WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 9

Yesterday I managed to get a lot done on my Herding Cats Mittens!  Here is my end of day progress picture:

Day 9:  My WIP-it Down Week is nearing an end :(  Today is my last full day to play around with my WIPs and I originally had nothing specific set for today. I have a few things I want to accomplish today.

1. I have numerous skeins of fingering weight yarn that I hand dyed which need to be photographed and posted into my Etsy store.  I want to get this done today!  I'll post another link to my store tomorrow once I have it updated.

2. I have an idea for a book that I want to pitch to a publisher.  I have knit two samples and I also have several swatches (ten of them actually!) complete.  Today I will get decent pictures of the samples and swatches and I will work on getting my first draft of the proposal written.  No pictures here as this will be kept private until it is (hopefully) accepted for publication!

3. I managed to get several projects WIPped down this week and I think today I will pick something that is closest to completion and will focus my last day on that project (after I get 1 and 2 on my list done).  So that means I will be working on my Herding Cats Mittens.  I have 42 rounds complete and am five rounds from finishing the thumb gusset increases.  Then I have about 10-20 rounds to complete on the body to complete it (plus finishing off the thumb). I am hoping that I can finish the mitten today so that I can get the pattern finished off and then get the pattern up for testing.

WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 8

Yesterday I made some decent progress on my newest sock design.  I got the chart all settled and corrected.  I also managed to complete the leg (a full repeat of 32 rounds), plus finished the heel flap, the heel turn, picked up the gusset stitches, completed all the gusset decreases, and got a little way down the foot!!  It was a good day and I managed a lot of knitting!!

Here is my progress picture:

Day 8:  Today I plan to work my Herding Cats mitten design.  This is a companion piece to my other Herding Cats designs (Herding Cats DK Cowl and Herding Cats Hat).  These mittens (fingerless and full) are done in double knit and I also need to get a pair done up in a stranded version.  I love this design!!  Once the mittens are complete and out for testing I need to get onto the Herding Cats sock design that is in my head.

So far I have the cuff plus 15 rounds complete.  Let's see how much I can accomplish today!!  Here is where I am at as the day begins:

WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 7

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!  We have a quiet day planned at home with just the two of us.  Hubby will be sleeping part of the day as he has to work the midnight shift beginning at 10pm tonight.

Yesterday I was able to get both charts for my latest sock design settled.  I also managed to get part way down the foot.  I knit 54 rounds so that is good, although I had hoped to get more done (but am happy with some progress)!

Here is my progress picture:

Day 7:  Today I will work on the third in my Four Seasons design set.  Vivaldi's Spring!  I have one repeat of the chart complete so far and we shall see how far I can get today!  I do have to rework the chart as there was a small problem that I located while knitting.  I will get that all settled and then will keep cruising along the leg and beyond!!

Here is my starting point:

WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 6

Yesterday I got a fair bit of work on my Autumn socks.  I began the day with the cuff on the second sock complete and by the end of the day I had the leg almost complete (only about 12 rounds to go and I will be ready to begin the heel flap).  Here is where I am now:

Day 6:  Today I plan to work on my new design Vivaldi's Summer Sock design.  This is another in the four pattern group - one pattern for each of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi.  I have one leg, heel flap and heel turn complete.  Today I will pick up the gusset stitches and start moving down the foot.  I also need to get the second chart done up to mirror the first chart.

Here is where I am at the beginning of the day (not the best picture but...):

I'll show you where I get to by tomorrow morning!!

WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 5

Yesterday I managed to get the borders on 16 squares and then I also got them all sewn together and added the border!  Here is the finished afghan:

Day 5: Today my focus project will be my new design called Vivaldi's Autumn.  One sock is already complete and the second is my focus project for today.  So far I have the cuff complete on the second sock.  I need to double check the chart to make sure I have the design properly mirrored.  Then it is time to print it out and see how much I can get knit in one day!!  Here is where I am now:

I'll post an update picture tomorrow morning to show you how much I did!

WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 4

Considering that Sunday is usually a busy day in our house I managed to get a goodly amount done on my WIP-it Down projects!!  Here is what I managed to finish yesterday:

Five squares that need more to finish:
Yesterday I managed to crochet four extra criss cross squares so that I could round out the five flower petal squares I had made some time ago.  Once those were crocheted I was able to stitch them all together and add a single crochet border.  Another project complete and another baby blanket to add to the donation pile!!  Here is what it turned out like:

Day 4:  Today we will be out quite a bit of the day so I won't have as much time to work on my original schedule.  So my new plan is to spend the spare time I do have today adding borders to the 16 baby yarn squares to get them all to the same size.  Once those are all bordered I will sew them together and add a single crochet border to the whole blanket.  I posted a picture of the squares a couple times already in earlier posts.  Hopefully tomorrow I can post another completed baby afghan!!

WIP-it Down Thanksgiving 2015 - Day 3

Here is what I managed to finish yesterday and where I am at the beginning of Sunday.  I hope to knock more of this down so I can report some more FOs (finished objects) soon!!

Saltines and criss cross squares:
I managed to get this one all done!!  I tucked in several tails, stitched the nine squares together, and crocheted a plain border on it.  It is now set aside to be donated to some charity (TBD later).  Here is what the FO looks like:

Little baby yarn squares:
I spent some time organizing these to decide just how to assemble them.  I have a total of 77 little squares plus three half done squares.  I needed to add the two rounds of off-white to those last three and I was good to go!  I think making an 8x10 square afghan will work out nicely.  This should give me an afghan that will be around 36x45 inches before I add the border.  I managed to get 24 squares attached (three of the ten rows complete!).  Here is a progress picture:

Day 3: Keep plugging along with the crochet afghans!

Five squares that need more to finish:
Today I plan to crochet four extra criss cross squares so that I can round out the five flower petal squares.  Once those are crocheted I plan to stitch them together and add a single crochet border.

Little baby yarn squares:
These will need a single crochet border worked around each square to even out the size of each square before I sew them together.  Some will probably need two or three rounds to make them a bit bigger to match.  Then they will need sewing together and an overall border.  In this picture you can see just how different the square sizes are.  This shows the largest and smallest square.  Without an extra border on each these would not sew together nicely and the finished product would likely be all ripply and never lay flat.

Let's see where I am by the end of Day 3!!  I'll post an update tomorrow morning!!