Monday, September 30, 2024

End of September Update

WIPs (new ones are bolded)

Ten Stitch Blanket, Caron Cakes (started 2019)
Musselburgh, Gedifra Lana Mia (Started July 16, 2024)(Restarted August 28 - too large)(Finished September 7, 2024)
Walter's Blanket, Lion Brand Mandala Sparkle (Started July 16, 2024)
Stormy Day Jacket, Briggs & Little Heritage 2-Ply (Started August 17, 2024)
Goblin Socks, Hedgehog Fibres Sock (Started March 2, 2024 and I truly don't know why it wasn't added) FROGGED
Bright Stripes Throw, Caron Anniversary Cakes (Started September 5, 2024)
Musselburgh for Walter, Debbie Bliss Botany Lace (Started September 8, 2024)

Hibernating

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace (started 2015 - oops)
Daughter of Thrain MKAL, Crystal Palace Yarn Lace (started 2017)(I think I'm going to frog this one)
Ceciliana, madelinetosh Tosh Sock, madelinetosh Twist Light (started March 19, 2024)FROGGED
Havannah, Sublime Yarns Eden DK (Started  July 16, 2024)
Oranje, Estelle Yarns Andean Heathers (started 2017, frogged and restarted on smaller needles 2024)

End of month yarn stats:  57 entries, 93 skeins, 28642.90 yards.  I bought more stuff.

August, how are you over already??

Alright, so yeah, clearly I did buy more yarn, thereby not achieving my mini-goal #4.  But, I did complete the other three!

Camping was fun (hit up a yarn store in Newmarket on the way - Serenity Knits - and grabbed two skeins I haven't seen before).  I also had to purchase another Briggs & Little Heritage for Walter's sweater (the Stormy Day Jacket) as I ran out during the first sleeve.  That was yarn originally purchased at Romni in July.

Earlier in August, I bought two skeins of jumbo yarn for a circular needle holder, so that's already in and out of stash, project completed.  Of course, there was also that trip to get jumbo yarn for my MIL that resulted in my also purchasing another ball, and then last week Walter wanted me to make him another blanket with the massive Caron Anniversary ball, so I got one of those, too.

I think some of this buying may have had something to do with the medication I was on (coming off it now), but likely not all!

Here are September's goals:

1.  Put the camping stuff away.
2.  Finish Walter's Stormy Day Jacket - it only has 1.5 sleeves, the button band, and blocking for completion (and I suppose it'll need buttons, too).
3.  Finish Musselburgh (again - I ripped it out because it was too big, but I'm halfway again).
4.  Survive the medication withdrawal symptoms.  This vertigo is ridiculous.

September.  September was wild.  I actually only bought 12 skeins (three entries) on the 14th.  One entry (of six skeins) is mine, one (four skeins) is my husband's, and one (two skeins) is my son's.

I also decided to frog some of the projects started earlier this year (Ceciliana and the Goblin socks).  Ceciliana's yarns weren't playing well together, and the yarn for the socks wants to be a hat (probably a third Musselburgh - that's a fun one to knit).

For September's goals, I got through 3 and 4.  I'm so close to finishing Walter's jacket.  It's currently blocking and needs buttons, but it's otherwise done.  The camping stuff is half put away.  It was a wild month.

Here are October's goals:

1.  Put the freaking camping stuff away.
2.  Finish Walter's jacket and his hat.
3.  Don't buy yarn.  Seriously.  I don't knit that fast, really.
4.  Sharpen the reed knife and keep practicing.

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