Tenth Year of Projects - Week 21

 

Another week!  A finished object and some progress to show on another project.

Finished Object:

1) Tegna - this sweater is (basically) finished!!!  I got going on the sleeves again this past week and finished them off!  I love the fit of this sweater!  I still need to block it so I will show you another picture next week.  But I am so happy to have it all finished!

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Slipstravaganza - this is a mystery shawl knit along by Stephen West.  The clues come out every Friday and I cast  this on on October 9th.  I am moving along on Clue #4 now!  The rows are LONG and it might take a few weeks to finish off the last clue (over 900 stitches per row and I have completed 19 out of 49 rows...)  I managed to add 11 rows this weeks so that is pretty good considering the number of stitches that is!!  I won't show any pictures of the shawl here because I don't want to spoil the surprise/mystery for anyone, but I do show it in my podcast if you are curious (and there are some pictures on my Ravelry project page).  

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

I am also doing a WIP-it Down Week since I am on our Thanksgiving Break from university.  I am filming (relatively) short vlog style videos documenting my progress in case you want to check those out as well!

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 20

Another week!  A finished object and some progress to show on one project.

Finished Object:

1) Sorta Shorty Christmas Socks - They are all done!!  And I love them!!  I have enough yarn to make another pair of shorties if I do a contrasting heel and toe so I suspect I will be doing that one day.  Here they are:

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Slipstravaganza - this is a mystery shawl knit along by Stephen West.  The clues come out every Friday and I cast  this on on October 9th.  I am moving along on Clue #4 now!  The rows are LONG and it might take a few weeks to finish off the last clue (over 900 stitches per row and I have completed 8 out of 49 rows...)  I won't show any pictures of the shawl here because I don't want to spoil the surprise/mystery for anyone, but I do show it in my podcast if you are curious (and there are some pictures on my Ravelry project page).  

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 19

 

Another week!  And only progress to show on one project.

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Slipstravaganza - this is a mystery shawl knit along by Stephen West.  The clues come out every Friday and I cast  this on on October 9th.  I am moving along on Clue #3 now and have one row left of the first half of that clue.  Hopefully I will get the second half done this week and get some of the final clue done as well!  I have not looked at the final clue yet so I have no idea what to expect!  I won't show any pictures of the shawl here because I don't want to spoil the surprise/mystery for anyone, but I do show it in my podcast if you are curious (and there are some pictures on my Ravelry project page).  

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 18

Another week!  And only progress to show on one project.

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Slipstravaganza - this is a mystery shawl knit along by Stephen West.  The clues come out every Friday and I cast  this on on October 9th.  Over the past week I made quite a bit of progress on the second clue (I'm done 53 out of 60 rows).  The third clue came out on October 24th and the fourth clue came out of October 30th, but I have not looked at those clues yet so I have no idea what to expect!  I am hoping to finish clue number two today so I can get moving onto clue number three!  I won't show any pictures of the shawl here because I don't want to spoil the surprise/mystery for anyone, but I do show it in my podcast if you are curious (and there are some pictures on my Ravelry project page).  

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 17

 

Another week!  And only progress to show on one project.

Ongoing works in progress:
1)  Sorta Shortie Christmas Socks - I added two rounds on this sock over the past week.      

2) Slipstravaganza - this is a mystery shawl knit along by Stephen West.  The clues come out every Friday and I cast  this on on October 9th.  Over the past week I completed the bonus clue and am nearly half way through the second clue (I'm done 25 out of 60 rows).  The third clue came out on October 24th but I have not looked at that clue yet so I have no idea what to expect!  I am hoping to finish clue number two and to get a start on clue number three before next week and before the final clue comes out this Friday!  I won't show any pictures of the shawl here because I don't want to spoil the surprise/mystery for anyone, but I do show it in my podcast if you are curious (and there are some pictures on my Ravelry project page).  

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 16

So I completely forgot to do this last week!!

Ongoing works in progress:
1)  Sorta Shortie Christmas Socks - Over the past two weeks I have made some progress on these socks.  I now have the first sock complete and am moving down the foot on the second sock!    

2) Slipstravaganza - this is a mystery shawl knit along by Stephen West.  The clues come out every Friday and I cast  this on on October 9th.  We got a bonus clue the first week!  I am done clue number one and have three rows to go on the bonus clue and then I am ready to start the second clue (which was released on October 16th).  I have not looked at that clue yet so I have no idea what to expect!  I won't show any pictures of the shawl here because I don't want to spoil the surprise/mystery for anyone, but I do show it in my podcast if you are curious (and there are some pictures on my Ravelry project page).  

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 14

 

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Tegna - I did lose yarn chicken, but I have located one skein!  I have paid for it already and it will be in the mail to me shortly, so I will be able to get my sleeves knit soon!  I did add the neckline this past week and all the tails are tucked in!  

