Life and Yarn or Yarn and Life: December 2019

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Year of Projects, Year 6, Week 49

Good afternoon...so I missed a week...I had stuff to post, just not the energy to post....and my wifi sucks...if you've tried following my vlogmas, last Sunday, I could not get it to upload....I finally got four days of vlogmas uploaded on Thursday, when I went and hung out at McDonalds and used their wifi!!! But here is yesterday's if interested...the rest are uploaded on youtube...

Sunday is the worst day of the week for my wifi for some reason....

I have been busy!!!!! I'm gonna stop and take pictures, because they are on my phone...and see the aforementioned wifi issues....brb.....

I put rows on several socks.....

Grinchmas is ready for the heel....I pulled out several minis last night to match with socks. This lime green was with another pair, but pulled it for this one....

I thought these were at the heels, but pulled them out last night and realized I needed a few more inches....(this is what I was doing while my 14 minute vlogmas video took 2.5 hours to upload!)

And I haven't gotten Wham'd yet, but that could be because I have been avoiding Christmas music..LOL...this is about ready for a heel...

I pulled this one out during last night's session and added a few more rows....

I worked on Breeze....this is super simple and I know I will use this constantly, but I have no motivation for it......

I gnomed....2 or 3 more and then I'm done....need to put some bells on and maybe some beading...but that's a BIG maybe...

Ready to decrease for the toe

This is going in time-out....It's suppose to be the Litmus Cowl. But just reading it again, she used 5g skeins and I think mine are 20 g skeins...and I don't like the gauge. I've already pulled it out once and went down a needle size...but now I'm thinking of doing Adventuresome Wrap, as I saw someone's on vlogmas and it was gorgeous! And the pattern is on sale....so.......

I think that is it...while recently hunting through my stash found a started cowl...just a simple garter cowl in Lion Brand Thick and Quick....pulled that out and it's what I've been working on while the pictures upload....think I'll finish it and gift it....

okay that's it for now...if you have the time to watch my vlogmas, that would be awesome..please leave a comment...most are shorter than 5 minutes...a couple are longer....thanks!

2019 Finishes!!!!!

Muertos: 8/13/17-1/19/19
Who Socks: 10/7/18-1/22/19 (the Who socks were never on my list)
My Shelly Valentine: 2/10/16-2/9/19 (almost three years exactly!!!)
Alpaca Fun: 2/24/19-3/3/19
Green is the Best: 12/23/18-3/10/19
Willow Fields: 9/6.14-3/16/19
Lucy's Zebra 7/5-7/6/19
Black Widow Shawl 5/5/19-7/12/19
Lucy's Elephant Reserve 7/24/18-8/2/19
Shark Socks 7/28/19-8/12/19
Swedish Block 8/20/19 - 8/24/19
Garter stitch block 8/24/19
Samples 8/28/19 finished

Throwback Poncho October 12, 2019

Mixed PomPom Hat October 13, 2019

Brainzzz - October 26, 2019

Bulky Cowl - Nov 9, 2019

Candy Cane socks - Nov 11, 2019

Santa Baby - Nov 20, 2019

Works In Progress:
WIPS: Crochet:
Round Ripple: (Started 2006 (?) Aiden)-not sure he'd want this anymore, being a high school freshman and all, but I think I'll finish it for him. He is now a sophomore.
Around the World Afghan: (April 2010): about ¼ done - I looked at this recently and I'm still liking it, so I'll keep it...maybe make it a baby blanket instead.
Sunrise Sunset Afghan: this has been hibernating awhile, 6 squares done. I still love the look of this.
Tabard Tunic (NW Diss 2/1/14) - Haven't made a final decision on this yet.Venetian Cowl (July 1, 2018)

Knit:
Learn to Knit Afghan: (started 2010): 3 squares done, I put this in the giveaway yarn bags..not thrilled with colors....will use squares at school for water bottles..
Shark in the Woods (11/27/14)- I really love this, but it's a lot of cabling and I'm not a fan..about 1/2 done.
Vanilla fingerless mitts (12/25/15) - Think I'm going to frog and do different mitts or crochet them.
Zombie Vixen mitts (10/17/15)- still working on them, again cabling
Garter Path Shawlette (5/30/16)- I have frogged this a couple of times...
Swinging with Winkle (6/4/16)- I love this so much! Just need to finish it! Added a few rows
Meandering Top (5/20/16) - Took it out, at the separation of arms, looks really big!
Bulky Cowl - this hurts my hands to work on...think I need slippery needles...
Splediferous Blanket - (4/15/17) Roald Dahl club, mitered blanket
Selbu Mitts - 3/26/18
Beekeeper Cardigan - 7/1/18
Knits4Comfort Advent Shawl: 12/13/18
Breeze 11/16/19

Socks:
Kai-Mei: (April 2012) - has not changed,
Espalier Socks (Jan 10, 2016) - started and stopped...

