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 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 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 - 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!

WIP-it Down Week Thanksgiving 2018 - Day 2

Good morning and welcome to Day 2 of my WIP-it Down week.  Yesterday we had a snow day and the university was closed, but I was already at home with no plans to go anywhere!  I have seen reports that we got between seven and nine inches of snow!  It is expected to reach 40F today so much of it will melt! 

So I had plenty of time to knit yesterday and I also spent some time in the kitchen.  I finished the sleeves on my Rowe Cardigan!  I had also hoped to start the two front panels, but I didn't get that far.  I'll tackle those pieces on my second day I work on Rowe.  Here is a picture of the completed sleeves (my progress is from the green marker to the top of both sleeves - working them two at a time):

And I show on my vlog what I was doing in the kitchen and also show a bit of the snowfall. 

Today I plan to work on my Sock Scrap-Ghan.  First I need to count how many squares I actually have done, second I need to tuck in a few ends (I try to keep up with this so it is not too daunting!), thirdly I want to go through all my little sock scraps and see which ones have not appeared in the blanket yet, and fourthly I need to get knitting on this again!!  Here is what the blanket looks like now:

Check back tomorrow to see how much progress I made!!

Eighth Year of Projects - Week 5

Another week another finish!!  Don't expect this rate to continue!  The next round of Tour de Sock finishes up on Tuesday and I managed to finish my Odensjön Socks on Saturday!  I love the design but they are too small for my big feet.  I think I may give them to a co-worker for her birthday in August - I suspect she is knit worthy!  She did give me some raw fleece from her son's sheep (which I still have to work with!)  Here are the socks (there is a noticeable difference in the color of the yarn from one end to the other of the skein...):

It is a bit of a short post this week.  I basically spent all my spare time on my Tour socks!  I did do part of one little mitered square on my sock yarn scrap-ghan.  I plan to work on it a bit more this afternoon.

I'm not sure how much progress I will make over the next two weeks.  We are driving up to Manitoba (home) for a quick visit.  It will be four days of driving, a week visit, and four days driving back.  I am picking up some antiques from my Mom's place so we need our car to transport them!  I am bringing back a vase my grandmother painted back in the 1940s (or there abouts), an old Singer sewing machine in the original cabinet, and the best part - my great grandmother's spinning wheel (plus a bunch of things that go with it - a carder, a drum carder, bobbins, and some other stuff that I will investigate more).  I am not sure just how old the spinning wheel is, but Mom thinks she brought it to Canada from Iceland when she moved in the early 1900s (around 1905 if memory serves me right).  You can bet I will be posting pictures of all this goodness once I am back.  I hope to get the sewing machine and the spinning wheel functioning again!  The wheel likely has not been used since the 1950s and Mom said there is a little belt missing, but thinks the rest is good.  We shall see!!

I'll try to post while I am away, but I really don't think I will have much knitting time even though I will be taking along what I need to cast on the next socks for the Tour (which will be released on Tuesday evening).  I will be doing most of the driving - we prefer it that way :)

WIP-it Down Week Thanksgiving 2017 - Day 5

Today is NaBloPoMo Day 20 and Day 5 of my self imposed WIP-it Down Week.

I spent my spare time on Sunday working on my sock yarn Scrap-Ghan and managed to knit up 6 squares bringing me to a total of 101 squares so far!  Slowly I am making progress on this blanket!  I have quite a long way to go, but I did make some progress yesterday!  I really should do a few squares on this every week so that I can eventually finish it up!

Today the plan is to work on assembling the first (of two) BAMCAL afghans.  I need to lay out all the squares and decide on a pleasing arrangement.  Then we shall see how much I manage to get sewn together!!  I plan to donate this blanket to some charity once it (and others) are all done. 

Seventh Year of Projects - Week 21

Today is Week 21 of the Seventh Year of Projects, NaBloPoMo Day 19, and Day 4 of my self imposed WIP-it Down Week!

I had a good day yesterday and was successful in tucking in ALL the loose tails on my Temperature scarf!  It took most of the day (off and on) but I am happy to be completely caught up on that.  Now I need to try to keep up with the tails for the next six or so weeks until the end of the year!

The remains of the tails!

Today I plan to spend some quality time with my Sock Yarn Scrap-Ghan.  This poor blankie has been in progress for a long time now (I actually cast it on in July 2014!) and has not seen any love or attention is recent months.  It is time to shake the dust off it and see how many squares I can add!  I currently have 95 squares made - long way to go to finish this blankie - even if I make it a lap-ghan size (which I think I may do).  It currently measures 30 inches by 32 1/2 inches.  Each square is roughly 2 1/4 inches.