Another entire week in the bag! How does that happen so quickly?
Sunday is sometimes a day of relaxation and sometimes just crazy busy with all the things going on at church and small groups. Today was a relaxation day since the winter weather hit with a vengeance this weekend. Plenty of knitting, resting and even some cooking.
Here's a quick look at where the current WIP's all stand!
Handspun Longline Cardi - my #make30for30 FIVE inches of progress since #make30for30 started!! I'm so glad!
Warm Heart Baby Vest - just drying and waiting to be seamed & finished
Baby bibs that just need some seaming - drying and then will get seamed this week
My Beau's Vest & Things - got cast on last night and am making some progress. Hoping to work on it this week. This one will go in my backpack this week.
Blue Rose City Rollers - Ugh, had to rip out multiple inches of the toe/foot. I got that all picked up and am back to making progress on that. This one is my purse knitting.
Sockhead hat for G - this is a new cast-on as well. This will be my desk knitting. G chose the yarn for this one.
And my spinning - this Charollais is just such a joy to spin.
Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful coming week and that there is time for spinning, knitting, or crafting of your choice!
I feel like I am on a roll here, but let's be honest, they are only little knits. Still, progress is progress, right? So here is finished object number 3 for 2020!
It's another sockhead hat!
- Sockhead Hat
- by Kelly McClure
- size: adult medium, as written
- Knit for: me, well, originally the Savvy Barbarian in my life but then I decided for me.
- Yarn: Canon Hand Dyes in the Virginia base, self-striping
- Colorway name: "make not your thoughts your prisons" Antony & Cleopatra
- Needles: US 2.5 (3mm)
- Began Oct 2019 - Completed January 16th, 2020
Notes: Not too much to say. Followed the pattern as written again. No changes needed. One of these days I'll try some with patterning on the portion above the ribbing. It is just so hard to mess with it though because it is the perfect purse/no thought knitting.
I had to include pictures of my 'helper' of course. She is constantly under my needles and in my way while I am knitting. She is pretty sure all yarn & needles are made for her pleasure and her pleasure alone.
Now that my desk project is completed I need to decide what will take its place. Some days are just really slow and I need something mindless to occupy my hands. It also helps to have knitting there in case I forget my knitting when I go to church. Then I can grab my desk knitting from the office. In addition to my desk project being mindless knitting, it also needs to be a project that has no deadline since it may only get worked on in little bits and pieces. I don't like to take those projects back and forth in case I were to forget it at home. I don't think any of my current WIP's are really very good candidates. So I could start a new pair of socks or perhaps cast-on my son's sockhead hat. I am going to have to give this some thought this weekend. I'm just not sure which thing I want to do. I could perhaps do a pair of fingerless mitts...I have been wanting to do some of those for a while. I'll need to figure it out before Monday so I can get it cast on Sunday night at the latest. Oh well, we shall see.
For now, I am going to spend some time on my sweater for #Make30in30 and also work on the baby project that is on the needles. I need to get that moving and off the needles. I hope each of you has a lot of knitting/crafting time this weekend!
Wow! The past week has really gotten away from me. However, I have been busily knitting away in whatever moments I could find. Some days I wish I was a monogamous knitter again but other days I think there is no way I could go back to only working on one project at a time. BUT, argues my conscience, I get so much more accomplished when working on only one item at a time...yeah, I know.
This week I have been working on THREE things.
First is a sock head hat for a friend. She chose the yarn a couple of months ago and I cast it on late last month. I need another inch and a half or so of stockinette and then it will be time for the decreases (yay, happy dance!). I love this colorway. It is called Bow Ties Are Cool (happy Dr reference!) and is dyed by Quaere Fibre (she has some gorgeous, bright, striping colorways).
I am looking forward to wrapping this little gem up. Of course, when I do I'll probably cast on another. It seems like I always have a sock head hat on the needles. I'm not sure when that developed but I have knit quite a few of them now. Any time I have a skein of sock yarn that I don't have a plan for I end up casting on a sock head hat. One of these days I'll attempt one that isn't just stockinette but has a fun bit of patterning in it.
The second thing I have been working on is a baby item. It is getting closer to being finished. If I had maybe 2 days to just sit and work on it I would probably get it done. I don't have two days though...the shower is tomorrow...ooops.
And the third thing I have been working on is my Longline cardi, aka my handspun sweater. A couple of years ago I participated in a sweater spin/make along that legacy knits started. I dyed some bfl, spun it and then cast on the sweater. Granted it took me over a year to spin the yarn. And now the sweater has been on the needles for closing on two years. So when I saw the podcast that Knitty Natty of the Love in Stitches podcast put out about #Make30for30 I was intrigued. Could I spend thirty consecutive days knitting for 30 minutes on a project? Maybe. I could certainly try. And what better project to focus on than my handspun sweater. I might actually *gasp* get it done...well, that's probably not realistic but some progress would be wonderful. So that is what I have been trying for. Day 1 was June 5th. So today is day 6. I have made almost an inch and a half of progress. That doesn't sound like much but a finger/sport weight sweater in a plus size...that's a lot of stitches. So I am tickled that I am making progress. It definitely beats the sweater sitting in its project bag never seeing the light of day.
So, if you were to #Make30for30, what would you concentrate on? I am wondering if I do this successfully if I might turn into a habit. It would be nice to make progress on some of the WIP's that followed me into 2020 but still be able to spend other knitting time on new projects that interested me.
Something positive to start the new year off with - a finished knitting project! Yes, it is a baby size item and yes it was started in 2019, however, it is off the needles, ends woven in, washed/blocked and drying. (Hence the not so great picture).
I very much enjoyed knitting this pattern and look forward to seeing it on the little guy it is for!.
So, the project details:
- Baby Vertebrae (DK version)
- by Kelly van Niekerk
- 0-3 months size
- Knit for: Baby EH
- Yarn: TIG Springvale DK (colorway is forgotten)
- Needles: US 6 & 4
- Began December 2019, Completed Jan 2, 2020
Notes: Followed the pattern pretty closely as written. Though it is amusing to have to constantly remind myself to flip my measuring tape over when measuring lengths. Definitely a pattern I will make again (this is the second one).
So that means I am down one item on my WIP's carried over. From 18 down to 17, yep I am kicking booty and taking names....or not *smile*.
In other news, two days in a row of getting my spin 10 in! Yay! Currently, I am working on some Charolais. It is so springy and enjoyable to spin! It will be enjoyable to knit with as well I think!
Now to decide what to work on next. I am thinking the warm heart baby vest as there is another baby due just around the corner and no one wants to give me girls to knit for. Has anyone else noticed the people in their lives having only boys? Out of half a dozen people I know having babies in a 4 month period - all boys! What are the chances?
Oh yeah, back to the baby vest. I have it started and it was laying on the sofa when apparently the little barn kitten we saved from certain death decided the wool would be a great thing to chew on...not cool kitty! So I need to tink back a row or so cut off the chewed yarn and reattach the clean yarn end - nothing like kitty drool crunchy wool yarn *shudder*. Here is what the picture in the book looks like (this is from the same book I mentioned and showed in my earlier post).
So I guess I am going to wrap this up and get back to my knitting/tinking. What are you knitting on this new year? Any goals? Finished objects yet? Do share!
