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
3. Cowl for Miss Sylvie: started 18 January 2019; finished 9 April 2019
4. Vanilla Fingerless Mitts: started 16 May 2019; finished 24 June 2019
5. Dishcloth: started 9 July 2019; finished 16 July 2019
6. Clapotis: started 29 June 2018; frogged 16 July 2019
Nothing new to see here. Move along now, Sir.
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 201
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 201
8. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
10. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
11. Ewetopia Stripey Socks: started 15 November 2018
12. Multi-Colored Merino Top (Viktor): stared 16 January 2019
11. Ewetopia Stripey Socks: started 15 November 2018
12. Multi-Colored Merino Top (Viktor): stared 16 January 2019
13. Prototype Something Something Raindrops: started 11 April 2019
14. Dishcloth: started 16 July 2019
With all the knitting I did last week, you would think I'd be on a finishing kick or a progress kick or something but, alas, that was not to be. I did do some knitting this week but not like I did last week. I worked on my Abracadabra Socks (working on the foot decreases) and the prototype cowl and the dishcloth. Nothing terribly exciting.
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)
Let's just move along now...keep 'er moovin'.
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Items for Me (Selfish Knitting FTW!)
Designs
14. Dishcloth: started 16 July 2019
With all the knitting I did last week, you would think I'd be on a finishing kick or a progress kick or something but, alas, that was not to be. I did do some knitting this week but not like I did last week. I worked on my Abracadabra Socks (working on the foot decreases) and the prototype cowl and the dishcloth. Nothing terribly exciting.
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)
Let's just move along now...keep 'er moovin'.
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Challenges (this is new for 2019)
1. Knit 1 granny square a month (average) until I'm out of yarn (for the Granny Square Blanket in my WIP list above): It is July (almost August...wuuut?!)...I've finished my 9th square and started my 10th. Based on my change to making one square a month instead of two, I'm ahead! But I was behind before this....soooo....take it as you wish. Regardless, I need to work on this.
2. Submit and/or publish 2 designs this year. I'm not having high hopes for this but we'll see what happens.
2. Submit and/or publish 2 designs this year. I'm not having high hopes for this but we'll see what happens.
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)
4. Tardis Beanie (worsted weight - Cascade Yarns Venezia in Blue Velvet & Grey)
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. Brickless (worsted weight - Miss Babs Yowza in Celebration)
3. Nightlock (fingering weight - Sun Valley Fibers Merino/Nylon Fingering in Onyx & Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor)
4. Honey Badger (fingering weight - one of the BMFA STR that I got from Carrie)
5. Park Slope (fingering weight - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot in Shamrock)
6. Flax (worsted weight - Misty Alpaca in the Harry Potter colors)
7. Xandu Snowflake Cowl (as a hat; fingering weight - G. Sheller Merino/Silk Fingering in Natural & YOTH Little Brother in Caviar)
8. Pop Blanket (worsted weight - box of Knit Picks...may need to order more)
9. Tombreck (Aran weight - hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist or handspun Purple BFL)
10. Stormont (worsted weight - MadTosh 80/10/10 in Molly Ringwald)
11. Rose's Wrist Warmers (DK weight - using Aran instead; hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist?)
12. Northeasterly (Sock or DK weight - but really, I can use whatever as long as I have enough)*
12. Northeasterly (Sock or DK weight - but really, I can use whatever as long as I have enough)*
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)
It's been hot this week. Like annoyingly hot. All the shades drawn, air conditioners running, don't want to do anything....yeah, that kind of hot. ::sigh:: It looks like the heat is going to break this week though, which I will find delightful.
That doesn't mean we've kept ourselves totally locked away, though. We've been to the park a few times, we did a few things around the house, the usual things for the most part.
I tried to teach Stormageddon how to balance a Koosh Ball on his face but he kept wiggling He was also mad that I kept adjusting it when he wiggled. Oh well.
Our pilot friend and I took the boys to the park this week. I had to get some bloodwork done so I dropped them off and found the three of them running around like crazy people. She's going to make a great mom someday (but not yet - her and her husband, also a pilot, haven't even been married a year yet). The boys claimed that area as their own island. Or something like that.
