Seventh Year of Projects - Week 48

Back for another week.  I can hardly believe this year of projects is nearly over!  And I can also hardly believe that I have kept up for almost the entire year! 

I have spent my week on socks!  I finished my Sock Madness Round 4 socks.  I was not fast enough to qualify for the next round but I am happy to have these done ♥  Here they are (there are more pictures on my Ravely project page - link above):

And I spent some time on my Vanilla Socks.  These are almost ready for the toes and I imagine I will have them ready as a finish next Sunday.  My progress this week is from the marker.  Here they are:

And finally I have found my designing mojo again!!  I am working on a new sock design but I cannot share pictures because I want to submit it somewhere and secrecy is important.  If my submission is unsuccessful I will be able to show it off in the early autumn.  So far I have knit the cuff and am working on creating the charts before I dive into the leg.  Sorry no pictures...

Well I best run!  Time to go shower and get ready for church and then we are heading out for lunch and to do some shopping.  This evening we plan to finally get some more of our artwork hung in the apartment - no hurry - we have been here for nearly a year!!  Until next week!!

Seventh Year of Projects - Weeks 46 & 47

I'm back a week plus a day late!!  I was traveling and was not able to get last weeks post done.  I was using my Mom's computer and I did not want to log out of her gmail account to use mine in case I could not get her machine back to it's "normal" state.  I had a wonderful time away and got in a lot of visiting with family and friends.  I got home late last night and did not want to tackle this then...  I did not get too much accomplished over the past two weeks but I did make some progress on the two sock WIPS I took with me.

My Vanilla Socks saw some love (I have these going two at a time now and the markers show where I left off last time I posted pictures):

And I got some work done on my Sock Madness Round 4 socks.  I have been eliminated from the competition but I still want to finish these socks as they are so cool looking!  One sock is complete (showing the front view) and the second is ready to pick up the gusset stitches and move down the foot.

I suspect I will spend some time this week trying to finish up both of these pair of socks.  I am itching to cast on something new, but I really need to finish these up first!  I also need to start thinking about my list for next year, although I really did not stick to my list this past year...  Enough of this disorganized, random post!  I'll be back to "normal" for next week!

Seventh Year of Projects - Week 45

Back again!! 

This past week has seen some progress!!  I finished my Impressionists MKAL Shawl but have not got around to blocking it yet.  This was a really fun knit and I actually enjoyed all the garter stitch :)  You can't see it here but this has a picot bind off and I added beads to the picots!  I'll get some better pictures of that once it is blocked (which won't happen until later this month).  All the ends are tucked in and will be clipped after blocking.  Here is what it looks like before blocking:

Then I spent a bit of time working on some vanilla socks I started quite a while back.  I need to get the second gusset complete and then I plan to get them onto one needle so that I can do the feet two at a time.  I am going to be traveling this week and will want something easy to work on.  Here is where I am at now:

And the newest round of Sock Madness began on Thursday.  It is stranded color work and I am slowly making some progress.  Only ten people on each team advance to the next round and four on my team are already done.  I am not sure I will make it this round.  I do want to finish the socks because they are so pretty!  It has a different design down the front and back of the leg.  Here is a picture of where I am now (front and back views - it will be a dragon when it is done!):

Front

Back (he has a red bead for his eye!)

And just for fun here is a picture of me from yesterday.  We had our graduation ceremony at my university.  I love wearing my regalia and watching my students walk across the stage to get their diploma ♥

I might not have as much to show over the next couple weeks as I will be home visiting family in Manitoba.  I only plan to take my two pair of socks to work on - I suspect that will be enough to keep my hands busy!  I plan to post my blog from my Mom's computer while I am away so if I am not around for the next two Sundays you know why!!