Year NINE: Self-Imposed Year of Projects - *breathe* (Update #45)

 Happy Tuesday! Yesterday was Little Man's 10th birthday! It's difficult to believe sometimes but here we are. 

Let's get going with the update (for which I am late. Again). 

 

 

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
11. Rose City Rollers: started 18 June 2020; finished 4 August 2020
12. Prototype Something Something (worsted): started 5 September 2020; finished 6 September 2020
13. Prototype Something Something cowl: started 11 September 2020; finished 17 October 2020

Nothing new to see. Sorry.

 

 

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. Greenwood Fiberworks Dark BFL (Viktor): started 28 June 2020
11. Vanilla Socks: started 9 August 2020
12. Minecraft Socks: started 12 August 2020
13. Basic Fingerless Mitts: started 6 September 2020
14. Come Sail Away: started 17 October 2020

With the election in the United States this past week, I can say that any knitting I did was stress-knitting. Specifically, I spent a good portion of Tuesday working on the Come Sail Away baby blanket. I actually made some decent progress and my tension didn't get too wonky. I finished the first row of blocks and I'm about halfway through the second row of blocks. I also worked on it when we watched V for Vendetta on Thursday (though that was harder as I was knitting in the dark). 

I think that was the only knitting I did, though. 

 

 

OMFGLSGWTFBBQ Lists

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. Honey Badger: (worsted weight - black & white acrylic I have banging around the stash)*
3. Mittens for Stormageddon (worsted weight probably)
4. 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

 

 

 

This last week has been busy and I've been trying to keep myself busy. With the election comes a lot of high-charged, opinionated people, probably myself included. I am so very tired of the hate spewing out of this country right now and I am tired of playing nice. I've called people out before but now, I have no problem being rude about it. Apparently people don't like that. Guess what? Do. Not. Care. I'm over it. I'm done coddling people in the name of unity.

So, stress-knitting was a total thing. And stress-cleaning. And stress-eating. And stress-doing-laundry. And stress-lazing. 

It was all a thing around here this past week.

 

Other than that, I cannot say a whole lot else happened, really. Early November is filled with birthdays in our world. Husband's niece, my niece, and Little Man all have birthdays within the first 10 days of November (and I'm always caught off-guard by it ever year). Husband also has a cousin with twin daughters that have their birthday in there, too (but at least I don't need to ship presents for them). We also spend 5 November watching V for Vendetta because Guy Fawkes Day. I will say that it felt different watching it this year. I'm not sure how to put my finger on it but with the election and the blatant shitshow that's been happening, watching that movie just felt different this year. 

 

I don't have many photos from this past week. I finally turned our furnace on, which freaked out Husband the morning after I turned it on (about 6am) because it kicked on and that first push always smells awful like something's burning and he thought his 3D printer was on fire. 

And Stormageddon, of course, loves having the fireplace on so I brought in some wood from the huge pile (it's still a huge pile) and we had a fire the other night. He plopped himself down in front of it and was happy. 

 

 

 

Stormageddon also decided that cuddling with daddy was a good thing so he curled up with Little Man's Nintendo DS (as his is currently on it's way to Nintendo to be fixed) and played while Husband watched some videos on his laptop. 

 

 

 

Like I said, it's been a pretty quiet week other than election noise, which is never fun but is definitely necessary. 

I hope you've had a lovely week and weekend and beginning of the week. I hope to be on time next week but we'll see how that goes.