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 ♥

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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 ♥

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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!

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!