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 4

This week has given me a lot of progress on my projects!  This is thanks to many hours of Zoom meetings - still...

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Sock Scrap-ghan - I managed to add 7 squares to my scrap wrap - I think this is the new nickname for this project - it kind of popped out in my podcast... and I love the name!  I now need to add 86 more squares to get this to completion. 

2) Stillness Shawl MKAL - this is a mystery knit along by Helen Stewart that I cast on June 25th 2020.  We get one clue each Thursday in July.  This past week gave us Clue #5 - the final clue - and I am am almost done!  I won't post pictures here as it is still a mystery.  I have shown it in detail on my podcast (linked below) so if you wish to see it please take a peek.

3) 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 another two inches of stockinette this week (progress is from the stitch marker upwards)!  It is still a long way from completion, but I am making progress!

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!  And I am having a little give away over there!  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!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 29

Welcome back for another week!!  I have spent all my spare time this week working on my Rowe Cardigan and have added quite a bit to the ribbing.  I am now a bit past half way through all this ribbing!  I need to have eight inches and am not at just over four inches - so a way to go yet!  We are back to school now, so my free time has shrunk.  Oh well!  Here is a picture of the cardigan all scrunched and bunched.  It is tough to get a decent picture of the progress while it is all on the needles.

Here are a couple skeins of yarn I bought recently.  I bought eight of this gorgeous blue and it is destined to become a Sode Cardigan (but I won't cast it on until I get a couple other things off the needles!)  I bought five skeins of the gray and I am not sure what that will become - either a sweater, a vest, or a wrap. 

And I have posted a new podcast where I show you my purchases and give you a better view (sort of) of my Rowe Cardigan.

See you all next week!!

Seventh Year of Projects - Week 12

I have spent the past week playing catch-up and trying my darnedest not to cast on anything new (aside from the monthly squares that I was behind on!).  I think I accomplished a lot!!

This week I managed to finish my September Main BAMKAL square:

and my July Main 12 inch BAMCAL square:

and my July Alternate 12 inch square:

and my four July 6 inch squares:

I also spent some time pinning out and steam blocking (since I used an acrylic yarn I had in my stash for this afghan) ALL of my BAMKAL squares.  I also need to take decent pictures of them all and get that updated on my Ravelry project pages.  I plan to do that later today.  I bought some cream colored yarn that I plan to use as a border on each square - I will crochet these borders on and then I can start sewing them all together.  Now that they are blocked I can see that there are a few that are a bit small - the border will work nicely to even out the sizing!

First dozen pinned out - until I ran out of pins!

And the rest of them!

And last but not least I am getting closer to being caught up with my Temperature Scarf.  I made it to the end of September 3rd.  This past week's progress is from the two plastic orange stitch markers on each side!  The first single metal marker shows when July ended and the second single metal marker shows where August ended.  I should be completely caught up for next week's update!

Before next week I want to be caught up on all my BAMCAL squares and my Temperature scarf so that I can justify casting on a pair of Selbu mittens from the club I signed up for last month (I am behind there too - there is the original pattern plus the September pattern to knit before the October and November patterns are released!)  Hopefully I can cast on a pair of those next week!!  YAY!!

My page of current projects for this YOP can be found here.

To read other blogs taking part in YOP - Year 7 (or to join up yourself - it is never too late!) check out the Ravelry group over here.

Seventh Year of Projects - Week 6

Another week with some nice progress made!!

First up - I finished my Tour-de-Sock Stage 2 socks in time!  The heel is loose on my foot, but I am very happy with the colourwork.  It is nice and even!!  This was not my first colourwork project and apparently practice helps (who would have thought?).  Here is the finished pair:

Then I got back to working on my Block a Month Knit project.  Each month a main and alternate square pattern are posted and by the end of the year you have an afghan.  I did not get around to making my July squares while it was still July, but at least I made some progress in early August!  I also hope to finish the August squares while it is still August.  Keep posted to see if I actually did manage that!

I finished the main July square and made some progress on the alternate July square as well.  Here is what I got done:

And then the Stage 3 sock pattern was released late Friday afternoon - so I had to cast on!!  I love the design!!  It is cables and lace.  I am using some of my own hand dyed yarn (again) and am enjoying the knit so far!  Here is my progress:

Until next week!!  I hope to have another finished pair of socks plus three knit squares - tune in next week to see if that is what I managed to accomplish!

Seventh Year of Projects - Week 5

Another week and more knitting!  I have had a productive week of knitting!  I finished my Stage 1 Socks in time!  I used some of my own hand dyed yarn and I enjoyed this pattern.  It however does not fit my foot very well so I suspect I will be giving it away to someone.  That is one disadvantage of these sock knitting competitions - sometimes the sock does not fit.  The rules are set so that everyone has to knit a specific way to keep it fair to everyone in the contest.  As soon as one accepts that they might be making socks for their gift basket, all is good!

