Some Socks

I have been on a sock kick lately. I have finished my April Desert Vista Dyeworks socks and I am trying to knit a pair of Rose City Rollers before the end of the month.  My April Socks are Zombody It's Cold Outside and I am using Regia Arne and Carlos for my Rose City Rollers.

My Confession

I have to admit I drank the Kool-aid earlier this year and started a cozy memories blanket.  So far, I am enjoying it. I go in spurts where I put on four or five squares and then I stop. This spurt I am working on the sixth square. The blanket isn't very big so far. I am working on square number 15. This will be a long term project, just like everyone elses.

A Finished Object

I have a completed project.  It is actually the second one I have finished in the last week.  The other one I still need to take a picture.

Project
Orbit Shawl by Janina Kallio
Yarn Handspun Merino Tencel from Treasure Goddess
Needles Size 8 KnitPicks Nickel Plated Interchangeables
Started February 8, 2016
Finished April 8, 2016

It grew a lot when I blocked it.  The knitting was a pure joy and I will probably knit another one at some point.

Progress and an Additional Project

Isn't it amazing how easily we get sidetracked. I am making good progress on my goals for the week. I have a finished object, I started the tank that I wanted to just get cast on and I am almost done with the garter section on the bottom before I start the plain knitting in the round.  I started the tank yesterday and I am enjoying the knitting so far.

I had a project that I started a while back that I was super excited about.  I am not sure what happened that it got put away and I didn't finish.  I am making an Orbit shawl out of some of my handspun. The yarn is a Merino Tencel that I spun in a teal color. I am getting close to being done with it.  I am planning on giving it away to someone that went above and beyond her job description to help my daughter.  

The finished object needs a beauty shot before I reveal it. I hope you all are making progress on any projects that you are working on.

A Goal

I was going to post on how much trying to use Blogger frustrates me at times.  Instead, I have decided to just be positive.  I am setting myself a goal for this week.  I have five projects here that I would like to make progress on.

Starting with the blue yarn at the top and continuing clockwise.

The blue yarn and magenta yarn behind it is some Baah Aspen. It is destined to be a Reflections shawl.  The yarn is AMAZING.  I believe it is a merino, cashmere, silk blend that is just luscious. I am barely started but would like to get to the first color change.

The brown blob that all the projects are laying on is a blanket for my great nephew, Silas, that is due at the end of May.  I am using the Quadrature for Korrigan pattern.  It is a very elegant design that is timeless.  It has eight cables on a garter stitch border.  I want this thing FINISHED!!!  I have a little over five rows to go but they are almost 500 stitch rows so they are taking a little bit of time.

The sock on the left is my April Desert Vista Dyeworks knit a long sock.  I have finished the first three pairs for the year.  This is my first time using one of the Zombody colorways.  This one is Zombody, It's Cold Outside.  I would like to be past the heel and working on the foot by the end of the week.

The second sock is my March sock blank from Gale's Art in the Lady Sings the Blues colorway.  I would like to have the first sock completed.  I am working on the gusset decreases now.

The last ball of yarn next to the sock blank is the beginning of a tank.  It is a shop sample for my LYS. I just want to get it cast on and have a little bit of progress.  I had started it before but had to rip it out when I somehow got it the bottom of it twisted.

I will try to post progress through out the week of goals reached.

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.