I've been sleeping in Stormageddons room for the past few days. We're trying to break him of the habit of coming into our bed at night. So far, he's needed a couple reminders to go back to his own bed. He gets up to go potty and then climbs into our bed. One night, I had to go fish him out after he didn't come back from the potty. Friday night, Husband had to tell him to go back to his own room. The funny thing is that he really likes his new bed...and yes, he did try to climb under it. He got in about ↑ that far...couldn't get his head under. And then he just grinned at me. Silly boy.
Little Man made his own flag on Friday. It doesn't have enough stars or stripes but he tried and got the general idea. He put it on his "restaurant" table (that you can see behind him). Love that boy.
Yesterday, Husband, Little Man, and I got haircuts while we were out. Mine took the least amount of time...probably because it was all cut to one length. I had about 5" cut off. Both Husband and Little Man needed it...hair in their eyes.
Basically, I had almost all the blonde cut off my ends...almost. That was from when I dyed my hair funny colors like purple and blue and such. Now that it's all gone and it's hot, I cut off the icky part. I was having trouble getting a comb and a brush through it anyway.
Stormageddon also got a haircut but it was after we got home. He had a little tantrum about not getting his haircut while we were out but I cut his at home. And when we got home, he decided to put slime in his hair. Again. So, he got his haircut yesterday, as well. ::sigh::
Other than that, the only things that happened were doctor appointments (pre-surgical stuff for me as I'm having surgery on Tuesday - nothing major, just an umbilical hernia repair) and a conversation with the company I was working for in May/June. Sounds like they want me to come back so that conversation is happening in August, hopefully after I'm off the narcotics from the surgery. We'll see.
Exciting times abound!
I hope you've all had a lovely week and weekend!
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
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)
It's been hot this week. Like annoyingly hot. All the shades drawn, air conditioners running, don't want to do anything....yeah, that kind of hot. ::sigh:: It looks like the heat is going to break this week though, which I will find delightful.
That doesn't mean we've kept ourselves totally locked away, though. We've been to the park a few times, we did a few things around the house, the usual things for the most part.
I tried to teach Stormageddon how to balance a Koosh Ball on his face but he kept wiggling He was also mad that I kept adjusting it when he wiggled. Oh well.
Our pilot friend and I took the boys to the park this week. I had to get some bloodwork done so I dropped them off and found the three of them running around like crazy people. She's going to make a great mom someday (but not yet - her and her husband, also a pilot, haven't even been married a year yet). The boys claimed that area as their own island. Or something like that.
I've been sleeping in Stormageddons room for the past few days. We're trying to break him of the habit of coming into our bed at night. So far, he's needed a couple reminders to go back to his own bed. He gets up to go potty and then climbs into our bed. One night, I had to go fish him out after he didn't come back from the potty. Friday night, Husband had to tell him to go back to his own room. The funny thing is that he really likes his new bed...and yes, he did try to climb under it. He got in about ↑ that far...couldn't get his head under. And then he just grinned at me. Silly boy.
Little Man made his own flag on Friday. It doesn't have enough stars or stripes but he tried and got the general idea. He put it on his "restaurant" table (that you can see behind him). Love that boy.
Yesterday, Husband, Little Man, and I got haircuts while we were out. Mine took the least amount of time...probably because it was all cut to one length. I had about 5" cut off. Both Husband and Little Man needed it...hair in their eyes.
Basically, I had almost all the blonde cut off my ends...almost. That was from when I dyed my hair funny colors like purple and blue and such. Now that it's all gone and it's hot, I cut off the icky part. I was having trouble getting a comb and a brush through it anyway.
Stormageddon also got a haircut but it was after we got home. He had a little tantrum about not getting his haircut while we were out but I cut his at home. And when we got home, he decided to put slime in his hair. Again. So, he got his haircut yesterday, as well. ::sigh::
Other than that, the only things that happened were doctor appointments (pre-surgical stuff for me as I'm having surgery on Tuesday - nothing major, just an umbilical hernia repair) and a conversation with the company I was working for in May/June. Sounds like they want me to come back so that conversation is happening in August, hopefully after I'm off the narcotics from the surgery. We'll see.
Exciting times abound!
I hope you've all had a lovely week and weekend!
It's Tuesday...hopefully everything went well....I just dyed my hair blue, it didn't go that well...
ReplyDeleteI hope it went well, Renee, and that you're resting comfortably.
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