2) Sock Scrap-ghan - I finally picked this up again and added eleven more squares!  I now have 45 squares left to go (and the border).  It was good to get more done on this one over the past week.

3) Sorta Shortie Christmas Socks - I cast on a pair of socks on Thursday and am making great progress on them!  I am hoping to add more to my Christmas box of socks!  I am using one of the yarns that I recently bought (one of the West Yorkshire Spinners yarns).    

I just posted a new video on Friday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 13

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Tegna - I am going to lose yarn chicken...  I have 11 grams left and need to do the neckline plus two sleeves...  Sigh.  I finished knitting the entire body this past week and joined the shoulder seams.  I have also tucked in all the tails!  I had to order a set of smaller needles to do the neckline (I did not have that sizer among all my needles...) and they will arrive tomorrow so I will finish the neckline then.  I am now on the hunt for more yarn!  I contacted the person I bought the yarn from originally and she has no more.  One person on Ravelry had hers listed for sale, but it is already sold.  I have put out an ISO request so hopefully I will find some.  I also suspect I may randomly contact people on Ravelry who have this yarn but have it listed as not for sale - maybe someone will take pity on me and sell me one or two skeins.  I'll update you next week.

Stash Enhancement:

1) I ordered two skeins of West Yorkshire Spinners Christmas colorways - one Holly Berry and one Fairy Lights.  This yarn will become socks soon!!

2) Fibra Natura Lima - I found more of this yarn on clearance at my local Tuesday Morning and plan to make myself a cabled cardigan with it.  I had four skeins at home and bought four more.   

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 12

This week has given me a finished object and some great progress on one of my WIPs!

Finished Objects:

1) Bouncy Ball Baby Blanket - It is all done and I love it!!  I had hoped to do a thin pink border around the entire blanket but I did not have enough yarn left...  Oh well, a simple white border looks fantastic!  I am ready to pop this into the mail on Monday or Tuesday so that it has plenty of time to arrive before the baby's due date of September 30th!  I really do adore this pattern!!  

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and in the past week I made a lot of progress on it.  I have now completed the back and have picked up the stitches to do the front portion above the armpits now (and have done several rows).  I am really hoping that this will be a finished object soon, but I am beginning to be afraid that I will run out of yarn!  When I began the front I have about 22 grams of my second last hank of yarn!  I have one more 50 gram hank left and am worried that I will not have enough to complete the remainder of the front plus the two (short) sleeves.  I will keep knitting until I run out (or finish).  If I run out I will contact the person on Facebook from who, I bought the yarn in hopes that she still has a couple skeins left (I bought this yarn from her over a year ago...).  If this fails I will contact a few people on Ravelry that have some of this yarn in hopes that they might be able to sell me some (a couple do have some listed for sale and several also have some in stash - but possibly not for sale).  Keep your fingers crossed that I have enough to finish!!

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 11

This week has given me a fair bit of progress on my newest project!

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and in the past week I made only the tiniest bit of progress on it.

2) Bouncy Ball Baby Blanket - I  made some fantastic progress on this blanket this past week.  Actually I made enough squares for one and a half little baby blankets!  Here is the story...  I was planning on a 6x6 square blanket (or 7x7 if I had enough pink yarn).  Each square is seven inches across.  I made 20 squares before I ran out of the white yarn I had, so off to Walmart to buy more (since that is where the original yarn came from several years ago).  Bring home the new white yarn to find it is completely different in shade...  The old had a blueish-gray tint to it and the new is a bright white.  sigh.  I was just not happy with the two together - old and new white - since they had too much of a difference in color.  So I started again and made 36 squares with the new white yarn.  Now I am ready to start sewing the squares together and I am expecting the blanket will be done for next week's installment!  PS - I'll use the 20 old white squares on another blanket. I plan to make more squares in different colors and have them more contrasty!

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year Of Projects - Week 10

  

This week has given me a new project and some progress on one of my existing projects!  I had no finished objects this past week...  

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and am making decent progress on it.  In the past week I have separated for the arm holes and am working along the back portion now.  I have about three inches of the back done now.  Finally a progress picture:

2) Bouncy Ball Baby Blanket - And I started a new project this week!  I found out a friend of mine is expecting a baby girl towards the end of September and I decided I wanted to make her a baby blanket so here we are!  I started this cute blanket on Friday and have made some great progress!  It is a quick and easy crochet project and it looks so cute once it is complete!  I have made one in the past and love this pattern!  Here is my progress so far:

I did not work on my Scrap Wrap at all. 

I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 9

 

This week has given me another finished object and some progress on one project!  

Finished Object:

1) Mini Sweaters - I have joined a group (Wayfaring Yarns Designs and Sweater Sisters Designs) for their annual mini sweater knit along. Each week on Monday they email out a pattern for a mini sweater (4 in total).  Four weeks have passed since they began, and I have finished my fourth mini sweater!  They are so stinking cute!  I have enjoyed working on these!!  I am using scraps of my own hand dyed fingering weight yarn and 2.5mm needles.  This was year four of the challenge and I want to go back and knit the other sweaters!

