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
21. Violet Waffles: started 16 November 2018; finished 28 November 2018
22. Safari Duo - Ella the Elephant: started 11 July 2018; finished 12 December 2018
Both the Violet Waffles hats have been washed/blocked but I haven't taken photographs yet because of who I am as a person lately. Also, randomly, I've not finished weaving in ends on my FrankenSocks yet. I can see them next to me, mocking me....and there they sit. ::sigh::
But, I did finish Ella the Elephant for my niece. I was stuck with all the sewing/seaming, which is my least favorite part of knitting most toys (Susan Claudino's patterns are an exception because they're almost entirely knit in one piece or parts are added in as you go along - love me some Susan Claudino patterns). Truthfully, I find some of the finishing techniques like sewing/seaming to be a PITA (pain in the ass). I actively avoid it...like seriously try to avoid it. I've had the seaming/sewing to do for several weeks (.....since *mumblemumble* 12 October 2018.....) and I was doing anything but! But it's finished and it can go off to Wisconsin :)
I have a FO Friday post scheduled for this week, if you want to come back and take a look at all the things I've finished since Tour de Fleece :) It's kind of a big one. Oops. I suppose that's what I get for not doing proper FO Friday posts on the regular...
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 (based on that project): 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. University of Wisconsin Ski Hat: started 11 July 2018
11. Abracadabra Socks: started 7 August 2018
12. Age of Brass & Steam Shawl: started 10 August 2018
13. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
14. Campfire Socks: started 17 October 2018
15. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
16. Ewetopia Stripey Socks: started 15 November 2018
17. Random Hat: started 28 November 2018
18. Sockhead for Little Man: started 29 November 2018
So, I avoided the seaming/sewing noted above by working on granny squares. I finished my 6th square, started and finished my 7th square, and added the missing round to my 1st square. Unfortunately, I ran out of yarn on my 7th one and had to bust into the second cake, which, of course, wasn't in the same spot in the color sequence from the outside...but it was from the inside and cue a yarn barf. ::sigh:: I hand-wound the cake into a ball, which was the size of Stormageddon's head...but I was able to finish the last round on my 7th square and I started my 8th. So if, assuming that the cakes all have the same yardage, I only get seven squares from a cake, I'm probably going to have to pick up a 5th cake, just so I have more options for my sizing. It's much easier to muss with 35 squares than 28 squares. But we'll see when I get that far. Depending on how many squares I actually wind up with in the end, I'll probably have enough for a cuddle blanket for my lap, which is perfectly fine with me.
Aside from finishing up the elephant and working on the granny squares, I worked a few rounds on Little Man's Sockhead and the Random Hat. But that was honestly about it. I was not very exciting this week for many reasons.
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)
This week has been extra busy, due to a couple Cub Scout events/meetings thrown in that we don't have every week, and almost never the same week, as well as Stormageddon's annual IEP meeting on Friday. We had a Scout Pack meeting on Tuesday night and a Den meeting on Thursday. Unfortunately, Little Man got sick Wednesday evening and missed school on both Thursday and Friday, which meant no swimming lessons and no Den meeting on Thursday night. He was so miserable on Thursday. Poor kiddo. He wound up taking two naps (one in the morning and one around 6pm). It was kind of a blessing though, I think we really needed the break. Friday morning, he woke up as chipper as ever and looking back on it, I probably should have sent him to school (apparently our district does not have a "24 hour fever-free" policy, so I could have)....but being home another day, we made sure he was back to normal(ish) (honestly, is my child ever normal?).
In addition to that, we also had all our usual routine stuff: school for Little Man, swimming lessons (sans Thursday), speech therapy for Stormageddon....
Oh, and we had a birthday party yesterday and I have an auction meeting tonight. Because let's just punish myself a little more, right?
As a result of being so busy, I was basically too busy to take photos (I do have a couple, though). We did note that the caterpillars have returned to the bush on our walk home and have started making cocoons.
I also took a photo of Little Man on Thursday evening, just after he woke up.
He was curled up with his blankets, playing Plants VS Zombies on the iPad.
Outside of that, I caught the boys in their Halloween costumes, zooming around the house like crazy people.
Stormageddon (well, both boys, really) loves the new Incredibles movie and we've been watching it pretty much daily for the last couple weeks....and they were the boys for Halloween so Stormageddon has been going around telling everyone, "I Jack-Jack; I have powers!" and then he'll run off. Silly child.
Outside of that, I caught the boys in their Halloween costumes, zooming around the house like crazy people.
Stormageddon (well, both boys, really) loves the new Incredibles movie and we've been watching it pretty much daily for the last couple weeks....and they were the boys for Halloween so Stormageddon has been going around telling everyone, "I Jack-Jack; I have powers!" and then he'll run off. Silly child.
Oh, and I don't know if I mentioned this.....we have a mouse in the house again. I haven't seen the bugger, I haven't heard the bugger, and if Puppy hadn't been sniffing around by the fridge and under my dining table, I wouldn't know it was there. Soooo, there's that. It happens in the winter in our area, apparently. ::sigh:: I don't care. I want it gone. I want its family gone. Gone, I tell you, GOOOOOONNNNNNE!
I hope you've had a lovely week otherwise :) Like I mentioned above, I'll be back on Friday for FO Friday and again next week. I don't know that I'll be back this week other than that but you never know...
You have such a busy life, good luck trying to catch the mouse (before it becomes mice). Can you borrow a cat? Well done on your finished object and all the things you’ve achieved this year.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a mouse in my house one of us would be gone! Once upon a time we must have carried one in in a box from somewhere else. (Shudder that I was that close to it, if it was me that carried it in). I can't remember how we caught it, but we must have. It's no longer here and I am. :) Good luck getting your mouse gone!
ReplyDeleteughhhh to the mouse and I agree, gone, gone, gone is right! Our dog is great at catching them and letting me know too when one is about. Sometimes you just can't avoid them this time of year but I hope you get it caught and real soon!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the mouse (mice?) and I hope they vacate the premises soon. As usual your week updates make me feel very slothlike - you are amazing in all you do.
ReplyDeleteI like how you have the Star Wars posters framed and up in your house.
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