Eighth Year of Projects - Week 9

Back on track with my weekly updates!  This week has been busy since we are back at university and I have had classes to teach.  I did find some time in the evenings to cast on a new project (and no I have not finished my ongoing projects...)  The newest round in Tour de Sock begin on Monday and I like the pattern so I decided to cast it on.  I am finished the first leg and am about half way down the second leg.  I hope to have these done by the deadline of September 1st!  We shall see.

Here is my progress on Flibbertigibbet:

I hope I have a finish to show you next week! 

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 8

Alrighty, I seem to be settling into a regular routine again!  It has been a busy week with all sorts of meetings and things before the semester starts up again.

I had a four hour online meeting earlier this week and managed to complete two pet snuggles while we all talked and went over things.

And I spent some time working on my Tour Socks.  The next pattern comes out tomorrow morning - I am not sure if I will cast it on or not - I will decide once I see the pattern!  I will likely not finish this pair in time to have this pair of needles free, but I do have plenty of needles!!  My progress since last week is from the blue stitch markers down.  I did not touch one sock and finished the leg on the second (plus a few rows into the gusset increases on the second one).  My progress picture shows both the front (blue marker mid way down the leg) and the back (blue marker at the bottom). This is a fun knit with cables and beads!

A little short and sweet this week.  I just wanted to be sure to get my post done this week!!  Take care everyone!  Catch you all next week!

Eighth Year of Projects - Weeks 6 & 7

I have been missing in action or the past two weeks and am posting this late!  This week I am settling back into my new normal routine so I will be back to my weekly posting!

Over the past two weeks we took a road trip to Manitoba (from Pennsylvania).  We covered 3285 miles!  It was a wonderful trip but I did very little knitting and lots of visiting with family and friends.  One goal we had was to go through a bunch of stuff in my Mom's house and to pack up a few things to bring back with us.  My Mom is fine, but she is wanting to start downsizing a bit and my sister and I were able to help her go through a bunch of stuff.  I brought back with me some amazing treasures!  The most loved thing is my great grandmother's spinning wheel!!  She brought it to Canada from Iceland with her in 1905.  I am not sure how old it is but it is certainly more than 100 years old.  She used it until her passing in 1958.  Since then it has been unused.  It has all it's parts and pieces and appears to be in working order although the band that goes around the wheel is not attached - it is there but needs to be put back in place.  It also needs a good cleaning.  This will be a winter project for me and I plan to learn to spin on this beauty!!  i will write up another post in the next few weeks with pictures and descriptions of everything I brought back with me, but for now here is a teaser picture of the spinning wheel:

In terms of knitting progress - I added three squares to my scrap-ghan and got started on my Tour de Sock Stage three socks.  I did not finish them during the time window and have not cast on the next stage yet.  I suspect I will continue with these cabled beauties and will get back on track with the next round.  The yarn is more red than it is appearing in this picture.

I am back at work with all sorts of meetings and pre-semester stuff going on.  Classes begin next week and I am not ready yet!!  Oh well...

Until next week!