 Mini Sweater #4

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and am making decent progress on it.  I have added roughly another inch of stockinette this week and am ready to divide for the front and back.  I think have have figured out how to make the sleeves larger.

I did not work on my Scrap Wrap at all.  I did not get a podcast filmed this week.  I did not have much to chat about for it this week so I thought I would hold out and have more to talk about next weekend!  

But university opened up this past week and I was busy with teaching and all that stuff...  This working for a living sure cramps my crafting style!  LOL.  

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Tenth Year of Projects - Week 8

This week has given me another finished object and some progress on my other two projects!  

Finished Object:

1) Mini Sweaters - I have joined a group (Wayfaring Yarns Designs and Sweater Sisters Designs) for their annual mini sweater knit along. Each week on Monday they email out a pattern for a mini sweater (4 in total).  Three weeks have passed since they began, and I have finished my third mini sweater!  They are so stinking cute! Tomorrow will bring out the fourth and final pattern for this year!  I enjoy working on these!!  I am using scraps of my own hand dyed fingering weight yarn and 2.5mm needles.  This was year four of the challenge and I want to go back and knit the other sweaters!

 Mini Sweater #3

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Sock Scrap-ghan - I managed to add 6 more squares to my scrap wrap!  I now need to add 56 more squares to get this to completion. 

2) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and am making decent progress on it.  I have added roughly another inch of stockinette this week and am ready to add in skein number 6.  It is still a long way from completion, but I am making progress!  It is about 15 inches from the cast on edge now (unblocked).  I''ll post an updated picture next week as it still looks much the same as it did last week.

I also spend some time showing my progress on my projects on my podcast.  I just posted a new video on Saturday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 7

This week has given me two more finished objects and some progress on my other two projects!  

Finished Object:

1) Mini Sweaters - I have joined a group (Wayfaring Yarns Designs and Sweater Sisters Designs) for their annual mini sweater knit along. Each week on Monday they email out a pattern for a mini sweater (4 in total).  Two weeks have passed since they began, and I now have two finished mini sweaters!  They are so stinking cute! Tomorrow will bring out the third pattern!  I enjoy working on these!!  I am using scraps of my own hand dyed fingering weight yarn and 2.5mm needles.

 Mini Sweater #1

Mini Sweater #2

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Sock Scrap-ghan - I managed to add 4 more squares to my scrap wrap!  I now need to add 62 more squares to get this to completion. 

2) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and am making decent progress on it.  I have added roughly another three inches of stockinette this week.  It is still a long way from completion, but I am making progress!  It is about 15 inches from the cast on edge now (unblocked).  I''ll post an updated picture next week as it still looks much the same as it did last week.

I also refelted the coasters since the hubby got the dryer fixed and they did felt down a little bit more.  I am calling them 100% done now.  They are still a bit wonky, but I am fine with that ♥

I also spend some time showing my progress on my projects on my podcast.  I just posted a new video on Friday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!

Tenth Year of Projects - Week 6

 

This week has given me a finished object, a new cast on, and some progress on my other two projects!  

Finished Object:

1) Felted Coasters - This was a fun, quick, and easy project!  It is a pattern by Berroco and used up most a a worsted weight skein of 100% wool from my stash.  I made six coasters and tossed them in my washing machine - the water does not get overly hot so I tossed them into the dryer to decide if they needed another run through.  Then my dryer died...  It is a used one we bought second hand four years ago.  The heating coil went. We ordered a new coil and hopefully it will be here soon so the hubby can fix it. Then I will run the coasters through the wash and dry once more to felt them down a bit more - they are a drop too big now...  

 

Before Felting

After Felting (once)

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Sock Scrap-ghan - I managed to add 8 more squares to my scrap wrap!  I now need to add 66 more squares to get this to completion. Here is an updated picture (the stitch markers - if you can see them - are the squares I added in the past week.

2) Tegna - this is a summer sweater by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and am making decent progress on it.  I have added roughly another inch of stockinette this week.  It is still a long way from completion, but I am making progress!  It is about 12 inches from the cast on edge now (unblocked).

3) Mini Sweater #1 - I have joined a group (Wayfaring Yarns Designs and Sweater Sisters Designs) for their annual mini sweater knit along. Each week on Monday they email out a pattern for a mini sweater (4 in total).  This is my progress on sweater #1.  I have to add in the sleeves and it is all done!  I imagine I should get it finished this afternoon.  Tomorrow will bring out the second pattern!  I enjoy working on these!!  I am using scraps of my own hand dyed fingering weight yarn and 2.5mm needles.

I also spend some time showing my progress on my projects on my podcast.  I just posted a new video on Friday in case you want to check it out!  I would be so happy if you subscribed to my little channel ♥

Please head over to the forum on Ravelry to see what others are up to with their YOPs!