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 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 5

This week has given me a finished object and a lot of progress on my other two projects!  

Finished Object:

1) Stillness Shawl MKAL - this was a mystery knit along by Helen Stewart that I cast on June 25th 2020. I finished the knitting on July 27th (and also tucked in all the tails) and got it blocked on the 31st.  I can now safely show it off since the mystery has now been lifted.  I love this shawl!! 

Ongoing works in progress:
1) Sock Scrap-ghan - I managed to add 12 more squares to my scrap wrap!  I now need to add 74 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 another inch of stockinette this week (no progress picture this week as it does not look much different from last week).  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!  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 2

I am back for another Year of Projects and I am already a week behind!!  I have attempted the Year of Projects several times now and I don't think I have stuck through it for an entire year yet...  Oh well, I still have fun with it!  I am setting a goal to complete at least 12 projects over the year.  I should be able to meet this goal (hopefully)!


Ongoing works in progress:
1) Sock Scrap-ghan - cast on July 24th 2014 (time to keep moving with this one!!  I originally wanted to make this into an afghan, but have since decided to scale it back to a wrap.  I want something to throw over my shoulders while watching TV in the winter (our living room is cold and drafty!).  It will measure 25x13 little squares.  I currently have 108 squares left to complete!  Many of you may recognize that this is another long term project that has appeared in several YOPs!

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 (5 clues are already out and I am up to date on this project!)  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 that is by Caitlin Hunter.  I cast this on June 28th and am making decent progress on it.  There are more details on my Ravelry project page and I also show off my progress in my podcast this week.  I have been eyeing up this pattern for some time and am happy with the knit so far!  I am done with the lace portion at the hem and am now onto the knit portion - round after round of knit!  

New plans for using stash include:
1) Damejakka Loppa - The Flea Cardigan - I have the yarn for this (just bought it from Holst in Denmark) and am ready to cast it on once I have completed one of my current WIPs.  I love the look of this cardigan!  And I am excited (and scared) to try steeking for the first time!

2) Boxy - I have wanted to make this for some time as well!  I might dye my own yarn for this - we shall see!

Plus I know I will find all sorts of fun things and fun KALs to join along during the year!  I will be participating in Sock Madness (again) so that will generate several sock projects!  I also suspect I will be drawn to some mystery KALs along the way!  

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!

My goal for this year is to complete 12 projects!  Let's see if I can!  And let's see if I can finally complete my Scrap-ghan!

Eighth Year of Projects - Weeks 27 and 28

Happy New Year everyone!!  I missed last week (first time I have missed a week in some time!  Maybe even the first missed week in YoP 8!!).  Anyway, life was busy and I just did not get around to posting. 

I have a couple finishes  from the last time I posted and I have significant progress on one other project!

1) I finished the Boyfriend Hat for my husband's Christmas gift.  He loves it and it fits him well.  And I can't figure out how to rotate this.  It looks right in the file and turns on it's side when I move it here...

2) I finished knitting my Advent Scarf 2018!  I actually finished the knitting on Christmas Eve!  I still have to block it and hope to get that done soon!  I don't really have a good picture of this one yet...

3) I have made significant progress on my Rowe Cardigan!  I have finished the front pieces and have sewn everything together.  I am currently working on the ribbing that goes all the way around the front of the garment (up the right front, across the back of the neck, and back down the left front).  This involves a TON of stitches!!  I have 430 stitches all the way along the piece and it is to be knit in 2x2 ribbing for 8 inches!  I have ten rows complete and estimate I need at least 45 rows to reach 8 inches.  This is my focus project right now and I plan to not work on anything but this until it is complete!!  It is impossible to get a decent picture of this since the stitches are all bunched up on the cable but here it is in a plastic tub:

One of my New Year's resolutions is to knit a bit more monogamously.  I am finding that this suits my style the best.  Even though I love casting on new projects, I find that I only tend to work on a few at a time and the rest languish.  I am planning to keep my number of WIPs to a minimum during 2019!

I posted a new podcast earlier this week and will be posting an update in time for next weeks update here.

Until next week! 

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 25

Welcome back to another week of my Eighth Year of Projects!!

This week I have focused on two projects: my Advent Scarf and a new design.

My Advent Scarf has seen some progress but I am falling behind schedule a little bit!  I have completed the clues to the end of December 12th.  I plan to get onto that again later today or tomorrow and will soon be caught up again!  Here is what it looks like now (my progress this week is from the orange marker and each of the other markers shows the end of each day's clue)

I have spent the past few days working on a design that will soon be published!  The deadline is today!  I need to finish up the knitting (almost done!), fine tune the written pattern, and get some pictures of the finished object!  Here is a (poor quality) picture for you to see - I'll be able to post better pictures later!

I won two lots on an online auction earlier this week!  I won an antique J. Farnham spinning wheel!!  It needs a bit of TLC but is is wonderful condition considering it's age (likely from the early to mid 1800s!)  and it should be up and running fairly easily (I hope). 

I also won a few other random items which include several vintage (maybe antique?) items.  I have posted a couple videos about everything I won if you want to go check it out!

