May 2017

Doesn't time just fly? It is Year End Inventory here at the office again, and I cannot believe I leave for Scotland very shortly after that. It is crazy. Where does it just keep on going?

I also have to keep reminding myself that knitting is a hobby, it is meant to help me enjoy my time and relax, stay calm. Yet, it stresses me out because even though I do not set deadlines for myself and my knitting I get stressed out when I do not finish projects that I have promised myself I will finish. It is a vicious circle really, one that is almost never ending.

Also, a new podcast is up: https://youtu.be/-2jy7xBPW9s


How much knitting is too much knitting to take on a plane? I will be in a comfy seat, so I am very much for taking some knitting to keep my hands busy during the flight. I think I will cast on a shawl that has both full knit rows, and knit/purl rows. The other option is a gorgeous cardigan that I really want to make, but I am not quite sure. I think a shawl will be the correct option, as you only need to balls of yarn for it, not 4 plus...I do not know. Generally I take a crochet blanket, but that stitch is almost too repetitive that I do not want to commit myself to that, or I could take it for relaxing at night.

FO's:

1. Film Noir Socks

Almost FO's:

1. Cable Mesh Crewneck Sweater - Thank you Knit Picks
1. Yarn is Star Fish Ridley Sock by SeaTurtle Fibre Arts in Twilight
• Finally figured out the sleeves on this thing...and then took a break. Something went very awry, but I got a heck of a ways. 

WIP's:
My life would be amazing if I could get one of these finished before I go away in June...maybe I can...maybe I cannot.

1. Banana Bunches
1. 9 more repeats and you will be out of my life!
2. Hue Shift 5 colours
1. I have started the 3rd quarter of this blanket.

Languishing WIP's:

1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
   
2. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
• Just realized that this is officially the 3 year sweater...it was cast on in January of 2014
3. Feather and Fan Blanket - This really is if I am desperate for a change.
4. 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)
5. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole 
6. 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. The Crown
2. Moll Flanders
3. Call of the Midwife Book 3 - I am halfway there! 
4. Worlds of Ink and Shadow
5. DragonFly in Amber
6. Gone With the Wind

Colouring Book Page:
I am not doing very well at this, but the problem is that my desk is so covered in everything that I do not have the room to get the book out to colour...ahhh well. I am making great strides on my actual art pieces, that has to count for something!

April 2017

Heartfire Shawl

Well, the end of April has past, and I am astounded. I was not as successful for knitting in April as I was in March, but 20 hats is a lot to live up to, one cannot do that every month, but at least with hats over socks at least you do not then need to knit the second one. Which I see as a bonus.
I have also decided, especially now that I am using nicer yarns etc, that I should start putting the yarn type, name, and fiber content in my blog. I am also thinking about using Mina's excel sheet for this as well. We will see how long that lasts.

Hue Shift:
I have done a calculation, and it takes around 10 hours to finish a panel of the Hue Shift, so I am hoping that the 2 final panels get finished ASAP and I can get them sewn together and get a boarder put on it as well, then as it does not yet have a home, it will need to find a home, and get the ends woven in.

Elise Blanket:
There is a slight problem here, the last couple of times I have gone to purchase more of the maroon, it has not been on the shelf. I am as far along as I can get under the present circumstances. I find this frustrating, but I am not going to put energy into worrying about it, I am just going to make progress elsewhere. - Update: I have got new yarn, you will be coming off the needles soon!


FO's:

1. Heartfire Shawl
2. Elise Blanket!!!!!
3. Reverie Hat - Mustard

WIP's:

1. Cable Mesh Crewneck Sweater - Thank you Knit Picks
1. Yarn is Star Fish Ridley Sock by SeaTurtle Fibre Arts in Twilight
• We have a minor problem, I cast on the first sleeve, and got going, the pattern made sense, I felt really good, everything was running along swimmingly, and then I counted stitches last night, and there were 23 stitches on one side, and 10 on the other...and we had 22 on both sides before...and I have increased by 6 stitches...HOW DID I DO THIS?!?!? I am going to work on either the body or the other sleeve and see if this happens again. 
• I did the cuff of the second sleeve and things appear much better
• I have also done a huge portion of the body! The body is going far faster than I could have anticipated. 
2. Banana Bunches
1. 9 more repeats and you will be out of my life!
3. Hue Shift 5 colours
1. I have started the 3rd quarter of this blanket. 

Languishing WIP's:

1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
   
2. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
• If I could get this finished for Scotland that would be amazing!
3. Feather and Fan Blanket - This really is if I am desperate for a change.
4. 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)
5. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole 
6. 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
7. Gone With the Wind

Colouring Book Page: