ELEVENTH Self-Imposed Year of Projects - It's a Sick Edition (Update #15)

As stated in the title, I'm sick. I'm definitely a bit of a hot mess. But, that doesn't mean the week was unlived. I'm a mom of two kiddos...I still have to do things. ::sigh::

FOs (Finished Objects)

Nope. Not yet. 

 

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
13. Dishcloth: started 25 February 2022
14. Mixed BFL (Annie): started 18 March 2022
15. Lakeline Tank: started 18 March 2022

As I said above, I've been sick. That's why this post is late. I did very little crafting...mostly granny squares and maybe a few rounds on the Vanilla Socks (#12 in the list). I'm not very exciting and I'm okay with it. 

 

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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. Hüj Tüb (laceweight - maybe that 100% lace cashmere I've had forever?)
9. 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

 

 

Wisconsin life continues to be ever-changing and I don't just mean the weather, though definitely that, too. 

Husband and I both tested positive for Covid on Sunday evening via the rapid test that the CDC sent out. Husband had been sick for several days, then I came down with it on Wednesday or Thursday. We figured it was just a nasty cold as we just had Covid at the end of January/beginning of February and we're both vaccinated. When friends of ours that we had spent much of the weekend with tested positive, it prompted us to test ourselves....and lo, we have the 'Rona. 

I'm not going to sugarcoat any of this: this round has been rough. Constant dry mouth, the feeling of something being stuck in your throat but you can't cough it out or clear it out, congestion so bad that your face feels like you've been hit with a brick thrown by a professional baseball pitcher, coughing like you've got bronchitis, loss of smell (which may be because of the congestion), loss of most taste, exhaustion from doing normal things like taking a shower (things that don't normally make you tired). Oh, and random body aches. And maybe a fever here and there. I'm probably forgetting a few symptoms. 

And then the boys started showing symptoms. Because why not? Their rapid tests came back negative today but I'm waiting on the PCR test before I consider sending them back to school at all, and they need to start feeling better, obviously. 

Soooo.....it's been kind of a hot mess around here. 

And Mother Nature is also a hot mess. We woke up to snow last week on Tuesday. It melted off by that afternoon and while it was pretty to look at, it's April and we should be basically over this now.

Like I said, pretty......but it's April. ::sigh::

We did some outdoor work over the weekend, even though we were sick. We cleared out a space for Puppy to be on his long lead. We've had the lead up since we moved in, basically, but because it was winter, we couldn't clear out the overgrowth on the far end. It was finally warm enough for a hot minute to clear some of it out. Brambles and raspberry/blackberry bushes were removed and the weeds were taken care of. Don't worry, we have plenty of raspberry/blackberry bushes elsewhere on the property. This was just an area of maybe 100 sq. ft. at most., and it's by the propane tank so it should be cleared out anyway. 

We also moved some things to the "burn pile," mainly branches from some bushes we cut down a few weeks ago. The boys helped with that. Husband brought out the lawn tractor with the pull-behind cart and we used that. I also put a final sealant coat on the beehives that the boys painted. 

But all that work has a price and that means that I've been exhausted today. Hopefully I'll sleep good. We'll see....

I hope you've had a lovely week and weekend. I think I'm going to call it a night...so tired.....