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 3

Oops!  I am quite late today!!  It has been a very busy day here!  This morning I taped my podcast and it is currently uploading to YouTube as I type this up (it will be live in about an hour or so).  I spent some time also editing the video this morning so that it could have plenty of time for exporting while I was out in the afternoon.  In the afternoon we (or church) participated in the local Christmas Parade here in town.  We met up and got out little float into position about noon and the parade began at 2pm.  It took us nearly an hour to walk from where we were initially stationed to the beginning of the parade...  Then another 45 minutes to walk to the end of the parade route...  I got some exercise today but not much knitting.  Oh well.

Yesterday I got a goodly bit of work done on my Sock Scrap-ghan.  I managed to tuck in a bunch of tails, I sorted out all my little sock yarn balls into used and unused (what has already been added into my blankie and what still needs to be added), and I added a whopping two little squares to the thing.  I was hoping to have done more, but it is progress and I am happy with that! 

Today I had hoped to work on my Texture Time Shawl, but it is already 7:40pm and I am bushed.  I think I may just call today a bust knitting wise! 

Last night we went to see the tree lighting thingy in town and it was fun. The tree in town looks wonderful!  Here is a picture of me and the hubby (I'm wearing my Sockhead Slouch Hat):

Until tomorrow!

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!!

WIP-it Down Week Thanksgiving 2018 - Day 1

Today is NaBloPoMo Day 15 and Day 1 of my self imposed WIP-it Down Week.

I have a little over a week off work for the Thanksgiving break and I plan to get caught up on some crafting projects.  Each day I plan to spend a goodly amount of time working on a specific project with the goal of creating some finished objects - or at least the goal of showing all my projects some love!  
Each day I will post what my plans are and will post a "before" picture.  Then the next day I will also post the "after" picture to show what progress I made.  I will also be vlogging about the process.

In general, my schedule will be (but will be subject to change along the way):

1. Thursday - Rowe Cardigan 
2. Friday - Sock Scrap-ghan
3. Saturday - Texture Time
4. Sunday - Christmas Socks
5. Monday - Rowe Cardigan
6. Tuesday - Sock Design
7. Wednesday - Sock Scrap-ghan
8. Thursday - Sock Design
9. Friday - Sewing a project bag
10. Saturday - Texture Time
11. Sunday - Christmas Socks and Advent Scarf (the first clue comes out this day)
12. Monday - back to work...

Today is Day 1!!  I am ready to work on my Rowe Cardigan today!  I am getting close to completing the sleeves and hope to get them done today.  Being able to begin moving along to the two front pieces of the cardigan would be wonderful and I hope to get onto the ribbing of that today.  Here is what the sleeves look like at the beginning of the day and tomorrow I will post a picture of where I finished off by the end of the day:

I will also be vlogging about my WIP-it Down week.  Earlier this morning I posted my introduction video.  Today I will document my activities for Day 1 and will post that in the morning on Day 2.  So basically I will be one day behind in posting!  Here is a link to the Intro video on YouTube.

NaBloPoMo 2018 Day 14

Hello!!  I had another busy day at work and today looks about the same...  Tomorrow I begin my Thanksgiving break and will be home with plenty of crafting time until we go back to school on Monday November 26th!  I plan to do a lot of knitting this upcoming 11 or 12 days!!  Plus there is a winter storm that is expected here tomorrow - a perfect excuse to stay home and indoors!  YAY!

So I did no knitting yesterday, but I did get my editing done on my WIP-it Down week intro vlog (which I will post tomorrow morning) and I dyed some yarn for the Advent Scarf that I am going to be making.  The yarn is drying now and I hope to get it caked up tomorrow.  Then I can cast on and get the preliminary clue knit up (the ribbing).  The remaining clues will begin coming out every night beginning on November 24th and will continue until Christmas Eve.  I am excited to work on this project!!  Here is what my yarn looks like:

I am hoping it is not too tonal for the design.  Time will tell.  If it is too tonal, I will redye it and even that out.  We shall see if it is necessary or not!

Until tomorrow!

NaBloPoMo 2018 Day 13

Good morning!  Not much new around here.  I was at work most of the day yesterday, then we went out and found some groceries, and in the evening we went and saw the movie "The Grinch".  It was a fun day, but not much crafting was accomplished.  I did a few rows on the heel flaps of my Christmas socks in the morning and that was about it for knitting...  Oh well, this evening I hope to get some more done!

Only two days left at work and I am ready to begin my Thanksgiving break (a few days early).  There are no classes next week at school, but since my classes are on Monday and Wednesdays I plan to begin my break on Thursday!  I plan to do another WIP-it Down Week as I have done in previous years.  I plan to lay out all my WIPs (five of them) and will plan out a focus project each and every day.  On each day I plan to spend all my crafting time working on a specific project.  This way I "force" myself to spend some time on my languishing projects and (hopefully) make some progress on everything!  I shall be posting daily updates and I plan to vlog about it too.

Take care everyone and I'll see you tomorrow!

NaBloPoMo 2018 Day 12

Here we are at over 25% of the way through NaBloPoMo!!  I think I might make it through the month this year! YAY!!

Yesterday was spent mostly relaxing and doing some knitting on my Vanilla Christmas socks.  I have finished up the leg and am now working down the heel flap.  Hopefully in a few weeks I will have a completed pair of socks!  My progress yesterday is from the blue marker down:

Time to go and get organized to head to work for the day!  Almost Thanksgiving Break here and I am excited for my WIP-it Down Week!!  And I am excited for some down time to relax and recharge my batteries - it has been a busy autumn...

I posted the first half of my haul video from Friday this morning.  I'll post the second half (the Goodwill portion) tomorrow morning.  Check it out if you are interested!!

Until tomorrow!