ELEVENTH Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Lazy Days (Update #7)

 Woo Sunday! I am in you! Let's get going :) 

FOs (Finished Objects)

Not yet. Sorry. I'll get there...

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

Okay, first, the good news: I have unearthed my WIPs. I can work on any WIP I want. 

Now, the bad news: I've only worked on two things this week and they are my Linen Stitch Scarf, for which I did make several inches of progress, and the second Vanilla Socks, for which I maybe did a few rounds....maybe. But progress forward, however slow, is still progress. 

Even though the Linen Stitch Scarf is acrylic and sticks to my dry and splitty fingers, I still enjoyed the monotony of the linen stitch. This may wind up being my first FO of the year, if I keep going at that rate. ::sigh:: 

OMGLSGWTFBBQ

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

 

A good portion of our unpacking is done. That doesn't mean there still aren't boxes and things to take care of because trust me, there is plenty of that to go around. But, the boxes in my craft room mostly contain books at this point. The boxes elsewhere in the house mostly contain books, the boys' toys, Legos (sets that are put together).....basically, things we need bookshelves for. So, until we get some bookshelves, we're at kind of an impasse with the unpacking. 

Our new bed arrives tomorrow, which is delightful....because this happened after we got the foam supports and I got the bed back together:

 

We have a Sleep Number and it's nearing the end of it's life......as evidenced by the bubble that formed on my side. ::sigh:: It's not terrible for a few days but if we weren't getting a new bed, this would be getting replaced, as well. 

The weather has been wonky. We were warm again (by Wisconsin standards - 42F in winter is warm) and then we had snow but not enough to do anything and now it's super cold again. Stormageddon got to wear his jammies to school on Friday for a class treat thing. He was super excited to be dressed in his Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) jammies. He had to make sure to wear all his winter stuff, though, because those jammies aren't exactly "winter weather" clothing. 

Little Man lost a tooth this week. And he's got another one loose. Stormageddon also has a loose tooth. ::sigh:: The Tooth Fairy is going to be busy....I hope she knows where her $1 bills are hiding. 

In other random events, I managed to do something to my neck/shoulder. I know how I did it but I don't know what exactly I did. I had a towel on my head from the shower on Thursday morning and I turned to get a Kleenex, and the towel shifted. Since then, lots of pain. I've tried just about everything at this point, short of going to the chiropractor/doctor (as this is muscular): ibuprofen, heat, ice, muscle relaxer, Lidocaine patch.....nothing helped. I actually brought out the big medication and while it did help, it didn't take the pain away completely, not that I expected it to...but I had hoped it would help more. It was enough that I could sleep. I can't drive because I can't hold my head in certain positions or turn quickly, I can't lift anything (meaning I haven't been able to work in my craft space, which is irritating)....it's been kind of a hot mess for the past few days with very little knitting. 

This was my view yesterday morning. 

Other than that, Puppy has been trying to sneak downstairs or upstairs and he's hilarious when he does. I was down in the craft room earlier this week and I heard him nudge the gate open. I came to the bottom of the stairs and found this:

The second I walked away, he came downstairs. Silly Puppy. We had his girlfriend over on Friday, as well. She's a 2 year old yellow Labrador and she loves to give kisses. I don't have pictures of that, though. I was in too much pain and not moving very far. 

Anyway, I hope you've had a lovely week and weekend :)