Year SEVEN: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Update #39

Happy Sunday! I had a Stash Enhancement post go up yesterday, if you're interested. Barring that, let's get started.


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

I'm apparently lazy about weaving in ends. My FrankenSocks still need ends woven in and my cup cozy...well, that needs it, also. Oops.



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 feel like I've done a lot of knitting this week but, really, most of it has been over the last couple of days. We've been out of town, without the boys, since Friday. So I did quite a bit of knitting on my Abracadabra Sock in the airport, some more in the hotel, and I also pulled out the Age of Brass & Steam shawl. But that's it. I think. I'll probably work on the Sockhead hat later today, on the plane, because I can....

I'm much further along than this photo. This was just after a few rounds of knitting at the airport (basically, the purple rows). I'm now into the 6th color (it's a 6-color repeat)....so, I've got about 50 rounds done. I may work on these today while traveling. Who knows. We shall see. Something something blah blah blah....




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)



We had a pretty quiet week, to be honest.

I did find the boys sitting on a rather large pile of blankets and stuffed animals in Little Man's room the other day. He was looking for something in his bed (his Pikman stuffed animal, which I found later, stuffed between his pillows and headboard)...pulled everything out and the boys were climbing the mountain. ::sigh::

It's a good thing they're cute or I would have eaten them awhile ago.

Other than that, we had playdates on Thursday and Friday for Little Man and we left for a wedding in Washington state on Friday. Our flight was delayed in San Francisco but we managed to make our connector in Seattle...we had about 15 minutes to run through the airport and we did make it. Barely.

On Friday night, we had dinner at this place: Monterosso's. It's a railroad dining car. We didn't get to eat inside (there were few tables, all taken by reservations) but we did eat on the back patio, which was lovely. The weather was nice, the food was fabulous, and it was a night away from our boys.


Yesterday, we had a lot of time to kind of bum around. The wedding wasn't until 5pm. We slept in, got up late, went out for breakfast (JD Diner in West Richland), and we were thinking about what to do next when the groom called and asked if we (Husband) could come fix something. Husband made some lights for the reception and one of them wasn't working. So, over to the reception hall we went so Husband could fix the circuit (one of the lights was the issue). He's working very hard. Also, "reception hall" is a total misnomer.....it's an airplane hangar. Both the bride & groom are pilots so their wedding was based on that theme. The salt & pepper shakers were little airplanes, there were airplane maps as the tablecloths, there was a paper airplane making station, the "guestbook" was a huge propeller, etc.

The bride found these on Etsy and I kind of wanted to steal a few for the boys. Buuuut, she has a big bag leftover so I have a feeling they may wind up at our house anyway. Regardless, I snagged a few.



And that's it, I swear! We're heading home today, I need to get moving on some FOs and FO posts and such....hahahaha....and then I laughed and laughed.

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