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
Nope.
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
13. Multi-Colored Merino Top (Viktor): stared 16 January 2019
14. Cowl for Miss Sylvie: started 18 January 2019
Given how this last week and a half has gone........I've not done a lot of knitting. I honestly don't think I did any. I don't remember doing any, though I'm sure I brought some along with me to various places. Let's just not talk about it.....
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. Keep 'er mooooovin'.
Dishcloth Patterns (for Challenges - these are just ideas!)
Designs
Spinning
Dyeing
Other Fibery Endeavors
Given how this last week and a half has gone........I've not done a lot of knitting. I honestly don't think I did any. I don't remember doing any, though I'm sure I brought some along with me to various places. Let's just not talk about it.....
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. Keep 'er mooooovin'.
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 was a messy month and March is...well, the first half was busy...so, based on my average of two squares per month, I'm into April. And that's delightful.
2. Knit 1 dishcloth a month (average): I failed at this for January and February, meaning I need to make three this month to catch up....but we'll see how that goes, right? So far, I'm continuing to fail at this one. ::sigh::
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)
6. Inventory project bags (Erin Lane, I'm looking at you)
7. Get the Etsy Shop up and running with all the things! Or something.
I'm not even sure what all has happened over the last ten days aside from the auction. I wish I were joking. Like, I really wish I were joking. I know things happened.....
Okay......there was no school last Monday due to a Professional Development day. So, there was a playdate at one of the parks.
The seagull that's in the air (top right)....well, it was a thief and stole some pizza that wasn't quite in the garbage can. The other two were mad and squawking about it. Could have been worse, I suppose. The kids thought it was hilarious.
Last Tuesday morning, Stormageddon and I saved a couple snails that were hanging out on our sidewalk. The bigger one had some damage but after a few hours, they had both moved out of the pot we put them in for their own safety.
I made banana cream pie on Pi Day, as you do. It didn't have the whip cream on top but we were fine without it...so, really, it was a banana pudding pie with bananas and a graham cracker crust. I actually made another one on Monday because we had the stuff to do it...and why not? Pie is delicious.
Aside from all that, it was all auction, all weekend. I'm still dealing with auction-related stuff. I may have to pull some help in from other sources because there are some refunds that need to happen, which I'm not looking forward to. ::sigh::
I did, however, declare myself prom queen. In my lime green Chucks. And I even had a tiara (on loan from a friend for the night). So, that was delightful.
Unfortunately, the bottom line is that the auction did not do as well this year as anticipated. Like I came in $20K under our projected budget....but everyone had tons of fun so, really, that says more about them than me personally but I can't help but take it personally. I'll know more in the coming weeks, as we figure out everything like partial refunds and all that. But at least that part is over.
We have tried to have some lazy time around here but that's not how I roll....I took five boxes, mostly books, to Goodwill yesterday morning. My book shelves look a lot more bare, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm trying to shift some things around and get rid of things I'll never read/use or have duplicates or just don't want. I went through a box of recipes my grandmother and great-grandmother had cut out of newspapers. I tossed most of them. I kept many of the hand-written ones but there were plenty that were damaged beyond repair or had faded to the point that I couldn't read them. I hope to get them transcribed and make some sort of book out of them. I hope. We'll see where life brings me.
Beyond that, I'm also starting the job hunt. Stormageddon will be at school half-days in the fall and it's time to start earning my keep around this place. Or something.
Until then, I find things like this:
This was Little Man the other day, lunching with Puppy in a makeshift bed on his floor. I don't know why he's been sleeping on the floor but......yeah. I just have to shake my head and roll with it :)
Anyway, I hope you've had a lovely week and a half and I might be back on Sunday. Hahahahaha. Laugh with me!
I'm not even sure what all has happened over the last ten days aside from the auction. I wish I were joking. Like, I really wish I were joking. I know things happened.....
Okay......there was no school last Monday due to a Professional Development day. So, there was a playdate at one of the parks.
The seagull that's in the air (top right)....well, it was a thief and stole some pizza that wasn't quite in the garbage can. The other two were mad and squawking about it. Could have been worse, I suppose. The kids thought it was hilarious.
Last Tuesday morning, Stormageddon and I saved a couple snails that were hanging out on our sidewalk. The bigger one had some damage but after a few hours, they had both moved out of the pot we put them in for their own safety.
I made banana cream pie on Pi Day, as you do. It didn't have the whip cream on top but we were fine without it...so, really, it was a banana pudding pie with bananas and a graham cracker crust. I actually made another one on Monday because we had the stuff to do it...and why not? Pie is delicious.
Aside from all that, it was all auction, all weekend. I'm still dealing with auction-related stuff. I may have to pull some help in from other sources because there are some refunds that need to happen, which I'm not looking forward to. ::sigh::
I did, however, declare myself prom queen. In my lime green Chucks. And I even had a tiara (on loan from a friend for the night). So, that was delightful.
Unfortunately, the bottom line is that the auction did not do as well this year as anticipated. Like I came in $20K under our projected budget....but everyone had tons of fun so, really, that says more about them than me personally but I can't help but take it personally. I'll know more in the coming weeks, as we figure out everything like partial refunds and all that. But at least that part is over.
We have tried to have some lazy time around here but that's not how I roll....I took five boxes, mostly books, to Goodwill yesterday morning. My book shelves look a lot more bare, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm trying to shift some things around and get rid of things I'll never read/use or have duplicates or just don't want. I went through a box of recipes my grandmother and great-grandmother had cut out of newspapers. I tossed most of them. I kept many of the hand-written ones but there were plenty that were damaged beyond repair or had faded to the point that I couldn't read them. I hope to get them transcribed and make some sort of book out of them. I hope. We'll see where life brings me.
Beyond that, I'm also starting the job hunt. Stormageddon will be at school half-days in the fall and it's time to start earning my keep around this place. Or something.
Until then, I find things like this:
This was Little Man the other day, lunching with Puppy in a makeshift bed on his floor. I don't know why he's been sleeping on the floor but......yeah. I just have to shake my head and roll with it :)
Anyway, I hope you've had a lovely week and a half and I might be back on Sunday. Hahahahaha. Laugh with me!
What a fun set up Little Man had with Puppy who looks quite content. OMGosh, you look awesome in your prom queen dress and yep, can't go wrong with Chucks, girlfriend! I'm sorry the auction didn't do as well as you would have liked. However, I know you work your ass off on putting it together and if everyone had fun, that's what counts.
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