ELEVENTH Self-Imposed Year of Projects - Another weekend up north (Update #33)

Happy Monday! We were gone up north all weekend and I'm finally getting around to this on Monday.

FOs (Finished Objects)
1. Baby Blanket: started 22 April 2022; finished 4 June 2022
2. Herbivore: started 15 November 2018; finished June 2022

Move along now, sir. 

 

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. Linen Stitch Scarf: started 2 June 2020
9. Vanilla Socks: started 9 August 2020
10. Sand Drift Blanket: started 17 January 2021
11. Vanilla Socks: started 12 December 2021
12. Dishcloth: started 25 February 2022
13. Mixed BFL (Annie): started 18 March 2022
14. Lakeline Tank: started 18 March 2022
15. Baby Blanket: started 4 June 2022

What little time I did spend knitting, I worked on either the Vanilla Socks (#11) or the Baby Blanket. I'm about 3/4 finished with the baby blanket (I think I have like 2 rows before I change to the last color). If I can work on it for a couple hours every day, I'll have it finished by the end of the week. We'll see how things go. 

The Vanilla Socks are at the point where I pick up the stitches from the heel flap & turn and start knitting down the foot, doing the gusset decreases. Nothing terribly exciting. I keep hoping that I'll have something to add to my FO list soon but, you know, that's not happening. Well. Maybe. Not the socks though. Not yet. 

And then I fell into two yarn shops over the weekend. I didn't buy a lot but what I did buy is mostly slated for specific projects, which is always a good time. I'll have to do one of those Stash Saturday posts soon. I haven't done one of those in awhile. 

Anyway, moving along.....

 

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. 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

 

 

In "real life," we went to see Hamilton this week.

Our husbands were seated way over there....

 

......and we were way up here.......

We did get to see directly into the pit, which is always entertaining for me. The show in San Francisco was better, but this one was still good. To be fair, the cast/crew in San Fransisco had previously been in Puerto Rico where they got to learn (and perform) with Lin Manuel Miranda himself. So, you know, they got to work with the mastermind behind the whole thing. 

Thursday, the boys left for the cabin. I spent the day/evening doing laundry, cleaning, and knitting on the baby blanket. We left on Friday. There were 8 of us, total, in the tiny cabin. It's not that tiny, actually. It's probably 1500 sq. ft., which is almost the size of our house in California. We made it work. The boys went fishing and out on the boat, there was fire, there was knitting, and there was food. You know, the usual, good things. 

Little Man caught a crawfish with his bare hands. They're basically freshwater lobsters. This guy was not big enough to eat but there are bigger ones, of course.

Puppy got a little too close to the fire and managed to singe one of his eyebrows. He learned his lesson. He just wanted to be by the fire and not by his girlfriend (our friends' 2 year old yellow lab - she's very in Puppy's business).

 
Other than that, not a whole lot is going on around here. Kind of a "normal" summer week. We got the boys' school supplies last week, though we have a couple things to get. They have clothes and shoes so we're basically ready to go, other than the actual going. Their friends in California started this past week and we're just twiddling our thumbs for a few more weeks. It'll be fine; there are plenty of things to get done around here. 

And with that, I'm wandering off.....I hope you've had a lovely week and weekend!