Happy Tuesday! Yes, I'm totally aware that it's Tuesday. But, it's Little Man's 11th birthday so I thought I'd give it a day (or two, in this case) so I could roll it all into one. But first, the update!
FOs (Finished Objects)
1. Greenwood Fiberworks Dark BFL (Viktor): started 28 June 2020; finished 17 January 2021
2. Boo-Yah: started 26 January 2021; finished 27 January 2021
3. Minecraft Socks: started 12 August 2020; finished 6 March 2021
4. Alpaca (Viktor): started 17 January 2021; finished 17 March 2021
5. Dyeing Project: started 9 April, 2021; finished 9 April 2021
6. El Panal Cowl: started 5 April 2021; finished 29 April 2021
7. Rose City Rollers: started 7 March 2021; finished 1 June 2021
8. Unknown Wool (Viktor): started 26 June 2021; finished 27 June 2021
9. Abstract Fibers Merino Tencel (Viktor): started 27 June 2021; finished 29 June 2021
10. Frabjous Fibers Merino Top (Viktor): started 30 June 2021; finished 2 July 2021
11. Allons-y Fiber Arts Merino (Viktor): started 4 July 2021; finished 7 July 2021
12. Rose City Rollers: started 1 June 2021; finished 12 August 2021
13. Flax for Stormageddon: started 29 April 2021; finished 31 August 2021
14. Waiting for Winter Mittens: started 11 September 2021; finished 21 September 2021
15. Waiting for Winter Mittens for Stormageddon: started 25 September 2021; finished 28 September 2021
16. Rose City Zombies: started 13 August 2021; finished 21 October 2021
Nothing to see here. Maybe in a few weeks. Or not.
WIPs (Works-in-Progress) *these are carried over year after year, as 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. Vanilla Socks: started 9 August 2020
11. Sand Drift Blanket: started 17 January 2021
12. Sockhead: started 27 September 2021
Honestly, I've worked on the Sockhead. And that's it. I'm just knitting around and around and around and checking the ball on occasion for shrinkage. I still have quite a bit left so I'm not terribly fussed.
My Herbivore shawl is still stopped mid-row. I may finish that row today. We'll see how things go.
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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)
Design Ideas:
1. Christmas Stocking for Husband
2. Christmas Stocking for Little Man
3. Christmas Stocking for Stormageddon
4. Baby Blanket
5. Stomping Grounds Collection
Items for ME (Selfish Knitting FTW!):
1. Rose's Wrist Warmers (DK weight - using Aran instead; hand-dyed Malabrigo Twist?)
2. Perianth (fingering weight - Knitcircus Trampoline in The Whole Enchilada)
3. Stranger Things Hat (worsted - Malabrigo Rios in Archangel)
4. Autopilot (worsted weight - Sincere Sheep Cormo Worsted or htNEVELE Worsted in Reveire)
5. Fine Tune (fingering weight - uses minis so maybe a rainbow type one with the Canon Hand Dyes?)*
6. Flax (worsted weight - Misty Alpaca in the Harry Potter colors)
7. Park Slope (fingering weight - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot in Shamrock)
8. Undone (bulky - maybe the reclaimed yarn from the Freeport Vest?)
9. Socks (fingering weight - Bob knows I have enough so I should use it - maybe with the CSM)
10. Age of Brass & Steam (Handspun purple/white barber pole)
11. Radiate Shawl (fingering weight - Artfibers Carezza maybe?)
Children's Items/Knitting for others
1. Honey Badger: (worsted weight - black & white acrylic I have banging around the stash)*
2. Maybe a Flax for Little Man...maybe...
Utilitarian/Household Items
1. Garter Chevron Blanket (KP Mighty Stitch - may need to get some more black or white)
2. Diagonal Knit Dishcloths (cotton of some sort)
3. Reusable Produce Bag (cotton or acrylic of some sort - worsted)
4. Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth (cotton or maybe bamboo, depending on the use)
Spinning:
Dyeing:
Other Fibery Endeavors:
Here in California, it's raining. I should not complain. We need the rain. But rain makes people not want to come out and look at houses to buy....and that's not good for us. In this supposed "crazy" market, we have been unable to sell our house. As of tomorrow, we will have been on the market for a month. That's virtually unheard of around here. The problem is not the house. The house is great. The house is beautiful. The yard is great. The location to transportation is great. No, the issue is the damn cell phone tower on the PG&E property that is right at the back of our lot and the low-voltage lines that run the entire length of our street through everyone's backyard.
Seriously. That's what people are worried about. Forget the fact that we have fantastic cell coverage, have never lost power for more than a couple minutes in nine years, and have super quiet neighbors behind us (PG&E) and next to us (golf course). People think they cause cancer. There are more cancer-causing agents in the cell phone you keep in your back pocket than in that tower. It's so frustrating.
We've dropped the price, which may have garnered more interest but no offers.
::sigh::
It's causing some undue stress on Husband and I. We had to look into a loan to buy the property in Wisconsin...which is not great because now they could come back and say they won't sell us the house. And another loan.
We could use the mojo.
In other events, it's Little Man's 11th birthday today. Both boys are getting their first Covid vaccinations tomorrow morning and Little Man has his well-visit doctor appointment tomorrow afternoon. He got a new game on the Nintendo Switch from us (Minecraft Dungeons, I think), grandma & grandpa (Husband's parents), and great-grandma (my step-grandma; the one I made the mittens for) sent him money. I have no idea what Husband's sister or sister-in-law sent but he has two boxes from them. I'll get cake later today. He's requested chocolate, which is fine with me. He doesn't want anything fancy. I even asked if he wanted an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins or somewhere and he said, "nope." Okay then.
For now, let's have a montage of Little Man over the years...
This was the day he was born. He was a long, skinny thing. He was 22" long and the pediatrician wanted him remeasured three times because there's no way he's that long. After the third time, he was like, "okay, he's 22" long" and went to hand him to Husband, who is 6'4". Husband stood up, looked down at the pediatrician, and the pediatrician was like, "okay, he's definitely 22" long."
His first Valentine's day. He was such a little chubster. He'd get chunky, then he'd grow and get skinny. Wash, rinse, repeat...for eleven years. He's still like this.
As you do, we gave him his own little cake for his first birthday. I'd say he enjoyed...
We took him to see Husband's brother and sister-in-law when he was just over a year old. They live near Washington DC so we went out and about. We saw the Washington Monument from afar (it was closed due to an earthquake that had damaged it), saw the White House, all of that. He wasn't impressed. He did like the aquarium though.
He was almost two years old when we moved to California.
He was such a handsome little guy when we would go on cruises. And he was a total ham for the camera.
He was pretty good for formal photos, thankfully. Maybe because we started him so young?
I'm pretty sure this was from his third birthday. I don't think we had Stormageddon yet, which would make this his third.
As you can see, he's definitely my child.
Just before he turned four years old, we had Stormageddon. This is the first photo of Little Man holding his brother. He was a little scared.
Once Stormageddon comes along, photos start getting out of order a bit. I know this was his first fish face. We were in Mexico at an all-inclusive place. Stormageddon was napping (he was maybe a year old) and Little Man made his first fish face at me.
This was the Greyson sweater I made for him. Stormageddon can still wear it (barely).
This was Halloween 2017. He had his ear tubes put in that morning and we went Trick-or-Treating that night. Actually, this photo is from just before Halloween but you get the idea.
This one is from the March for Science. Well, it's actually from the doughnut shop before we went to the March for Science. But it was that day.
So. Many. Photos.
So, Little Man is 11 years old today.
And that's seriously all that's going on. I hope you've had a lovely weekend and start to the new week :)
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