Year the TENTH: Happy Mother's Day (or not) - Update #19

Hello and happy Sunday! If you're in the US and you're a mom-type, happy Mother's Day. Woot woot. Let's get going.

FOs (Finished Objects)
1. Greenwood Fiberworks Dark BFL (Viktor): started 28 June 2020; finished 17 January 2021
2. Boo-Yah: started 26 January 2021; finished 27 January 2021
3. Minecraft Socks: started 12 August 2020; finished 6 March 2021
4. Alpaca (Viktor): started 17 January 2021; finished 17 March 2021
5. Dyeing Project: started 9 April, 2021; finished 9 April 2021
6. El Panal Cowl: started 5 April 2021; finished 29 April 2021

I've still not woven in my ends on the El Panal Cowl yet. I started. There are a lot and I hate doing it so I do a few here and there. I've done maybe six. Maybe. I'll get there.  

WIPs (Works-in-Progress) *these are carried over year after year, as needed*
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): started 13 April 2018
5. Granny Square Blanket: started 28 April 2018
6. UW Ski Hat: started 11 July 2018
7. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
8. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
9. Linen Stitch Scarf: started 2 June 2020
10. Vanilla Socks: started 9 August 2020
11. Sand Drift Blanket: started 17 January 2021
12. Rose City Rollers: started 7 March 2021
13. Flax for Stormageddon: started 29 April 2021

I have worked on one project and one project only: Flax for Stormageddon.

 

I'm knitting the 8-10 year size for him, knowing that he will grow into it and wear it for as long as he possibly can. He's still trying to rock the striped Greyson that I made for Little Man in 2013 (as a 4T size)...it's getting a little small. Whatever, it works. 

My row gauge is off, which isn't surprising. My row gauge tends to be off. Thankfully, the schematic gives measurements so I can see where to add length. I've just split for the armholes so I'm getting ready to start adding in some stripes. We'll see how things go. I don't really have "a plan" for the stripes, other than I'm planning to do them. I don't know if I'm going to put blue in between or if I'm going to just do stripes of grey and brown or...yeah, no plan. The good news is that I will have plenty of yarn. 

OMGLSGWTFBBQ

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. Paradiddle Socks: started 19 October 2017 - write pattern (iteration: here)

 

Design Ideas:
1. Christmas Stocking for Husband
2. Christmas Stocking for Little Man
3. Christmas Stocking for Stormageddon
4. Baby Blanket
5. Stomping Grounds Collection

 

Items for ME (Selfish Knitting FTW!):
1. Rose's Wrist Warmers (DK weight - using Aran instead; hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist?)
2. Perianth (fingering weight - Knitcircus Trampoline in The Whole Enchilada)
3. Stranger Things Hat (worsted - Malabrigo Rios in Archangel)
4. Autopilot (worsted weight - Sincere Sheep Cormo Worsted or htNEVELE Worsted in Reveire)
5. Fine Tune (fingering weight - uses minis so maybe a rainbow type one with the Canon Hand Dyes?)*
6. Flax (worsted weight - Misty Alpaca in the Harry Potter colors)
7. Park Slope (fingering weight - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot in Shamrock)
8. Undone (bulky - maybe the reclaimed yarn from the Freeport Vest?)
9. Socks (fingering weight - Bob knows I have enough so I should use it - maybe with the CSM)
10. Sockhead (fingering weight - I have tons...pick something!)
11. Age of Brass & Steam (Handspun purple/white barber pole)
12. Radiate Shawl (fingering weight - Artfibers Carezza maybe?)

Children's Items
1. Honey Badger: (worsted weight - black & white acrylic I have banging around the stash)*
2. Mittens for Stormageddon (worsted weight probably)
3. Maybe a Flax for Little Man...maybe...

 

Utilitarian/Household Items
1. Garter Chevron Blanket (KP Mighty Stitch - may need to get some more black or white)
2. Diagonal Knit Dishcloths (cotton of some sort)
3. Reusable Produce Bag (cotton or acrylic of some sort - worsted)
4. Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth (cotton or maybe bamboo, depending on the use)

Spinning:

1. Wonderland Dyeworks BFL

2. Mixed BFL

3. Allons-Y Fiber Arts Merino, Trilobal Nylon, Silk

4. Fiberlady.com 100% Bamboo 

Dyeing:

1. Sock Blanks (I think I have 5 left)

2. Random worsted/sport skeins (I have maybe 2-3 left)

3. Anything else I find along the way

Other Fibery Endeavors:

1. Create project bag inventory

2. Update library inventory (on Ravelry) *in progress*

3. Update stash inventory (on Ravelry) *needs to be redone*

4. Stitch markers: kits and individual

5. Destash as necessary (it's always necessary)

6. Stash Fit

 

 

 

It has been a busy week here in California. This past week was not only teacher appreciation week, it was also nurse appreciation week. But, since I have two kids in school and I'm a crazy person, we only had to really deal with teacher appreciation week. Friday was such a hot mess....we ordered food for the teachers, which was late, and we had a materials pickup that was happening at the same time, but everything else seemed to work out, which was good. It was just a really busy day, when it didn't necessarily need to be. 

The weather has been somewhat cooperative, which is helpful. The boys have been playing in the pool in the afternoons, which is good for them. I just have to remind them that they can't actually jump in because it's only like 18" deep and they'll probably either get hurt, break the pool, or both. 

I know, it doesn't sound like we were all that busy...but things were happening left and right and fielding emails and all sorts of things. It was just kind of a hot mess this week. I feel like nothing was accomplished but, in reality, so many things were done this week......I just have very little to show for it. 

 

The only other major thing that happened was Friday evening. A group of mom friends went out for dinner because we've not been able to do so for over a year. We're all fully vaccinated, we were outside, tables were more than six feet apart, all the staff were following Covid protocol...so all was well. 

 

 

 

 

 

While I was gone, things were happening at home, apparently. Our roommate and Stormageddon decided to have a photo shoot at some swanky hotel....I'm not sure how they got there and back in less than three hours. Okay, forget it...it's just some Photoshop action going on.

 

 

 

Okay....let's talk about this creepy doll. Earlier this week, the aforementioned moms (photo above) were talking about random things, as we do, and topic of our local Buy Nothing groups came up. One of the moms saw this on her local group...

 

 

Apparently this is the type of doll that nightmares are made of? I thought it was kind of cute. So, unbeknownst to me, she decided to get it....and then delivered it to my front door and put it on my turtle. I opened up the door the other day to get the mail and found that. ::sigh:: It's still there. 

 

If you look, you can kind of see the El Panal Cowl sitting on the couch. The boys were sharing an ice pack. Stormageddon wound up with a lump on his forehead earlier this week. He said he tripped and fell on his face in our bedroom but he didn't cry or react so we didn't know anything about it until I saw his head. Silly kid.

 

 

 

Like I said, boys in the pool.....

I'd like a week where nothing is going on, things are slow, and just.....phew. I don't think this is going to happen but I'm going to dream. 

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