though :) I have awhile to work on it.
That's it though, I swear!
Design WIPs (New section, specifically for design WIPs):
1. Messed Up Moss: started March 2009 - write pattern as PDF (iterations: first, second)
2. Susan's Hat: started 31 August 2010 - need new prototypes & write the pattern (iterations: first, second, third, mini, fifth, sixth)
3. Little Man's Baby Blanket: started July 2010 - need new prototype & write pattern (iteration: here)
4. Chunky Scarf: started 6 October 2012 - need new prototype & write pattern (iteration: here)
5. Pacific Waves Hat: started 9 March 2016 - need new prototype & write the pattern (iterations: first, second, third)
6. Fall in San Francisco: started 18 September 2016 - need new prototype & write pattern (iterations: first, second)
7. Stomping Grounds Collection: started 26 February 2017 - need prototypes & write patterns
8. Unnamed Hat Design: started 14 August 2017 - need various weight yarn prototypes & write pattern (iterations: first, second)
9. Rastarmulke: started 20 November 2017 - write pattern (iterations: first, second)
10. Paradiddle Socks: started 19 October 2017 - write pattern (iteration: here)
Move along now, sir.
Dishcloth Patterns (for Challenges - these are just ideas!)
Designs
Spinning
Dyeing
Other Fibery Endeavors
14. Cowl for Miss Sylvie: started 18 January 2019
I worked a bit on my Ewetopia Stripey Socks this week...while waiting in line at Ikea to do yet another return (but this one was legitimate - the wine rack holder thingies I picked up were for the narrower shelves and we have the wide ones). That line was.....I was at gone for almost four hours. The drive down and back took an hour total, I was in the returns line for an hour, I was in the checkout line for 45 minutes, and then I had to go through Ikea five times to find what I was looking for...because it was supposed to be in one section but that's not listed on the map and the two areas it may have pertained to were, of course, on opposite floors....so up down up down through through up down....but I found it. And on top of that, I drove around the parking lot five times to find a spot. ::sigh:: It was a long day. I think that was Sunday.
Outside of the Ewetopia Stripey Socks, I restarted the cowl I'm making for Stormageddon's speech therapist. The yarn decided it didn't want to be the San Mateo cowl so I'm making one up of my own, somewhat based on one of my design projects below (#8 Unnamed Hat). It's going to have ribbing on both ends and design stuff in the middle. So far, I'm just on the ribbing on the one end. It's fine, though :) I have awhile to work on it.
That's it though, I swear!
Design WIPs (New section, specifically for design WIPs):
1. Messed Up Moss: started March 2009 - write pattern as PDF (iterations: first, second)
2. Susan's Hat: started 31 August 2010 - need new prototypes & write the pattern (iterations: first, second, third, mini, fifth, sixth)
3. Little Man's Baby Blanket: started July 2010 - need new prototype & write pattern (iteration: here)
4. Chunky Scarf: started 6 October 2012 - need new prototype & write pattern (iteration: here)
5. Pacific Waves Hat: started 9 March 2016 - need new prototype & write the pattern (iterations: first, second, third)
6. Fall in San Francisco: started 18 September 2016 - need new prototype & write pattern (iterations: first, second)
7. Stomping Grounds Collection: started 26 February 2017 - need prototypes & write patterns
8. Unnamed Hat Design: started 14 August 2017 - need various weight yarn prototypes & write pattern (iterations: first, second)
9. Rastarmulke: started 20 November 2017 - write pattern (iterations: first, second)
10. Paradiddle Socks: started 19 October 2017 - write pattern (iteration: here)
Move along now, sir.
OMGLSGWTFBBQ Lists
Challenges (this is new for 2019)
1. Knit 2 granny squares a month (average) until I'm out of yarn (for the Granny Square Blanket in my WIP list above - I started with four cakes, I've finished two and started the third...I bought a fifth, though, for more choices): I am ahead with this challenge as I have finished six squares squares and started the 7th...and that's good because February is a messy month.
2. Knit 1 dishcloth a month (average): I failed at this for January, meaning I need to make two this month to catch up but, like I said above, February is a messy month and I don't expect to get to it. Maybe three in March or four in April?
