Wrap Up Friday - Week17

Good morning!  Several people mentioned they may have a finish....so going to throw this up...I do not have a finish...and I'll probably be starting something new soon...as I've been online shopping again AND tomorrow is the Connecticut Sheep and Wool!  Pictures will be posted....

Stitch Along wednesday - Week 17

Good evening....just told the husband I had to go do the blog post...and he said, because it's Wednesday, but not....see, he's learning!

How was your week of projects?

I started something new....I bought this beautiful Sweet Georgia Cashluxe Raspberry colored yarn last summer for a "raspberry berry." 

 So with Prince's passing, I thought it was high time I cast on....and I did...I have finished the brim and am getting ready to start the lace portion...I am doing the Rustling Leaves Beret from Coastal Knits. 

That's about it...so how about you?  Please join up and join in...and link up....

Wrap Up Friday

Good morning!  I have no finishes today...how about you?  Very tired today...but should be an good day at school...

Happy Earth Day - what do you do to help our earth?  Love this image by Jane Yolen

and also.....did anyone else start a Raspberry Beret yesterday? Rest in Peace...Prince

Stitch Along Wednesday - Week 16

Happy Tuesday night/Wednesday.....

So this past week was my Spring Break/vacation...and I had plans..so many knitting and crochet plans....I really wasn't doing much else....and what did I do?  I watched a lot of tv and movies....and I didn't do much crafting....oh the shawls I had plans for....*sigh*

I did work on my Irish Oak...and came to a screeching HALT!  Why?  Well I messed up the border segment, but just decided to go with it....then I started playing yarn chicken....and I decided to just bind off....and well I don't like it....so I'm going to border it in another color....so what do you think?

Here are some choices I pulled....do I go with something that kind of matches or a totally different color?  On the left is a yellow, but it's a DK, so I'd have to buy something...then there is Simon's Vest from Deep Water Dye Works...On the right..the top is Madelinetosh in Daffodil, Yarns to Inspire in Indian Desert and then two Madelinetosh...Bark and Betine...yarn close up

I also started a sock from TurtlePurl....it was her special tribute to Spock after Leonard Nimoy died...

Haven't gotten far, but wanted something to work on during the train ride into NYC....and I did, until train got full very fast and I didn't have enough room....Took it to an exhibition football game at UCONN....but was too windy to work on it there...I tried...

So what to do?...How has your week been?  Anything new?  Anything done?  Let me know if you have an opinion about the border.....

Friday Wrap-Up - Week 15

No excuse...been home all day...just didn't want to get on computer...sorry....

So if you have a link and would like to link up...here it is...

Stitch Along Wednesday - Week 15

Good morning!  How is everyone this fine April day? I am on vacation...I didn't do much Saturday through Monday...but yesterday I picked up two lingering WIPs...

First up, Willow Fields....Hurrah!  I am on the decreasing side...but it is still a repeat of 8 rows done 50 times, so not going to be finished any time soon...

Then I worked on Irish Oak....no new picture, as it looks the same, all bunched up on the needles...I am on the border!!!!!!  Bunch also playing yarn chicken....so I am on row 5 of 21....and I am going to run out of yarn...so I'll have to figure out where to quit, so I have enough to bind off....I also messed up the row...but I fudged it, as I messed up at the very beginning and I was not tinking back 233 stitches...so I'm living with it...

Seems as if I can never actually do a pattern without some type of mess up...and a bit of fudging...

I also put a few rows onto my Edgy Carol....and worked a bit on a few socks...but I am trying to stick with my April is for Shawls month....and my next shawl cast-on is in the mail!!!!!!  So I'd love to finish these two, at least!

I'll also be joining this Knit Along...I bought the yarn for the Meandering Top awhile ago, so going to knit that.  The new Game of Thrones MKAL is pretty intriguing, although I never finished the last one...*sigh*...but the colors!!!!

So how about you?  What are up to this week?  Any close finishes?  As always, please link back...