2017Games Socks- 2/15/18
Cloudy Rainbows - 5/11/18

Sunny Skies - 5/12/18
Zombie Candy Corn - Oct 7, 2018Merry Xmas - Box O'Chocolates: 2/9/19, frogged 7/21/19
Snow Day: 3/4/19
Merfolk: 7/25/19
Monster Mash: 8/16/19 (cuff started awhile ago)

Merry Knitmas - 10/1/19

Rhinebeck Socks - 10/6/19

Scarves/Shawls:
Splashy Flowers: (May 2011) - add a motif scarf, don't see that being finished soon...
Light in Shadows (1/14/14) - I love this so much...need to start the new direction, so need to sit down and figure it out..

Bags:
Beach Bag: (started May 2010) Just needs lining sewn in, I used it this year without the lining...so may just call it a day on this....

KAL/CALs:
Fire and Blood (5/4/14) - not anytime soon
Outlander MKAL (8/8/14) - possibility of finishing this..the yarn is so yummy

Friday, December 6, 2019

Vlogmas Day 5

Sorry didn't post it last night...so a day late...our wifi really sucks out here, so it takes HOURS for my short videos to upload..not kidding...Day 5 is only a couple minutes long and took about an hour and a half to upload....Day 6 is uploading as I'm typing...it's at 3%..don't know if I'll be posting that one tonight...but here is yesterdays...and maybe on Saturday, you'll get two....

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Vlogmas 2019 Day 4

Monday, December 2, 2019

Vlogmas Day 2

I hope you enjoy. I may not get to every day, but hope to at least do the weekends....

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Year of Projects: Year 6, Week 47

Good afternoon. We are waiting on the storm to start. One station has named it Winter Storm Abel. I had a student named Abel once. Really nice boy, so smart....So they really have no idea what's going on with this storm. Parts of our country have gotten feet of snow...we may get between 8-10 inches....It's suppose to start in about an hour....may taper off tonight into tomorrow with sleet and ice and then a second part starts tomorrow afternoon....so I may have school tomorrow, I may not have school for two days...who know?

Anyway onto the crafting.....I've worked mostly on my Merry Knitmas sock and my Breeze shawl. Not much to show on the shawl...

***It's a couple hours later. I've been trying to upload my Vlogmas Day 1. My wifi is crappy on a good day, so it is taking HOURS to upload a 7 minute video.....so I went and had lunch and then I fell asleep....woke up when the Hubs brought me a cup of tea.....****

So I am doing a couple of KAL/MALs for December...Nancy or Gettingpurlywithit on Instagram is doing a Put a Pom On It KAl...her hat pattern is free on Ravelry. I'm a fan of the pom...so I have several planned..

So that is five planned hats...yes all for me..I am a hat wearer...I love hats! I was married in a hat...the one on the right is a former Vermonter, but it wasn't fitting me right, so I frogged it...I also pulled out another hat kit from White Birch to make...

But this happened with the first hat I started on:

The hat was way too big, so I ripped back to the increase row and took out the increases. It will probably take less than 2 hours to complete....

My sock is still being plugged along on...for the heel and beginning of the foot, it started striping...

FYI, it looks like this out now

It started with a bang, fizzled out for a bit and came back with a vengeance...it's snowing at a pretty fast clip right now...we are expecting 6-8 inches....and then less than an inch of ice...

Then Caleisha of the Quirky Monday podcast is hosting a MrGrinchMAL...anything green or grinchy...I got some Grinchmas yarn from NightOwlFibers

Then I have a WHAM Last Christmas KAL. I bought the yarn from Yarn Badger in England. I don't have a picture of that one right now...

I also got my two yarny wishes....and my other yarny wish was for my DonorsChoose project to be funded and it was! I wished for self stripe yarn and two people sent me some..

The second package was from Alicia, she and I have become pretty good friends on Instagram...

So no finished projects for me, but lots of new projects...Also I went to a couple LYS on Black Friday..if you want to check out the video and post with goodies....HERE

And if you wnat to watch my vlogmas videos...My channel name is GRACEYSGOODIES, I'd love more subscribers...I have 3...I'd love to have 5-10....I am still uploading the first one...sigh...

See you next week!