I still did not find my sock blockers so I made myself a new set.  I follow an easy DIY tutorial to make them out of plastic place mats and they are super easy and make really nice sock blockers!!
Here are my new sock blockers:

And here are my Stage 1 socks:

I also cast on the Stage 2 Socks.  I am enjoying this knit!  Again it is a test of knitting skills and an opportunity to learn and practice new techniques!  This design includes colourwork and has us do a Latvian braid (this was a challenge to me!!  I have done these braids before but always have to watch several videos before I manage to get them done again!).  I have made some serious progress with these and I should be able to have them complete by the deadline of Friday.  I am again using my own hand dyed yarn for this one.  Here is a progress picture:

Seventh Year of Projects - Week 1

I have decided to join the Seventh Year of Projects blogging adventure!  I joined up in the very First Year and managed to get a few projects done.  I again joined the Third Year and suspect I accomplished even less.  And I joined up for the Fourth Year, Fifth Year, and Sixth Year too and was not so successful.  Now I am joining up for Year 7 and we shall see how I do!  I am convinced that I overestimated my ability to finish up all the projects I chose!  My projects are mostly knit and my plan is to use only stash to see how much I can use over the next year!  I am going to try for completing 12 projects - one a month!  

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Find Your Fade - using hand dyed by me yarn - cast on July 1st 2017 and I have section one complete.  I plan to work on this one a fair bit over the next couple days - I am eager to get onto my second color!!  The first picture shows the colors I will be using - beginning with the lighter pink on the bottom.  I cast on yesterday and have completed Section 1.  Lots to go yet!!  I hope to work on this one some over the next several days.  I am excited to fade into the second color!!  Maybe I'll get to that later tonight! 

Find My Fade colors!

Find My Fade progress

2) John's Vanilla Socks (no pattern) - cast on June 26th 2017.  I have to travel for a conference later this week - 6-8 hours of train time each way - hope to make some serious progress on this pair!

3) Temperature Scarf - began January 1st and will finish around December 31.  I have finished this up to the end of June 29th.   I should try to catch up again!  Plus I should get to tucking in the tails (about two weeks worth)

4) Cocoa Coffee - cast on May 29th 2016!  I had this on my YOP list last year and have made virtually no progress since then!  Might be time to frog this!!

5) Lambs and Chickens and Bunnies, Oh My! - cast on April 23rd 2017 One sock complete and the second needs making!

6) Sock Scrap-ghan - cast on July 24th 2014 It is time to keep moving with this one!!  I currently have 95 squares complete!  I have not worked on this much in many months now!!

7) BAMCAL squares - Monthly crochet squares that will turn into one or two afghans by the end of 2017. Complete to the end of June.
8) BAMKAL squares - Monthly knit squares that will turn into one or two afghans by the end of 2017. Complete to the end of June.

New plans for using stash include (and if time permits I hope to add more to this list):
1) Summer Shawlette - use Berroco Comfort Solids and Heathers
2) Elva Shawl - use Manos del Uruguay  (need to buy the pattern)
3) Casu Cowl - use Premier Yarns Deborah Norville Alpaca Dance
4) Abundance Table Runner - use Bernat Soy 
5) 198 Yards of Heaven - use Cascade yarn

Sixth Year of Projects - Week 4

Another week has come and gone.  This week I managed to spend a bit of time on each of my WIPs (the yarn related ones I mean!)  I also started another two WIPs...  I had all my yarn goodies in a box and I forgot it at church on Sunday...  We were able to pick it up on Monday evening but in the meantime I was having some serious withdrawal symptoms!!  So the cure was to start another project!!  LOL

New WIP - Celtic Myths Shawl - I started this and so far am enjoying it!!  Right now it is almost completely mindless - lots of stockinette!!  The more challenging part will come when it is time to add the cable edging.

This should not be sideways... I don't know why it changed...

New WIP - Tour de Sock Stage 6 socks - Entanglements - I cast on these on Friday and am almost ready to start the heels on both now.  They are a fun knit now that I figured out how to use the cable charts!

Bubbles - this one saw several more rows added. It is now about 13 inches along (up from about 9 last week)

Diamondback Socks - I spent a little bit of time on these this week.  The problem was that I had completely lost my place on the second sock (NEVER put aside a tricky design in the middle of a row...)  I ended up frogging the second sock and started it again.  So actually I have less done on this one than I had before...

Sock Madness Round 6 Socks - Coffee Cantata - I also spent a little bit of time on these too!!

Soon I need to haul all my yarn from the attic and inventory all my stash!!  And I need to haul out my sewing machine and see if it needs a bit of a tune up or if it is good to go!  Time to get going on the quilted communion table runner soon!

Sixth Year of Projects - Week 3

Week 3!!  I made some decent progress this past week.  I spent some time working on several projects and got some things accomplished.

Baby Blanket #2 (Bubbles Baby Blanket) - I frogged this one and restarted with a shorter foundation chain.

Before - I frogged my first attempt after deciding it was too wide.

I managed to get a fair bit done!

After - I am at about 9 or 10 inches now!

Baby Blanket #1 (Bouncy Ball Baby Blanket) - I made great progress on this one!!  I initially thought I would make 25 squares but once the 25 were done I thought I would increase the size to 36 squares - I thought I would have enough of the cream yarn...  BOOO I lost at yarn chicken while finishing the last round of the last square!!

So I started scrounging around to see if I had more yarn and thankfully I did!!  I got that last square done, got all the squares sewn together (I like to join squares like this using a simple whipstitch.  I like the way the fabric lays nice and flat and I like how there are no ridges at the joins.  I also find it quick and easy to do!), and then added a small border on the whole thing!  My first finish!!

Scrap-ghan - I added eight little mitered squares.

Tune in next week and see how much I get done!!  I doubt I will be as productive as this past week but who knows!!