July 2018

July, good bye July.

I have got 0 Medallions completed for my quilt...
I did though finish about 4 hats, yes I am still knitting hats, goodness knows why or what for, but I am, and that is okay with me. 

I have also got my butt in gear and am making progress on the last quarter of the Hue Shift in 5 colours, so with any luck the blanket itself should be finished quite soon, and then just the boarders to put on it, and a home to find it as well.
As for August, I will be away for the first 2 weeks of august, and I am debating taking knitting with me, but I am also debating cutting out loads of fabric, and focusing solely on my EPP for 2 weeks, if I get 2 medallions done great, if I get 5 done great, but it takes up much less space than knitting, but is not as travel friendly as I can knit socks in the dark, but I cannot sew EPP in the dark. This is more for plane entertainment, or I could glue on the plane, you never know. I have no idea what I want to do.

FO's:

1. Dino Teal socks for Charlotte
2. Streckle Socks for me
3. Figarita - she is adorable

WIP's:

1. Lestrange Cloak
• I really want to say that I finished this, but I did not. 
• I soon will have 5 sleeves for this sweater not just 2 or even 3. The first one was too short, the second too are not wide enough to go around the tops of my arms, and as much as I want to just be able to fix them as they are now, that will make me unhappy. So I shall get there, but it will take me longer
• The sweater as it stands now, a sleeveless one is gorgeous and I would for sure wear it with no sleeves, but 
2. Camp-side Cardigan
1. Woops this just slipped and fell onto my needles, there was nothing I could do. 
3. Tardis Afghan
4. 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. Seeing as how it is now Spruce Meadows season this will be my knitting for while I am sitting in the trailer, waiting for people to give rides too :)

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.
• The 4 year sweater...it was cast on in January of 2014

Future Cast On's:

1. Touch the Sky Cardigan
2. Crazy Stripes Cardigan

Books:

1. Fanny Hill
2. Moll Flanders
3. Worlds of Ink and Shadow
4. DragonFly in Amber
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Curtsies and Conspiracies

Colouring Book Page:

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!