Year of Projects - Week 15

Another week gone by with very little progress done....mostly because it was parent conference week and I was exhausted much of the week...I think this morning, I'm finally caught up and not so tired....so don't really have much of an update....but tooling around yesterday on the Yarn Harlot's site, there was mention of this...On the Spice Market and I went oh!....and then there was mention that there were kits at Miss Babs, and I went ah!  And while I like the colors set aside in this kit...there was one set I couldn't get out of my head all day...this set.....after thinking about it all day, I showed it to the Hubs....and he really liked the colors too....they are so not colors I am normally drawn to....so I bought the kit last night....when it comes in, I'll have another shawl cast on.....so excited!

Completed Projects:
The Dork Socks (technically 2015) 12/31/15
Screw You Rainbows socks (1/6/16)
Quick Pink cowl (1/7/16)
Yoda (1/10/16)
Bulky Cowl (1/19/16)
Jacinta Capelet (2/28/16) Turtleneck Capelet #2 (3/31/16)
  Works In Progress:    
WIPS: Crochet:
Round Ripple: (Started 2006 (?) Aiden)
Around the World Afghan: (April 2010): about ¼ done
Sunrise Sunset Afghan: this has been hibernating awhile, 6 squares done.
Tis the Season (11/10/13)
Tabard Tunic (NW Diss 2/1/14)
  Knit:
Learn to Knit Afghan: (started 2010): 3 squares done

Light in Shadows (1/14/14) 

Willow Fields (9/6/14)  

Shark in the Woods (11/27/14)
Vanilla fingerless mitts (12/25/15)

Zombie Vixen mitts (10/17/15)

Stopover KAL (2/7/16)

My Shelly Valentine (2/10/16)

Irish Oak (3/5/16)

Socks:

Kai-Mei: (April 2012)
Johnny's Socks (Jan 2013)

Carlos and Arne socks (July 3 2015)

Espalier Socks (Jan 10, 2016)
Glenn Lives (2/1/16)
 
Scarves/Shawls:
Splashy Flowers: (May 2011)
Larry Stashbuster Scarf (2012)

 

Bags:
Beach Bag: (started May 2010)  Just needs lining sewn in 

 KAL/CALs:
Fire and Blood (5/4/14)  
Outlander MKAL (8/8/14)  
Downton Abbey (1/4/15)

Misc:

Sunflower: (August 2012) Need a back and to felt 

Projects In Mind: Gifts/Charity: 
Hats for friend's babies (ongoing)  
Hats for students (ongoing)
Kimberly Skye's tunic
Two Elsa doll/blanket things

Sweaters:
Test Pattern Sweater (in magazine)
Car Coat (in magazine)
Cowl Vest
 
Shawls/Scarves/Cowls 
Rockefeller
Wholehearted
West End Scarf  
Gathering Leaves
Alhambra
Petal Edge Scarf
Filippi Scarf 
Firefly Scarf 
Fraxinus 
Danube Cowl
Simple City
Fire and Ice
Multnomah
Leylines 
Holden Shawlette
Daybreak
Trellis Shawl
Bedford Springs Shawl  
Brush Creek Cowlette    
Watershed    
Waterkant  
The Brownstitch gradient  
Leftie   
Bigger on the Inside 
Oeste    
Out of Gas    
Sweet Potato Twist    
Nefertem    
Falling Bobbins   
Danielle Shawl    
The Doodler
 
Hats and Mitts 
Lace Kelly (soakbox)  
Isabeau Mitts 
Hermione Hearts Ron
Nehalm Hat
Felicity
Stellar
Cabled Headband
Fetching  
Cayunga Hat and Mitts set
Preposterous
Ruffled hat and mitts
Evergreen Gloves
Sheepy Cuffs
Twisted Rib Mitts and Hat     
Transitional Color Mitts   
Almond Comfit   
Lady Violet's Dinner Gauntlets    
Wurm    
Autumn in Garrison 
Baa-ble Hat
 
 Socks:
Memento Mori
Rubus
Siren Socks
Savory Lace Socks
Autumn Flame
Firebird
Rescue Me, Chin Boy and Show Me the Stars
Twin peaks  
Wizard of Oz socks
Black Widow's Socks

August Pocus

Waterkant 

Watermelon 

Monkey

Dalekamium 

Knit From Stash patterns

Dr. Who socks

Bags:
Sarape Shopper
Pleated Purse
Circular Felted Bag

Stash Acquistion Saturday

Good afternoon!  First day of my spring break....we were going to head to Rhode Island for The Great Rhody Crawl, but the FIL is not doing well, at the moment, so sticking a bit closer to home.  He goes in the hospital on Monday for a pacemaker....BUT...I have received some squishy mail this week!