3. Submit and/or publish 4 designs this year
Children's Items
1. Oliver for Stormageddon (worsted weight - Stunning String Studio from Stitches West 2018)
2. Minecraft Socks for Little Man (fingering weight - Tosh Sock in Plaid Blanket?)
3. Mittens for Stormageddon (probably worsted weight of some sort)
4. Tardis Beanie (worsted weight - Cascade Yarns Venezia in Blue Velvet & Grey)
5. Holiday Countdown Stockings (worsted weight - might need to buy yarn for this one...) x2 sets (because 2 children)
6. Smaug Hat (worsted weight - Malabrigo Rios in Archangel)
7. Mirkwood (bulky weight - MadTosh Chunky in either Charcoal or Lowland)
Items for Me (Selfish Knitting FTW!)
1. Fornicating Deer Hat / Basic Lined Hat (worsted weight - Barrett Wool Co. Worsted Weight in Huron & Stationery from Stitches West 2018)
2. Pembroke Scarf (fingering weight - pick anything 400+ yds, it should work)
3. Brickless (worsted weight - Miss Babs Yowza in Celebration)
4. Nightlock (fingering weight - Sun Valley Fibers Merino/Nylon Fingering in Onyx & Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor)
5. Honey Badger (fingering weight - one of the BMFA STR that I got from Carrie)
6. Park Slope (fingering weight - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot in Shamrock)
7. Irisa Cowl (aran weight - pick something 200+ yds and it'll be fine)
8. Flax (worsted weight - Misty Alpaca in the Harry Potter colors)
9. Xandu Snowflake Cowl (as a hat; fingering weight - G. Sheller Merino/Silk Fingering in Natural & YOTH Little Brother in Caviar)
10. Spider Slouch (worsted weight - Plucky Scholar in One Hit Wonder)*
11. Moyen Age (fingering weight - Vice Yarns special order)
12. Pop Blanket (worsted weight - box of Knit Picks...may need to order more)
13. University of Wisconsin Button Beanie (came as a kit)
14. University of Wisconsin Christmas Stocking (came as a kit)
15. Morvarch (fingering weight - Wollmeise that I used the first time)
16. Down the Rabbit Hole (self-stripe fingering weight - White Birch Fiber Arts Merino/Nylon Self-Stripe in Rainbow Ash)
17. Tombreck (Aran weight - hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist or handspun Purple BFL)
18. Stormont (worsted weight - MadTosh 80/10/10 in Molly Ringwald)
19. Rose's Wrist Warmers (DK weight - using Aran instead; hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist?)
20. Northeasterly (Sock or DK weight - but really, I can use whatever as long as I have enough)*
Dishcloth Patterns (for Challenges - these are just ideas!)
2. Kitchen Towel (as a washcloth - leave off the top/mirror bottom)
3. Tribble
11. Starfish Cloth
Designs
1. Stormageddon's Baby Blanket - need prototype & write pattern
2. Cabled pullover (grey look-alike sweater - Old Navy hooded sweater with cable) - need sketch, grading, swatch, prototype, & write pattern
3. Christmas stocking for Little Man - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
4. Christmas stocking for Stormageddon - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
5. Christmas stocking for Husband - need charts, prototype, & write pattern (maybe)
Spinning
5. Alpaca (from Lambtown 2014)
Dyeing
1. Sock Blanks (10) from Vice Yarns
2. Anything else I find in the stash...or pick up along the way....
Other Fibery Endeavors
1. Stitch markers and/or stitch marker kits
2. Vintage patterns into Rav database & my Rav Library
3. Update inventory of loose patterns & books (spreadsheet & Rav Library)
4. Update inventory of PDF patterns (Rav Library)
5. Update yarn inventory (make sure it's up-to-date)/destash
6. Inventory project bags (Erin Lane, I'm looking at you)
7. Get the Etsy Shop up and running with all the things!
This week has been rainy and icky on and off. And our friend left on Sunday (while I was at Ikea). Buuuuut, they did get some fun in before then.
