October Update

Current WIPs (new ones are bolded):

Sweaters/Cardigans:

Rosemary Cardigan, Cascade 220 Heather
Easy Top-down Raglan, Noro Kureyon and Patons North America Ballybrae
Hugo, Patons Classic Merino Wool
Little Coffee Bean Cardigan, Cascade 220

Shawls/Scarves:

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace
Mini Mania Scarf, all my leftover sock yarns

Hands and Feet:

2aat Toe-up Socks, Lorna's Laces
Cuff-down Vanilla Socks, Patons Kroy Sock Yarn
Morgan, Loops and Threads Woolike

Blankets:

Snowflake Blanket, Red Heart Comfort Solids
Fuss Free Baby Blanket, Red Heart Eco-Ways; Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (started September - oops!)

I finished my GoM a week after the Fair, but it is finished!  Just working on the poncho, but I'm sure I'll find something else to start, like usual.

There's a cowl I want to knit, and I bought a really nice skein of madelinetosh at the Fair so I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I find out what it wants to be.

October Goals:  Finish raglan increases on the poncho and maybe work a few rows on that sock.

Success!  Worked on the sock and finished the raglan increases.  And started a couple new things (of course).

I need to decide whether I'm going to continue with the Snowflake Blanket.  I haven't worked on it in over a year, and I really don't know if I even want to finish it.

November Goals:  Keep working on that poncho, get to the heel of that sock, and make a decision on that blanket.

Thanksgiving Walk

My husband and I went for a walk on the Grindstone Marsh trail today in Burlington.

September Update

Current WIPs (new ones are bolded):

Sweaters/Cardigans:

Rosemary Cardigan, Cascade 220 Heather
Easy Top-down Raglan, Noro Kureyon and Patons North America Ballybrae
Wee Speedy, Sirdar Peru Natural (frogging - just don't like it)
Hugo, Patons Classic Merino Wool

Shawls:

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace
Girdle of Melian MKAL, Bernat Cotton-ish

Hands and Feet:

2aat Toe-up Socks, Lorna's Laces
Cuff-down Vanilla Socks, Patons Kroy Sock Yarn
Morgan, Loops and Threads Woolike

Blankets:

Snowflake Blanket, Red Heart Comfort Solids
Fuss Free Baby Blanket, Red Heart Eco-Ways; Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (started September - oops!)

Success!  I'm midway through clue 3 and kinda want to have it finished before the Knitters' Fair on September 10.  So, despite having started a poncho for this winter, I'm now working exclusively (let's hope) on my GoM.

September Goals:  Finish Girdle of Melian by the 10th.

I finished my GoM a week after the Fair, but it is finished!  Just working on the poncho, but I'm sure I'll find something else to start, like usual.

There's a cowl I want to knit, and I bought a really nice skein of madelinetosh at the Fair so I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I find out what it wants to be.

October Goals:  Finish raglan increases on the poncho and maybe work a few rows on that sock.

August Update

Current WIPs (new ones are bolded):

Sweaters/Cardigans:

Rosemary Cardigan, Cascade 220 Heather
Quivira Coat, Patons Classic Merino Wool Frogging - found a poncho I'd rather knit instead.
Easy Top-down Raglan, Noro Kureyon and Patons North America Ballybrae
Wee Speedy, Sirdar Peru Natural
Hugo, Patons Classic Merino Wool

Shawls:

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace
Girdle of Melian MKAL, Bernat Cotton-ish

Hands and Feet:

2aat Toe-up Socks, Lorna's Laces
Cuff-down Vanilla Socks, Patons Kroy Sock Yarn
Morgan, Loops and Threads Woolike

Blankets:

Snowflake Blanket, Red Heart Comfort Solids
Fuss Free Baby Blanket, Red Heart Eco-Ways; Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (started September - oops!)

Must've injured my wrist really good this time.  Finally knitting more, but only for short periods of time.  I am five clues behind!

August Goals:  Finish Clue 2.

Success!  I'm midway through clue 3 and kinda want to have it finished before the Knitters' Fair on September 10.  So, despite having started a poncho for this winter, I'm now working exclusively (let's hope) on my GoM.