And I have been keeping up with Vlogmas!  Please feel free to check out my playlist with all my vlogs.

I also have posted a new podcast - episode 14!!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 24

We are almost half way through this round of our Year of Projects!! 

I have had a fairly productive week and have a finish to show off!!  I have finished my Vanilla Christmas socks!  I love them!!  I suspect I will be casting on another pair of Christmas socks soon, but have another project that needs to be finished up first!

I spent a fair bit of time this week knitting on my Advent Scarf and am keeping up with the clues nicely!  I have not done today's clue, but I will be knitting that now that I am home from church for the afternoon!  Here is what it looks like now (my progress from last week is from the first orange marker - the second is marking where I left off after I filmed my podcast a couple days ago):

I have also been working on a secret project.  It is for a publication that will be coming out in the near future and I need to have the sample done by next Sunday.  I am about half way done the knitting now and will be focusing on this and my Advent scarf during the upcoming week.  I'll post pictures of the knit once I am free to do so!

I have been keeping up with Vlogmas this past week and am loving it!!  Here is a link to the playlist with all the Vlogmas videos included.  I also updated my podcast and published Episode 13 yesterday!  I can't believe I have been doing this for 13 weeks already!!  Here is the latest episode:

I have not been keeping up with posting for the Holidailies...  Oh well, something had to give in this busy time of year! 

That is about all!  See you all next week!!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 23

Welcome to my Eighth Year of Projects post for Week 23!  It is hard to believe we are almost half way through the year already!  And I think I have posted every week so far!

Life is keeping busy.  We have one more week of classes to go and then one week for final exams and then I am off until early January (I think we need to be back for an all day faculty development day on Thursday January 3rd and classes resume the following Monday).  I have my students writing their final exam on the Wednesday of finals week and plan to get the grading done up quickly and turned in.  My online class will have to turn in their final projects by the end of the day on Monday during finals week.  That allows me all day Tuesday for grading that before my other class writes on Wednesday.  If all goes according to plan I will have all my grades turned in before I go home on Wednesday!

Enough rambling about work related stuff - you are here for my weekly update aren't you??  I have made some progress on three WIPs.  I have spent some time working on my Vanilla Christmas socks and I have about an inch or two left to knit on the feet before it is time to begin the toe decreasing.  Maybe you will see a finished object next week!

I have made little progress on my Julenatt Mittens and I am falling farther behind...

I have spent most of my spare knitting time this past week working on my Advent 2018 Scarf.  I have been keeping up with this one so far mostly) and that makes me happy!  Here is my progress up to the middle of yesterday - I will finish yesterday and today later today (each marker indicates the end of a day):

I am also participating in Vlogmas where I am posting a vlog each and every day throughout the Advent season.  I may continue after the 25th, but we shall see!  Check out my Vlogmas 2018 playlist on YouTube to see my daily postings.  Here is Day 0 (posted on December 1st):

And Day 1 was posted earlier this morning:

I also posted my regular podcast yesterday:

And finally, I am participating in Holidailies where I will challenge myself to blog every day in December!  See you again soon!

WIP-it Down Week Thanksgiving 2018 - Day 10

Well today is the second last day of my WIP-it Down week...  I plan to spend the day working on a couple projects.  I finished the first clue on my Advent 2018 scarf (I had done the ribbing the other day and the regular clues began this morning).  Here is what the scarf looks like after today (each marker will show the end of each clue):

And next up is to work on my Julenatt Mittens.  I hope to get the cuffs done or to complete the second clue on one sock today. I have yet to decide if I am going to do one sock first or do them two at a time in tandem.  The second clue was released this morning and I have done 8 rounds on the first clue on the first sock.  Maybe I will catch up today! 

And I filmed and edited my podcast this morning - I will upload it later today once it finishes exporting to my hard drive. 

I plan to go and watch a movie with the hubby - and knit.  It is a rainy, dreary day here!  Until tomorrow!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 21

Today is Week 21 of the Eigth Year of Projects, NaBloPoMo Day 18, and Day 4 of my self imposed WIP-it Down Week!  Whew!!

I have had a good week crafting even though I had quite a few work commitments interfering with my crafting time!  My WIP-it Down Week began on Thursday and I have been able to give some attention to a couple languishing projects!  

I finished the sleeves on my Rowe Cardigan!  I am happy with that and now am ready to begin the two front panels.  This sweater is getting closer to completion! YAY!!  My progress this week on the sleeves is from the green marker:

I shook the dust off my Sock Scrap-ghan too!  I tucked in some tails, I sorted all my sock yarn balls into two baskets - already used in the blankie and still need to be used in the blankie - and I added three little squares.  Hopefully I can add several more squares later in the upcoming week when I devote a second day to this project. The red, brown, and blue squares are the new ones:

And I have spent some time on my Vanilla Christmas Socks.  I am now ready to pick up and do the gussets.  I usually gauge myself as around half way through a pair of socks once I begin the gusset decreasing!  My progress from last week is from the blue marker:

I also did a couple rows on Texture Time, but will wait and show a picture next week as it looks very much the same as last week!