All four of them are playing Mario Kart. Even Stormageddon....and he did pretty well for his first time (9th place overall). He had so much fun playing with his big brother and daddy and Uncle Paul.
The California weather was drunk...we had lots of rainbows on Monday. This was just one of them. Our roommate got one out or back deck that was a full one.
The rest of the week was busy with various other things...almost all of them auction-related. The few things that weren't related to the auction were swimming lessons & speech therapy. Speaking of swimming lessons, Stormageddon had a solo lesson this week because the other little boy in his class wasn't there. He did so well. Normally he's a bit of a wild child but this week, he did things I've never seen him do...and he did them really well! Little Man also had a good swimming lesson this week. Last week wasn't so great...he goes back and forth. Some weeks he has really good ones and others....not. This was a good one.
Stormageddon isn't totally naked. He is wearing underwear. I don't generally take naked photos of the boys and post them (even if they're doing something totally silly).
With the rain this week, some friends were out.
Little Man found a caterpillar on the way home Thursday. It's difficult to tell from this photo....but I have a close-up (if you want to skip it).
We aren't sure what kind but it was cute. Little Man wanted to bring it home but I told him no.
In addition to that, Husband brewed beer on Thursday and when I went out to finish the cleanup (around 6pm that night), I found this guy crawling up one of the pot lids.
It's a houseless snail. And this was at the top so it had crawled all the way up the lid. He also didn't want to come off but I got him off in the end. Also, there were lots of worms. ::sigh::
The rest of the week....well, this weekend is Auction Item Weekend so I've been at the gym all weekend at Little Man's school, working on putting auction baskets together and working on getting our auction catalog ready to go! It's a lot of work and thankfully I have people that help....but it means I'm gone from mid-day Friday until 10pm, Saturday from 8am-10pm, and then today from 8am- no later than 10pm. ::sigh:: And then the catalog is getting going and the raffle tickets and all of that. It's crazy!
Soooooo, here we are. I hope you've had a lovely week & weekend :)
7. Get the Etsy Shop up and running with all the things!
This week has been rainy and icky on and off. And our friend left on Sunday (while I was at Ikea). Buuuuut, they did get some fun in before then.
All four of them are playing Mario Kart. Even Stormageddon....and he did pretty well for his first time (9th place overall). He had so much fun playing with his big brother and daddy and Uncle Paul.
The California weather was drunk...we had lots of rainbows on Monday. This was just one of them. Our roommate got one out or back deck that was a full one.
The rest of the week was busy with various other things...almost all of them auction-related. The few things that weren't related to the auction were swimming lessons & speech therapy. Speaking of swimming lessons, Stormageddon had a solo lesson this week because the other little boy in his class wasn't there. He did so well. Normally he's a bit of a wild child but this week, he did things I've never seen him do...and he did them really well! Little Man also had a good swimming lesson this week. Last week wasn't so great...he goes back and forth. Some weeks he has really good ones and others....not. This was a good one.
Stormageddon isn't totally naked. He is wearing underwear. I don't generally take naked photos of the boys and post them (even if they're doing something totally silly).
With the rain this week, some friends were out.
Little Man found a caterpillar on the way home Thursday. It's difficult to tell from this photo....but I have a close-up (if you want to skip it).
We aren't sure what kind but it was cute. Little Man wanted to bring it home but I told him no.
In addition to that, Husband brewed beer on Thursday and when I went out to finish the cleanup (around 6pm that night), I found this guy crawling up one of the pot lids.
It's a houseless snail. And this was at the top so it had crawled all the way up the lid. He also didn't want to come off but I got him off in the end. Also, there were lots of worms. ::sigh::
The rest of the week....well, this weekend is Auction Item Weekend so I've been at the gym all weekend at Little Man's school, working on putting auction baskets together and working on getting our auction catalog ready to go! It's a lot of work and thankfully I have people that help....but it means I'm gone from mid-day Friday until 10pm, Saturday from 8am-10pm, and then today from 8am- no later than 10pm. ::sigh:: And then the catalog is getting going and the raffle tickets and all of that. It's crazy!
Soooooo, here we are. I hope you've had a lovely week & weekend :)
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