September Goals:  Finish Girdle of Melian by the 10th.

What Were They Thinking!?

When we moved into this apartment last year, the old tenants didn't have to paint over any walls as part of the agreement.  So, our kitchen is bright red, the bathroom is blue, and the computer room is teal on three walls and striped on the fourth.

That teal is painted on textured wallpaper.

So this weekend we decided to take off the wallpaper.  It was peeling badly in one area anyway.  Apparently we should have left well enough alone, because look at what was painted on underneath.

It's a lot darker in person, and now we need to paint sooner than we realized!

July Update

Current WIPs (new ones are bolded):

Sweaters/Cardigans:

Rosemary Cardigan, Cascade 220 Heather
Quivira Coat, Patons Classic Merino Wool
Easy Top-down Raglan, Noro Kureyon and Patons North America Ballybrae
Wee Speedy, Sirdar Peru Naturals

Shawls:

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace
Girdle of Melian MKAL, Classic Elite Yarns Alpaca Sox (Frogged - yarn didn't work)
Girdle of Melian MKAL, Bernat Cotton-ish

Hands and Feet:

2aat Toe-up Socks, Lorna's Laces
Cuff-down Vanilla Socks, Patons Kroy Sock Yarn
Morgan, Loops and Threads Woolike

Blankets:

Snowflake Blanket, Red Heart Comfort Solids
Fuss Free Baby Blanket, Red Heart Eco-Ways; Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (started September - oops!)

Finished Picea!  Love that shawl.  Went to work!  Played Guild Wars 2 every day!  Ok, I always do those last two ....

And so there's this MKAL that I had to do, because my favourite designer's doing it for her latest shawl pattern (Raven Knits), and so I started one, then started another in cotton.  That was last weekend.  I probably shouldn't have marathoned Clue 1 for the second shawl in one day.  My right wrist hurts so badly now that I haven't been able to knit much at all this week!

Okay, so July Goals:  Solve wrist issues and try to keep up with the MKAL on the alpaca shawl.  Or at least only be one clue behind.

Must've injured my wrist really good this time.  Finally knitting more, but only for short periods of time.  I am five clues behind!

August Goals:  Finish Clue 2.

June Update

Current WIPs (new ones are bolded):

Sweaters/Cardigans:

Rosemary Cardigan, Cascade 220 Heather
Quivira Coat, Patons Classic Merino Wool
Easy Top-down Raglan, Noro Kureyon and Patons North America Ballybrae
Wee Speedy, Sirdar Peru Naturals

Shawls:

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace
Picea Sitchensis, Cascade 220 Heather
Girdle of Melian MKAL, Classic Elite Yarns Alpaca Sox
Girdle of Melian MKAL, Bernat Cotton-ish

Hands and Feet:

2aat Toe-up Socks, Lorna's Laces
Cuff-down Vanilla Socks, Patons Kroy Sock Yarn
Morgan, Loops and Threads Woolike

Blankets:

Snowflake Blanket, Red Heart Comfort Solids
Fuss Free Baby Blanket, Red Heart Eco-Ways; Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (started September - oops!)

Finished chart two/B.  Ate (lots of) pizza.  Lost another five pounds.  Went to work (a lot more than I wanted to).  Success!

I even knit some rows on the vanilla socks!

June Goals:  Finish Chart four (D) on Picea (I'd love to finish the shawl, but my subconscious likes to mess with me).  Go to work some more (I actually do work Monday-Friday, but hey, it's a goal I can make!).  Play Guild Wars 2 once a week.

Finished Picea!  Love that shawl.  Went to work!  Played Guild Wars 2 every day!  Ok, I always do those last two ....


And so there's this MKAL that I had to do, because my favourite designer's doing it for her latest shawl pattern (Raven Knits), and so I started one, then started another in cotton.  That was last weekend.  I probably shouldn't have marathoned Clue 1 for the second shawl in one day.  My right wrist hurts so badly now that I haven't been able to knit much at all this week!

Okay, so July Goals:  Solve wrist issues and try to keep up with the MKAL on the alpaca shawl.  Or at least only be one clue behind.