March 2017

I realized something at the end of February and it is the best news I feel I could share. The big news is: everything I have cast on this year is cast off!!! I should have a party.
As a result of that realization, and as a result of this too it is truly and honestly time for me to crack down on my New Years plan of trying to finish the pile of languishing WIP's. That being said, we have a problem... I think I have turned into a human hat knitting machine. See below for more details.

Elise blanket knitted on the knitting machine,
edge is knit by hand. 

Also halfway through March my knees were giving me jip, and like any good person I took my knees to the physio, and was told to stop running for a couple of weeks, so now I can walk for a maximum of 30 minutes on the treadmill, and then have to take a long break. Mr. Physio why are you trying to torture me? Anyway, all for the sake of the knees, I need them to get better.

In other news the treadmill's motor is being stupid, and by stupid I mean that it has taken to sparking when in use...just what I need a fire.






Here is the current plan now that panel two is complete.

• Elise
• I have actually made great progress on this, about 5 or 6 inches, this is amazing. 
• Third panel of Hue Shift
• I may just case this on as it is such mindless knitting, once the hats are out of my life. 
• Banana Bunches
• I cannot decide if I am enjoying this knit right now or not. So much cabling. I prefer lace to cables, that is for sure. 
• Fourth panel of Hue Shift
• Feather and Fan

Interspersed in all of this of course I hope to finish a few squares of the Illuminated Lines blanket which should help get that going.  This should mean that 5 of the 8 sad WIP's should be gone. As for the 3 remaining, well who knows, but I will come up with a plan.

Just kidding: instead I will finish 20 hats....for the children spending Easter in the Children's hospital. I have knit around 40 hats for them, and a couple went to some friends that saw them and just needed them for their own kiddos. I am also amazed that the ends are all woven in. 

FO's:

1. Pink Elise Blanket, knit on the knitting machine
2. Vortex Socks
3. Reverie Hat - Flowerchild - HedgeHog Fibres
4. Be Loving Hat Collection


1. Purple, and Lime Green
2. Turquoise, and Lime Green
3. Hornless-Unicorn Hat!!
1. I want to keep it so much, because it is amazing
4. Strawberry Hat - or Tomato hat
5. Rainbow Hat
6. Dinosaur Hat
7. Dinosaur Hat
8. Dinosaur Hat
9. Hornless-Unicorn Hat!! The second
10. Hornless-Unicorn Hat!! The third
11. Hornless-Unicorn Hat!! The fourth
12. Charlie Brown Hat
13. Charlie Brown Hat
14. Turquoise Swirl Hat
15. Turquoise Swirl Hat
16. Black and Rainbow Hat
17. Black and Rainbow Hat
18. Turquoise, Lime, Purple, with Pom Pom
19. Watermelon Hat
20. Kiwi Hat
5. Red Drop Stitch Prayer Shawl

Partially Finished:

1. Hue shift in 5 colours not 10
1. CO is 18 stitch maker CO 17 with a CDD (I keep forgetting what my cast on is, so here we go, never to forget)
2. It takes about 25 minutes per little square, so around 10 hours per quarter. Not too daunting but it gives me an idea of how long it will take to complete. 

Languishing WIP's:

1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
   
2. Elise Blanket in Maroon and Grey
3. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
4. Feather and Fan Blanket - This really is if I am desperate for a change.
5. Banana Bunches
6. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole 
7. Tardis Blanket (the giant one)
• Smaller needles?
• Larger edging?
• Follow the pattern more accurately, do not get impatient with the process, as it is a process!

Books:

1. Re read of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2. The Crown
3. Moll Flanders
4. Call of the Midwife Book 3 
5. Worlds of Ink and Shadow
6. DragonFly in Amber

Colouring Book Page:
She is too funny, I have made great progress elsewhere, and that is what counts.