October 2017

Currently looking at who is knit worthy and who is not. I have come to a fairly concise list, and I think it will be better for my overall general health. I also need to stop stressing about having so many crafts on the go at one time. I am doing them for my own amusement and to calm me down, not stress me out more. Its not really working.

Also, as per a previous blog post now that I have another quarter of the hue shift finished, I get to finish something else, it is either going to be the feather and fan or a few blocks of the illuminated lines pattern...or that dragon stole. All the options are open to me. I also have some Christmas knitting I should get started on, but they are such little things that I will hardly notice I have knit them.

I suppose you could also be wondering about all of the Be Loving Hats, well as they are headed off to charity its not so bad, and they are only being knit on the treadmill, it takes 45 minutes to knit the brim (1 treadmill session), and then about 45 minutes (another treadmill session) to get to where I am starting the decreases, and then I can knit with DPN's to decrease the hat into a point and weave in the final end on the treadmill, but these days for tension-ing reasons I take them upstairs and finish them there, about 30 minutes. I am all for continuing this project, it keeps me on the treadmill longer, and I get to see some results as the hats pile up.

Sadly all the treadmill sessions have yet to show up on me. One day.
I have also completed three circle skirts, go me! I have one that I would wear everyday if I could, but sadly that is not practical, as a result I made three more, with a fourth to follow. I am really pleased with how they turned out. I cut out my own pattern, pockets, skirt, waistband and all, and then got fabric and went to town.

FO's:

1. More Be Loving Hats - about 10 (total of 25 thus far)
2. Midnight Shrug
3. 1/4 of the Hue shift 5 colour
4. The Other Sock
5. Circle Skirt
6. Circle Skirt
7. Circle Skirt
8. 5 hair decorations for a friends wedding
1. Plus earrings and bracelets

Need to Seriously Reconsider:

1. Cable Mesh Crewneck Sweater - Thank you Knit Picks
1. Yarn is Star Fish Ridley Sock by SeaTurtle Fibre Arts in Twilight
1. I think too many things have gone wrong.....
2. The sleeves are going to be way too long once blocked
3. and I am trying to get down about 20 - 30 lbs and I do not want to end up with a gorgeous sweater that does not fit, at all, ever...and have wasted my time. (this goes for my other cast on sweater, and goes fro my currently waiting patiently to get cast on sweater...)
2. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole 
3. 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!

WIP's:

1. Hue Shift 5 colours
1. 1 quarter to go!!!

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. Christmas Mitts for Candace

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.

Future Cast On's:

1. Lestrange Cloak
2. Arm Warmers for me 

Books:

1. The Crown
2. Moll Flanders
3. Worlds of Ink and Shadow
4. DragonFly in Amber
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Anne of the Island

Colouring Book Page: