Year NINE: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Quiet Sunday (finally) - Update #30

Happy Sunday! Let's get going on this week's Year of Projects update. 



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
6. Baby Yoda: started 14 March 2020; finished 13 June 2020
7. Abracadabra Socks: started 7 August 2018; finished 18 June 2020
8. Multi-Colored Merino Top (Viktor): started 16 January 2019; finished 30 June 2020
9. Oread Hat (test knit): started 2 July 2020; finished 11 July 2020
10. Prototype Something Something Raindrops: started 11 April 2019; finished 18 July 2020

I've not finished anything new but I did post an FO Friday on, well, Friday. You can find it here. It was about the Oread Hat test knit and the Prototype cowl. 



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. Purl & Loop Weaving Project: started 28 August 2018
8. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018
9. Linen Stitch Scarf: started 2 June 2020
10. Rose City Rollers: started 18 June 2020
11. Greenwood Fiberworks Dark BFL (Viktor): started 28 June 2020

I've managed to not start anything new (yet). We'll see how that goes as I have a project I need to get yarn wound for and start soon. I think. Regardless, nothing new yet and I'm hanging around a respectable eleven WIPs. 

I finished up another granny square and started another one for the granny square blanket, which is good. Unfortunately, I know I'm coming to a knot so I'm going to have to cut the yarn and weave in ends later. I suppose worse things could happen but I'm not very good at starting a new color/end/ball in the middle of a granny square. So, there's that. 

I also finished up the first of the Rose City Rollers socks. Okay, it's not 100% finished yet as I've not actually done the Kitchener on the toe but I am to that point. 

The only other thing I managed to work on this past week was the Linen Stitch Scarf, which was mostly done during video chat sessions (a knitting one on Friday and a Principal one yesterday). It's not very long but it was funny because while I was working on it during the Principal chat yesterday, one of the moms texted me and asked me to hold up what I was working on. And then the Principal asked me at the end, also. They all know I knit and they could see my hands working on something. 

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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. 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) --> I may change this to a different sweater using the same yarn
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. Skeins of sock yarn

3. 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

I feel like this week has been a bit quieter now that we're home from Washington and kind of getting back into the swing of things. Of course, it's all kind of a moot point as school will be starting back up in like three weeks. ::sigh:: Then the schedule needs to be mucked with again, at least for the boys and me so we'll have to see how that will turn out. 

I did some work in our bathroom. We had a spot in our bathroom shower that leaked, just a little (enough to be annoying but not enough to cause damage). We did some caulking in there a few years ago to try to mitigate the leak. Unfortunately, we didn't do things correctly. We just put new caulk over the old stuff, didn't let things dry out, etc., so we were having some issues with mold because water was getting between the old and new caulk. Sooooo, I stripped out the new caulk and the old caulk, cleaned up the mold (with gloves and bleach), let a fan blow on that area for a day, recaulked both sides and let it cure/dry for almost two days....and now, no issue. It wasn't the most fun I've had but at least it's done and done correctly. 

We also fixed the spot of dry rot. We had pulled off the old boards and sprayed the Killz and such last week. This week we attached the new boards, caulked around them, and painted. So, that's another thing off our list. 

Husband has been futzing with his 3D printer. I don't think there's been a day since we got it that it hasn't been running (except while we were out of town and the print screwed up). So, there's that. He's making things to store his tools for said printer (wrenches and nozzles and such like that). I don't know what he's going to make after that. We'll see, I suppose. 

In other random events, Little Man has taken a liking to the Legend of Zelda again (some more) and has decided that this is his Link costume, but not really. He actually let me take a photo, which is also a rarity. Silly boy.

In addition to that, Little Man got a new (to him) bike and, by proxy, Stormageddon got a bike (Little Man's old one). He's at that odd size where a 26" bike is too big yet but his 20" is far too small; what he needed was a 24" but he'd only be riding it for a hot minute. We weren't crazy about spending a bunch of money on a bike he might be on for two years. 

So, Husband, being practical, posted in Little Man's school's Facebook group asking if anyone had one just hanging around they wanted to sell. One of the moms I know (I don't know her well but I do know her) said she had one and she also lives just a few blocks from us. So, I took Little Man over and lo, we have a bike for him. It needed some cleaning, air in the tires, and the chain needed some WD40. Otherwise, it was perfect!

Of course, that meant that we needed to find the training wheels for the little bike and get those on for Stormageddon. 

Clearly, we were successful. 

I'm glad things worked out. Now the boys have something else they can do, aside from playing in the yard or inside, or going in the pool. 

So, that's all been very exciting. We don't have anything planned for this week but I'm sure we'll find something worth doing. Or not. Whatever. It's summer and we can do what we want!

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