And finally I dyed three skeins of yarn to begin the Advent Scarf 2018 pattern!  I will cake up the yarn and cast on the ribbing this week sometime this week. The regular clues will begin to appear daily on November 24th.

I also posted Episode 10 of my podcast last night!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 20

Hello and welcome to my latest Year of Projects update!  Week 20!!  Today also marks posting for each of the first 11 days in November so I am doing well in reaching my NaBloPoMo goal of posting each and every day in November!  This week has been relatively productive for me although I have only focused on two projects.

My Texture Time Shawl has seen quite a bit of love this past week.  I am now working on Clue #3 of the first half of the shawl and am about one third to one half done with the clue.  I am looking forward to completing the shawl and being able to wear it, but that is still quite a way off.  My progress this past week is from the blue marker:

And I made some progress on my Vanilla Christmas Socks too.  I added a couple inches and hope to soon be ready to begin the heel flaps.  My progress is from the blue marker:

My progress on NaKnitMo is going well too.  In order to hit my target of 50,000 stitches in the month of November I need to average 1,666.67 stitches per day.  At the end of Day 10 I should have knit a total of 16,666.7 stitches and I have actually knit 17,894 stitches so I am a bit ahead of schedule!  YAY! 

I posted my latest podcast early this morning.  It is a bit rambling but I had fun talking to everyone about all sorts of upcoming plans I have!

I hope everyone has an amazing week!!

NaBloPoMo 2018 Day 10

I'm running late today!!  Oh well...  I got my podcast recorded to go up later tonight or overnight - depending on when the file finishes exporting from my editing program.  This is a slow process!!  Oh well, hopefully I'll get it onto YouTube before I hit the hay tonight.

We had such a fun shopping day yesterday!  I am going to be recording all that I bought and will post the video in a few days.  But, I will add in a picture of my loot here:

I didn't buy too much and struck out in a few stores, but we did check out a new (to us) Goodwill that was really nice!!  I found a few goodies there! 

I have not had a chance to do any crafting yet today!  I will have to remedy that and get some knitting done this evening! 

Take care everyone and I'll see you tomorrow!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 19

Hello everyone and welcome to Week 19 of the Eighth Year of Projects and Day 4 of NaBloPoMo!

I have had a fairly productive week.  I spent some time working on my Texture Time Shawl and I am nearly half done with Clue #2.  I am clearly far behind everyone else...  Oh well, I am still enjoying the knit and will love the shawl once it is finally finished!  Since last week I have added four squiggles and three Latvian braids.  One more squiggle and two braids left to complete the first half of the clue.  Here is what it looks like now:

And I have a new cast on!!  I started a pair of Christmas socks!  I had dyed some Christmas yarn a little while back and now that my Sockhead Slouch Hat is finished I decided to add a new WIP to my pile!  I am knitting them two at a time and am using a basic vanilla sock recipe.  I am at about 5 1/4 inches now and plan to go to about 7 inches on the legs before I start my heel flaps.  I don't really like a long sock - my calves are too large for long socks (or I should say I don't want to work out how much I need to do for increases to fit!)  Anyway, here is my progress this week on my Christmas socks (there are two pictures - one from each side so you can see the spiraling and pooling - which I actually like (I know many people do not like this...)) :

I have a new episode up of my podcast:

And I am happily continuing with my NaBloPoMo challenge where I plan to blog each and every day through the month of November.  So far I am on track!  I am also participating in NaKnitMo this month too.  Here I am committing to knitting 50,000 stitches this month!  That works out to an average of 1666.67 stitches per day - so far I am a bit ahead of schedule.  I have tried this challenge before but did not succeed - maybe this year?

I hope everyone has an amazing week!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 18

Hello and welcome back for another week of the Year of Projects!!  I have had a busy week with both work and knitting!  I finished Clue #1 and have a finished object to show off!  And I am ready to cast on a new project (I can't wait...)

First up my finished object!  I finished my Sockhead Slouch Hat!!  It is huge and I love it!  I describe it more in my podcast which I will link below.  Here is a picture of me wearing it:

And I finished Clue #1 on the Texture Time Shawl!  All of the clues have been released now and I am slowly plugging along!  I also got a bit of a start on Clue #2.  Here is where I am at now and the little pink marker shows where I left off last week:

And I am casting on a pair of Christmas socks.  These will be vanilla socks and I am using one of the holiday color ways that I dyed up a little while back.  I will knit each cuff and then I plan to join them and work the remainder two at a time.  Here is my progress (hehe - I just cast these on earlier this morning before I posted this blog and only have two rounds done!):

And I have been continuing with Vlogtober!  I have posted a video every day throughout the month of October!  I have only four more videos to go (actually three - today's video is uploading to YouTube as I type this).  I have really enjoyed filming and posting something every day, but I will be happy for a more laid back schedule once November rolls around!  Wait - how is it already nearly November?!

And I posted Episode 7 of my podcast last night!  I am still loving doing the podcast and only wish I had started sooner.  Here is a link to this week's video where I show you my finished Sockhead Slouch Hat!

Take care everyone and I'll see you again soon!!