A New Year

Last year, I will admit that I lost my lost my blogging mojo. Maybe that is why there hasn't been a post in over four months. I had thought a couple of times in the last couple of weeks to do a post. I decided to wait and start fresh  today.

The picture is my Spin the Bin challenge for this year. It weighs around 59 ounces. I am hoping to get it done by the end of summer.

I hope everyone has a wonderul beginning to the new year.

A Little Post

I am slowly working on a Camino Bubbles Scarf.  I took the stitch count down to 41 to make it as long as possible.  The marker is my progress so far today.

This is my current sock in progress.   This picture was actually taken Tuesday while I enjoyed a few minutes of quiet before I got my children up for the first day of school.  I am almost done with them now.

One and A Half

I have completed part of my goal.  I have finished one of the five projects.  Mrs. Watson is all finished and living in her new home at the yarn store.

Today, I really focused on my first Borscht sock.  When I started this morning I was still decreasing the gusset.  The first one is finished, I just finished sewing up the toe after I took the picture.  Guess I will cast on the second one.

Spin the Bin Revisited

This is a picture of my Spin the Bin before I started in January.   I have slowly been working on it through the year.

I am about sixty percent done.  I am on the eighth braid of the twelve I picked out.   I am excited to keep working on it until it is done, four and a half months to go.

A New Challenge

It has been forever since my last post.  The summer has flown by and lots of knitting was accomplished.  I hope to bring you all up to date as the month goes on with progress and finished objects from over the summer.

This is my work in progress challenge that I made for myself.  I took the picture a few days ago, and one of these projects is almost done.  There are five projects I want to get finished by September 15. There is a Mrs. Watson shawl, this is the one that is almost finished, two pairs of socks, a handspun Samadhi, and a Yarn Optimiser that I have caked the yarn to start.

EASY

I think Martina Behm is a genius.  I love how she designs patterns for mindless knitting and in the process make something that is easily wearable.  I have been knitting mainly socks lately.  I really wanted a project that was fun and not a sock.  I started this yesterday using some handspun from some BFL that I spun from Gale's Art.  I think the colorway is Blueberry Hill.  The stitch marker is where I was when I started this morning. I am excited to see how far I get today.

Spin the Bin Progress

I am making progress on my Spin The Bin challenge.   The pink and gold yarn was the Treasure Goddess batt.  I have finished the singles of the Teals Merino/Tencel blend.  I hope to get them plied sometime this week. The other two bobbins are Falkland from Fat Cat Knits in Ruby Truffle.  It was part of a mixed blessing club last year.  I have one more bobbin of that to finish before I ply.

World's Worst Blogger

 Not much blogging MOJO, but I have been knitting.  These are my February Desert Vista Dyeworks socks. I used Baa Baa Black Sheep and it is a plain vanilla sock.

These are the ones I knit for January.  The colorway is A Colorful Celebration.  These are also vanilla socks with a little bit of ribbing on the sides.

I have my color for next month picked out.

Just Keep Knitting, Just Keep Knitting

I am in the black hole of knitting but I must continue because the baby will be here soon.  The pattern is the Garter Ridge Baby Blanket.  The yarn is Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in Tropical Pink.

Another Sock in Progress

These are socks I started while I waited for the new year so I could start my Colorful Celebration socks.   I am doing them toe up as well.  The yarn is Ella Rae Lace Merino.  I just added a little ribbing to the David's Toe Up Cookbook pattern.  I have started the second sock and hope to have them done by the end of January.

An Old Finished Object

These are my Red Raider socks that I finished in October.  They are Red Raider socks because these colors are our school colors and the Red Raider is our mascot.  I like to wear them on game days when I remember.

This is one of the two pairs of socks I currently have on the needles.  The yarn is Desert Vista Dyeworks in A Colorful Celebration.   I am using my Vanilla sock recipe but doing them toe up.

Spinning the Bin 2015

I have decided to participate in the Spin the Bin Challenge this year.  This is about 46 ounces of fiber that I hope to finish by the end of 2015.

Ten on Tuesday Favorite Books of 2014

I read overe 100 books this year so this was difficult for me to just pick ten.


1. Ten Tiny Breaths by K. A. Tucker

2. One Tiny Lie by K. A. Tucker

3. Four Seconds to Lose by K. A. Tucker

4. Five Ways to Fall by K.A. Tucker

I enjoyed these books so much that I didn't read for almost a week after I had finished them.

5. The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck

6. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

7. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.  In 2013, I read Waiting for the Magic.  It is one of my favorite books of all time.

8. The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Child

9 The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

10. Unleashing Mr. Darcy by Teri Wilson

Arrgghhhh!

 I have been in a knitting slump.  I don't have much to show for the last couple months.  I am hoping that blogging will get me out of it.  These are Vanilla Latte socks, I am using Lorna's Laces in the Circus colorway.

These are a slightly modified version of the Vanilla Latte socks.  The yarn is Biscotte & Cie in the Queen of Spades colorway.

This is my current spinning project.  It has been on the wheel since July.  The fiber is Woolgatherings Polwarth.  I am spinning it into a gradient.

Please ignore the horrible tablet photos.  I couldn't get my camera to cooperate. ;)

Tour De Fleece

This is what I completed during Tour de Fleece.   From the top for down, one braid of Woolgatherings Merino Bamboo Silk,  FCK dance club in Tango in Polwarth, and Mambo in Polwarth.   The bobbin is Woolgatherings Polwarth that I only got half of the bump finished.  I did start the second bobbin today.

Languishing

I have a few projects that have been languishing for too long.  I am determined to finish them up by the end of August.  This spinning project should be done today or tomorrow hopefully.

I am planning to go monogamous on this project to try to whip it out.  I only have one sleeve and the rest of the body to finish.  I am planning to start the second sleeve today.


I also have yarn that I want to knit with during my time frame.  I only have one more project on the needles besides this one.  Maybe that will get done as well.

Third Pattern is the Charm

This is the third pattern I have tried for these socks.  First, I tried the Spiraling Squares socks, but for some reason I just wasn't loving it.  Second, I tried the Business Casual socks, but I messed up and decided the traveling cable stitch would drive me crazy before I was done.  I have finally decided on the Vanilla Latte socks.  I have figured out how to center them for the next time I knit them.  This time they will mirror each other.

Hamako

I knit the Hamako baby blanket for my great nephew.  I used I Love This Yarn yarn in Peacock.  I did five pattern repeats.  I started it May 28th and finished it this morning.

Knit Worthy

This is a present for someone very knit worthy.  Hope this person likes it.

One Post = One Finished Object

The only FO for May!  One pair of plain vanilla socks out of Desert Vista Dyeworks in Masquerade.