April 2016

What has April brought?

Well.... I just looked at my Ravelry account and in both places there are a significant amount of missing pictures, not quite sure how that has gone by the wayside, and it is dreadful of me to keep creating these things and never knowing what they look like. I could also be in denial about the fact that they are finished, as in off the needles, but the ends are not woven in so the term 'finished' is used quite loosely in my world. 

In other news one weekend in April I decided to put aside my knitting for about an hour and I made some stitch markers. I had never thought of making stitch markers before, but beading working, pliers, jump rings, and lobster clasps and I was a stitch marker making fool. So now I have some very pretty gemstone stitch markers, a set of keys, and a tea service set, all tucked away in a round container. I also made 3 progress trackers consisting of a tiara, a lock, and a 'teapot' (I use this term loosely as it does not really look like a tea pot, but it came with cups, saucers, and tea spoons. 

I also used my vintage never before used teapot this month while knitting one Saturday. 

And if you look closely you can see in the background the progress that has been made on the circlet cardigan, well not really, but it was a better backdrop for my tea pot than what I was watching. 






FO's of April:

1. A mist of Glitz
1. Yarn-Crush B box pattern and yarn, this is going surprisingly well, I CO 04/04/2016 and did 8 rows in an evening, but that was of the edging, the rest may not go as quickly or might go faster. 
2. Drop stitch Prayer shawl for Jennifer
1. I am assisting her in knitting two of these in the month of April, not sure how I get myself into these things, and it is the first prayer shawl I will have done....but anything to help a friend as it will come back in spades to me, and make me feel like I have done something for someone. And it has a strict deadline
3. Grammy's Mitts
4. Orthoganal Mitts

             

Knitting I have on the go:

1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
1. I have about 22 pieces of 50, so I will keep knitting as though my life depended on it. 
2. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
1. 60 rows to go on the body
3. Feather and Fan Blanket - This really is if I am desperate for a change.
4. Mitered Square blanket in Parrot...I was crocheting this into something, but I did not like it, I still don't really like it but it will happen. 
1. this was frogged. Good bye kind friend. 
5. Banana Bunches - Eager to finish this sucker! about 50% complete
6. Hue shift in 5 colours not 10 - 35% complete
7. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole.

Crocheting:

1. Corner to corner blanket in red, black, and white - 55% complete right now. 

Books:

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Moll Flanders
3. Moloka'i
4. Soulless Manga part 1
1. Very quick little read, but it is nice to have an accomplishment, so I decided a nice short little easy book was just the ticket to make me feel like I had made some sort of progress. 
5. Soulless Manga part 2

Look over here!

A box of left overs from my various projects. Some may say these are not left overs but  do not keep anything that is much shorter anything less than about 3 feet goes to our friend the garbage bag, as I cannot contemplate why anyone would want to stitch them into something. Who knows I might start, I might not, really just do not encourage me.