Year NINE: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Is this the 6th Circle of Hell? (Update #22)

In Dante's Divine Comedy, the Sixth Circle of Hell is reserved for those guilty of heresy or having beliefs of ideas that contradict Christian doctrine. I feel like that's quite fitting for June. I'm not quite sure what happens when we get to October, as there are only Nine Circles of Hell. I guess we'll have to wing it?

Anyway, I'm a day late, as usual, but it's the first of the month so I guess it's okay. Let's get going!



FOs (Finished Objects):
1. Ewetopia Stripey Socks: started 15 November 2018; finished 29 January 2020
2. Tiny Turtle: started 7 November 2019; finished 30 January 2020
3. Mirkwood: started 9 February 2020; finished 17 February 2020
4. Campfire Socks: started 17 October 2018; frogged 9 April 2020
5. Sockhead: started 8 January 2020; finished 25 May 2020

I finished something I wasn't expecting. I expected my next FO to be the Baby Yoda sweater, which still needs things sewn together and such. No, instead I finished up a Sockhead hat. It was intended to be adult-sized...but it fits Stormageddon so I guess it's his hat. 

Oh well. I have next week to finish the sweater....



WIPs (Works-in-Progress) (These are carried over year to year if 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. Abracadabra Socks: started 7 August 2018
8. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
9. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
10. Multi-Colored Merino Top (Viktor): started 16 January 2019
11. Prototype Something Something Raindrops: started 11 April 2019
12. Baby Yoda: started 14 March 2020

Aside from finishing the aforementioned hat, I also spent some time working on my Herbivore shawl. I only managed three rows the other day but it was three rows I didn't have done prior to that. It's getting more slow-going, though, as the rows get longer. It's a fun project, though I know many complain about the ptbl's. I don't actually mind them too much. I wish my needles were a little sharper as it would help but they're not bad to knit. 

But that was about it. ::sigh:: 

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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)


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. Honey Badger: (worsted weight - black & white acrylic I have banging around the stash)*
4. Mittens for Stormageddon (worsted weight probably)
5. I Love Stockinette Baby Bibs (worsted - cotton, acrylic, something)

Items for ME (Selfish Knitting FTW!):

1. Autopilot (worsted weight - Sincere Sheep Cormo Worsted or htNEVELE Worsted in Reveire)

2. Rose's Wrist Warmers (DK weight - using Aran instead; hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist?)

3. Perianth (fingering weight - Knitcircus Trampoline in The Whole Enchilada)

4. Pembroke Scarf (fingering weight - Fresh From the Cauldron Schoodic Sock in Sookie)

5. Flax (worsted weight - Misty Alpaca in the Harry Potter colors)

6. Park Slope (fingering weight - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot in Shamrock)

7. Socks (fingering weight - I have tons...pick something!)

8. Washcloths/chewcloths (worsted weight - cotton)

9. Sockhead (fingering - I have tons...pick something!)

10. Age of Brass & Steam (Handspun purple/white barber pole)

Designs:

1. Christmas Stocking for Husband

2. Christmas Stocking for Little Man

3. Christmas Stocking for Stormageddon

4. Baby Blanket

Spinning:

1. Wonderland Dyeworks BFL

2. Mixed BFL

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

4. Alpaca (from Lambtown 2014)

5. Fiberlady.com 100% Bamboo 

Dyeing:

1. Sock Blanks

2. Anything else I find along the way

Other Fibery Endeavors:

1. Create project bag inventory

2. Update library inventory (on Ravelry)

3. Update stash inventory (on Ravelry)

4. Stitch markers

5. Destash as necessary

6. Stash Fit



This past week has been...well, it's been a week. I don't even know where to begin, honestly. There's protesting across the country, which has led to riots in some areas, far too much police activity in others, and civilians that aren't even a part of anything are paying the price, including media. It's not been pretty. The closest protests to us are in Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco. We have friends in Minneapolis, where it started. We have friends in a lot of the big cities where protests are occurring: Los Angeles, Louisville, Minneapolis, here, New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington DC...and it's bad. The protesting is one thing but there are...well, racist piles of crap coming in to stir the shitpots, causing riots and looting. And then our Cheeto-in-Chief turned off all the lights and pretended like no one was home. 

I just.....I can't. And I'm white. I cannot even begin to imagine what anyone not white is going through. I...I don't even know what to say because it seems paltry and trite. 

I think I'm just going to move on for right now. So, in events closer to home, we have just two and a half weeks of school left. That means we can start planning our summer. *snort* I don't know what kind of plans we're going to have but I'm sure we'll think of something. I've signed up both boys for the summer reading program at the library. It's something I can keep them doing. 

We only had a couple of entertaining things happen this week. Little Man found this on Thursday last week:

It's hard to tell but that is a baby salamander. He found it in the house running on our floor. It was teeny tiny. We've not seen any other ones so it may have come in with the last load of wood for the fireplace. Regardless, Little Man caught it, showed Stormageddon (who was having a class meeting), and then took it outside to release it. It was just a baby. 

Also, Husband brewed beer on Saturday. We use the spent grains to help fertilize the lawn, fill in holes/gaps/dips in the yard, and help grass grow. So, while I was spreading the spent grains, I stepped in a hole. I wound up filling said hole with grains....and then all hell broke loose. 

The hole I stepped in? Yeah, it was a bumblebee ground hive. Bees swarmed out of the hole and they were pissed off. We weren't sure what kind of bees they were but luckily, I know an entomologist and I pinged her quick. She ID'd them as bumbles and told me to just leave them be and they'd dig out and calm down. But they were buzzing around for several hours. It was not pretty. 

There were no signs of them en masse yesterday or today so we figure they took care of themselves. Regardless, we don't necessarily want a ground hive in our yard so we'll have to see what we can do about that. 

Anyway, I hope you've all had a lovely week and weekend. I think I'm going to call it a night. ::sigh::