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!