ELEVENTH Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Look at my panda! (Update #5)

Woo Sunday! Happy Sunday!

 

FOs (Finished Objects)

Nope. Nothing yet. Oh well. Moving along...

 

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. Vanilla Socks: started 12 December 2021

I only worked on the Vanilla Socks this week...and I only did a couple rounds. Nothing terribly exciting on the knitting front. 

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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. Park Slope (fingering weight - Mountain Fibers Crazyfoot in Shamrock)
2. Flax (worsted weight - Misty Alpaca in the Harry Potter colors)
3. Musselburgh (any weight - likely DK or worsted)*
4. 3 Color Cashmere Cowl (fingering weight, 3 colors)*
5. Gradient Band Cowl (fingering weight - Safronie Fairy Tales gradient and a solid)*
6. Fine Tune (fingering weight - uses minis so maybe a rainbow type one with the Canon Hand Dyes?)*
7. Stashbusting Helix Hats (worsted weight - bits and bobs of worsted)
8. Lakeline Tank (Aran weight - I have yarn for this somewhere...like I bought it specifically for this but I can't remember what it is)
9. Hüj Tüb (laceweight - maybe that 100% lace cashmere I've had forever?)
10. Undone (bulky - maybe the reclaimed Freeport Vest yarn?)

 

Children's Items/Knitting for others
1. Flax for Little Man (worsted weight - likely Baah Yarns Shasta in London Blue)
2. Honey Badger: (worsted weight - black & white acrylic I have banging around the stash)*
3. The Mandolorian (sport weight - need grey, white, and green...which I might have)*
4. Zelda Beanie (worsted weight - black or grey and yellow, which I'm sure I have)
5. Wasabi for Mr. K (worsted weight - Cascade 220 in Moss Agate if possible)
6. Bugle for Miss E (worsted weight - multicolor; htNEVELE in Reverie if possible)
7. Bonbon for Miss C (worsted weight - Cascade 220 in Vinci if possible)
8. Baby Bear for Mr. T (fingering weight - anything will work)
9. Pig for Earle & Duane (worsted weight - need pink, of course...maybe a good use for the one skein of Molly Ringwald I have?)

 

Utilitarian/Household Items
1. On-Trend Chair Socks (worsted weight bits and bobs) - I have a lot of chairs that could use these
2. Garter Chevron Blanket (KP Mighty Stitch - may need to get some more black or white)
3. Diagonal Knit Dishcloths (cotton of some sort, possibly a cotton/bamboo blend, depending on use)
4. Reusable Produce Bag (cotton or acrylic of some sort - worsted)
5. Harry Potter Blanket (worsted weight - based on several dishcloth patterns to make blocks)
6. Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth (cotton or a cotton/bamboo blend, again based on use)
7. Pop Blanket (worsted weight - a little of this and that?)
8. Holiday Countdown Stockings (worsted weight - various colors)

 

Spinning:
1. Wonderland Dyeworks BFL in Stream Bed
2. Wonderland Dyeworks BFL in Winter Night
3. Timber Ridge Farm Alpaca Roving
4. Ashland Bay Fiber 100% Merino Top in English Garden
5. Anne's Fiber Expressions Elynenium

 

Dyeing:
1. Sock Blanks (I think I have 5 left)
2. Random worsted/sport skeins (I have maybe 2-3 left)
3. Anything else I find along the way (I don't think there's anything else, but maybe?)

 

Other Fibery Endeavors:
1. Stash Fit
2. Create a project bag inventory
3. Update library inventory (on Ravelry)
4. Update stash inventory (on Ravelry) and reorganize yarn
5. Stitch markers: make kits and individual for Etsy shop
6. Destash as necessary/needed

 

 

So........our stuff finally arrived! The house looks like a bomb went off but our stuff is here and we're working through unpacking. It's kind of a hot mess around here, which is fine other than the constant feeling of must go faster that I have. This is, unfortunately, compounded by the fact that I can't unpack a bunch of stuff in the kitchen because we're getting new counters put in tomorrow...so a bunch of cabinets had to come down because the counters will be 1/4" higher than the current ones and some cabinets sat on top of counters. I put in a request for my little brother to come over and help us. He works in construction and is a carpenter by trade so he's got more practiced hands than we do.

On either side of the stove were two cabinets that went down to the counters. So those came down.

On the other side of the kitchen by the fridge, we had another one that needed to come down (bonus little brother on the ladder & counter). Unfortunately, we discovered some WTFery in our kitchen....like the dryer vent that was hidden behind a teeny little corner cabinet that needed to come out. WHAT?! Why is my dryer (1) vented up through my kitchen and (2) visible in my kitchen at all?!

But......our stuff is here. And unpacking is happening. The boys have their beds and are sleeping in their rooms. Husband and I, unfortunately, are not sleeping in our bed. Turns out that we're missing a pretty big chunk of our bed. We have had a Sleep Number for quite awhile (13ish years). The one we have is basically two twin size air mattresses connected to the pump that are separated by thick foam supports. Those foam pieces are missing. So we can't finish putting our bed together. Thankfully we can order the pieces...but the bed is 13 years old and one of the mattresses leaks somewhere, not terribly but enough to be annoying every couple weeks when we decide it needs some filling. We wound up ordering a new Sleep Number bed, which will be here Valentine's Day....but in the meantime, we ordered the foam pieces so we can at least sleep in our bed for a hot minute. As it is, I'm still sleeping on the couch and Husband is downstairs.

Stormageddon was home all week. He spiked a fever last Sunday so I took him in for another Covid test on Monday, which came back positive. So, the both boys have had Covid and Husband and I have likely had it, as well, though we never tested and were basically quarantined and asymptomatic anyway. Stormageddon was feeling perfectly fine by Tuesday but I had to keep him home all week for the quarantine period. Little Man was, thankfully, back at school.....except when he threw up at school on Thursday and wound up having to come home and then stay home on Friday. ::sigh:: If it's not one thing it's another. 

But first, let's talk about the hot mess that was the arrival of our stuff. This is the 53' semi tractor-trailer at the end of our driveway. On said truck were our boxes and furniture and so on. The driver decided he couldn't get up the driveway, either by pulling in forward or maneuvering around to come up backwards. The driver was not responsible for moving things from the truck into the house; we had three dudes that were doing that. 

The three dudes had to hoof it from the end of our driveway, up the driveway with our stuff, and then distribute everything to whichever room we said. It was cold. I made hot chocolate. And coffee. And there were breaks to close the doors and warm up the house. Puppy was made. Little Man was at school, thankfully, though Stormageddon was home (hiding in his room).

Proof that stuff has arrived! Boxes in the dining room!

So, we've spent the past few days trying to unpack things here and there. The two big things were Husband's office set-up and the kitchen...to a point. We knew we were getting new counters so there are things that are not unpacked yet (like cookbooks) but as soon as everything is back in place, we'll get that done. Husband's office space is ready to go, which is good.

With the kitchen being a hot mess, I have no sink or dishwasher hooked up in the kitchen so I'm washing dishes in the laundry room sink by hand (which is fine for a couple days). The microwave is in the living room on our buffet/sideboard. But at least the fridge and stove are accessible and usable.

Yesterday, after my brother left, we decided to run a few errands and go visiting. We bought a nail gun because we've been talking about it for awhile. We also picked up a few other things at Home Depot. Then we drove to my great-aunt & great-uncle's house to see them (they're 79 and 82). Then we swung over to a cheese shop that my bestie works at part-time and dropped like $130 on various things (mostly cheese but a few other things as well). Then we went to see her mom before going out to dinner with said bestie at the Mexican restaurant in my hometown.

Queso dip and margaritas are required. 

 

Today, we've done a bit of this and that. Husband did some work on the under-cabinet lights that we're replacing. The ones that were there were halogen bulbs and half were broken. So we picked up some LED lights and he put those in. We're going to do light strips for the upper cabinet ones but we can't do that until the cabinets are back up. I worked on flattening and tying up some boxes and unpacking/moving liquor to the downstairs bar area. I also did a little bit of work with Husband where we put a drawer back together, changed out some knobs, and moved the mini-fridge back into place. Oh, and cleaned up dog pee. ::sigh:: 

Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a lovely weekend!