First up...

Mad Color BAMF....this month is Mulan! Not my most favorite colors...but I'll probably gift it in some form...

Nerd Girl Random Fandom....Beginning Over Again With The Summer....A Great Gatsby reference...a book I'd rather poke my eye with a form than ever read again....let's just say too many courses required it...These are so not my colors, but something about this I find intriguing....they are great summer beachy colors...and the yarn is alpaca/silk/linen, so an interesting combination...so think I'll make something with this...

This is interesting...mini 80's skeins...

So much love!  She's doing a second set too....The Yarn At Home Mom

 I was in two swaps....The first one, I was a bit disappointed...very little contact with my swap partner....she finally sent me a message that she would be sending my package out late, as she had just gotten back from vacation...several day's later, I get this...

This is a bunch of mini skeins....no where have I said I collect minis...and they came all stuffed intot he bag from the store...so I have a feeling, she just went out and bought something when she got home and sent it to me..since I did get these, I ordered that 80's mini skein...so I'm going to make a cowl with them....

Then I got this from my Fibreshare partner...

With lots of notes attached, which I love....the orangey one was hand dyed....so much happier with this swap...it was her first swap.....

So what about you?  I'm going to throw the link up, so even anyone wants to link to a recent stash purchase post...feel free....now I have to download pictures....

Wrap-up Friday

Good morning lovies!  I have no wrap-ups or finishes, except for this week...next week is vacation...yeah!!!!!  I'm sure I'll have something next week...

So how off what you have finished up....

Stitch Along Wednesday - Week 14

Good evening my friends....going to have to take a new picture, since the red/white and blue capelet thing is done....

So how is everyone?  This week has been CRAZEE!!!!!  Snow Sunday into Monday caused a 2 hour delay...on a half day...we had the kids for 2.5 hours....then we had parent conferences....today we had another 2 hour delay due to icy roads...and again a half day for parent conferences....tomorrow, we have a field trip, on a half day....Thursday, when we have night conferences, is going to SUCK!!!  The day will be never ending!  The only nice thing about night conferences is that we all go out to dinner together...it's a great bonding time for the teachers....

So what am I doing right now?  Wearing a hat I bought at Stitches (I think) two years ago....I haven't really worn it, but as I was sitting down to do the blog post...there it was...

It's kind of Downton Abbeyish....yeah, don't look at the background...we have no storage in this apartment, but we have this extra room...so everything gets thrown in here....

So, as I said on Sunday, no knitting mojo.....but I did start a new crochet thing...here it is

Sorry for the bad picture...it's dark here and I'm too lazy to put on the big light....It's this

I've been looking for a crochet shawl to make....I think I'm going to love it...and really simple pattern! 

So how about you?  I have vacation coming up...and I.Can't.Wait!!!!!!!  That also makes this week a long a$$ one.....catch ya' later....

Year of Projects - Week 14

Well see there, I did finish a project...my second turtleneck capelet...that is not a turtleneck....picture is in Friday's post, if you're interested...

I put some work in on several projects...I tried working on my Light in Shadows shawl, but I'm on the short row wedge and just can't seem to get it..after a few frustrating hours, it went back into hibernation...

I also worked on my Glenn Lives socks....not sure he will live after tonight...and I only got to the heel flap on the first sock...

A few stitches here and there on other things....but seems as if the mojo has deserted me again....sigh...may start something new...or do something in crochet....


Completed Projects:
The Dork Socks (technically 2015) 12/31/15
Screw You Rainbows socks (1/6/16)
Quick Pink cowl (1/7/16)
Yoda (1/10/16)
Bulky Cowl (1/19/16)
Jacinta Capelet (2/28/16)
Turtleneck Capelet #2 (3/31/16)
 

Works In Progress:    
WIPS: Crochet:
Round Ripple: (Started 2006 (?) Aiden)
Around the World Afghan: (April 2010): about ¼ done
Sunrise Sunset Afghan: this has been hibernating awhile, 6 squares done.
Tis the Season (11/10/13)
Tabard Tunic (NW Diss 2/1/14)
 
Knit:

 Learn to Knit Afghan: (started 2010): 3 squares done
Light in Shadows (1/14/14) 

Willow Fields (9/6/14)  

Shark in the Woods (11/27/14)
Vanilla fingerless mitts (12/25/15)

Zombie Vixen mitts (10/17/15)

Stopover KAL (2/7/16)

My Shelly Valentine (2/10/16)

Irish Oak (3/5/16)

Socks:

Kai-Mei: (April 2012)
Johnny's Socks (Jan 2013)

Carlos and Arne socks (July 3 2015)

Espalier Socks (Jan 10, 2016)
Glenn Lives (2/1/16)
 
Scarves/Shawls:
Splashy Flowers: (May 2011)
Larry Stashbuster Scarf (2012)

 

Bags:
Beach Bag: (started May 2010)  Just needs lining sewn in 

 KAL/CALs:
Fire and Blood (5/4/14)  
Outlander MKAL (8/8/14)  
Downton Abbey (1/4/15)

Misc:

Sunflower: (August 2012) Need a back and to felt 

Projects In Mind: Gifts/Charity: 
Hats for friend's babies (ongoing)  
Hats for students (ongoing)
Kimberly Skye's tunic
Two Elsa doll/blanket things

Sweaters:
Test Pattern Sweater (in magazine)
Car Coat (in magazine)
Cowl Vest
 
Shawls/Scarves/Cowls 
Rockefeller
Wholehearted
West End Scarf  
Gathering Leaves
Alhambra
Petal Edge Scarf
Filippi Scarf 
Firefly Scarf 
Fraxinus 
Danube Cowl
Simple City
Fire and Ice
Multnomah
Leylines 
Holden Shawlette
Daybreak
Trellis Shawl
Bedford Springs Shawl  
Brush Creek Cowlette    
Watershed    
Waterkant  
The Brownstitch gradient  
Leftie   
Bigger on the Inside 
Oeste    
Out of Gas    
Sweet Potato Twist    
Nefertem    
Falling Bobbins   
Danielle Shawl    
The Doodler
 
Hats and Mitts 
Lace Kelly (soakbox)  
Isabeau Mitts 
Hermione Hearts Ron
Nehalm Hat
Felicity
Stellar
Cabled Headband
Fetching  
Cayunga Hat and Mitts set
Preposterous
Ruffled hat and mitts
Evergreen Gloves
Sheepy Cuffs
Twisted Rib Mitts and Hat     
Transitional Color Mitts   
Almond Comfit   
Lady Violet's Dinner Gauntlets    
Wurm    
Autumn in Garrison 
Baa-ble Hat
 
 Socks:
Memento Mori
Rubus
Siren Socks
Savory Lace Socks
Autumn Flame
Firebird
Rescue Me, Chin Boy and Show Me the Stars
Twin peaks  
Wizard of Oz socks
Black Widow's Socks

August Pocus

Waterkant 

Watermelon 

Monkey

Dalekamium 

Knit From Stash patterns

Dr. Who socks

Bags:
Sarape Shopper
Pleated Purse
Circular Felted Bag

wrap-Up Friday

Sorry so late today....

I do have a finish...my Turtleneck Capelet, which was the first one I started, second one I finished...and it's not a turtleneck....

The blue and red are The Fibre Company Khroma...the white, I believe is Kraemer Yarns Victor...

It's not really long on me, as it's a "shawlette" or really a "poncho-ette" landing on my bust line, but I think I'm okay with it...

any finishes for you?