Stitch Along - Week 18

Good morning, my lovely bloggery people! 

I am so tired this morning!  And it has finally warmed up here in the Northeast...things are budding, bees are buzzing, robins are hopping about....

As I said on Sunday, I haven't done much crafting, as I've been reading...well I still haven't crafted since Sunday...so nothing new to show....

I ebb and flow with my crafting...especially after finishing a project...I normally take a day or two to start something else or move on to something else...how about you?  Do you jump right into another project or do you take some decompressing time?

Just a fun picture I took while waiting for Avengers: Age of Ultron to start...it's cool how I'm reflected in my own glasses!

As always, please link back from your blog....thanks!

Year of Projects....I have no idea what week.....

Yeah, it's a year of projects post...but I have no idea which week it is...looks like I might have missed a week...(slaps forehead!  I went to Rhode Island!..post will follow on that)

I haven't been working on many projects...I've been reading and napping....and visiting with friends...

I read all morning and finished Ready Player One...so good!  Video games are not my thing...but this book had enough other geeky stuff...and I smiled throughout...I was amazed it was a first book....so glad that I received it in a swap!

Oh and I also went and saw this...

In IMAX and 3D...so freaking amazing!.....

Oh and yesterday I went to Comic Book Store Day (which really was a little too geeky for me!)  I always feel as if I need to read comic books..and I've read some...and some graphic novels..but it's not something I actively search out....well I did yesterday...to support the indie store...and get some bad-ass Black Widow stuff...

So, have I done any work on projects?  Today I sat down and finished the ribbing on my Owligan...onto the stockinette.....lots of it...depending on how long I want it....it's too late to take a picture...and trust me...it's not going to get exciting for awhile....

and there are two potential KALs/CALs I thought of joining...and then laughed and said, who am I kidding?

2015 Completed Projects:
White mittens - 1/10/15
Quick Crochet Cowl - 1/12/15
Stripes Cowl - 1/22/15
Frosty, the Snowman - 1/24/15
Head Wrap - 1/24/15
H's Everyday Socks 2/7/2015
Stepping Stones 2/17/15
Ita's Shawl 2/18/15
Speckled Eggs 4/11/15
Stitch's Rock Collection Hat 4/16/15

WIPS: Crochet:
Mission Falls Poncho: (Started 2006)
Round Ripple: (Started 2006 (?) Aiden)
Around the World Afghan: (April 2010): about ¼ done
Betty Shrug: I don’t know how long I’ve been working on this, but it only has an arm and a border to go.

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)
Garter Path (6/1/14) 

Turtleneck Capelet #2 (8/12/14)
Willow Fields (9/6/14)  

Shark in the Woods (11/27/14)
Olivia Owl (12/14/14)
Hawk Baktus  (1/19/15)

Bedrock (2/23/15)

Owligan (5/3/15)

Socks:
Kai-Mei: (April 2012)
Faces in Wallpaper (Sept 2013)
Adele Socks (April 2013)
Johnny's Socks (Jan 2013)

Irish Tea (Feb 2015)
Those Socks (2/27/15)   

Scarves/Shawls:
Splashy Flowers: (May 2011)

Larry Stashbuster Scarf (2012)
 

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

 

KAL/CAL:  
Fire and Blood (5/4/14)
Outlander MKAL (8/8/14) 
Zuzu's Petals (1/1/15)
Downton Abbey (1/4/15)
Far Side of the Moon (1/16/15)

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

Projects in Mind - I have the pattern and the yarn  - this list is remaining about the same...I could add a ton to it...but I'm not going to at the moment...I think when I move one of these projects to the WIP category, I will add another project to this list...I like seeing it all laid out..and it is not overwhelming to me..because it's my list and I can follow it or not!

Gifts/Charity: 
Owl for Rose

Hats for friend's babies (ongoing)

Hats for students (ongoing)
Kimberly Skye's tunic

garter for Caitlin
Two Elsa doll/blanket things

Sweaters:
Test Pattern Sweater
Car Coat
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   
 
Hats and 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
 
Socks:
Memento Mori
Rubus
Siren Socks
Savory Lace Socks
Autumn Flame

Firebird
Rescue Me, Chin Boy and Show Me the Stars
Twin peaks
 
Bags:
Sarape Shopper
Pleated Purse
Circular Felted Bag

Why I Left That Facebook Group

I recently joined two Facebook groups....and have left one of them....

1.  No crochet was allowed...this gave me pause when I joined, but it should have been a red flag...

2.  You could not disagree with posts....they said this was to keep the "negativity" away...however since products were mentioned, some of us felt it would be good to know if some people had not liked that product and why...you know...be an informed consumer....

3.  The group was linked to the owner's business....and after awhile, it seemed as if that was all it was.....and there was an appropriate sad story to go along...and requests to purchase...I did purchase once and the product was very nice...but it got to be too much...

4.  Other group members could advertise their products on one specific day....but it seemed as if the admin could advertise whenever she felt like it.....

5.  There were a 1001 posts every day...it was blowing up my feed....and most of the times I just scrolled through and didn't read....enough is enough....and I hate when people ask a question, but didn't read through the feed...and it was already asked....and answered....

The people all seemed very nice....but I just never felt a connection....

and the last straw....they deleted one of my posts....now I maybe had posted 5 times.....and this post was nothing negative....it was about a knitwear designer....but because it did not fit into their narrow frame of what could be posted...it was deleted.....this knitwear designer just announced she is dying...of cancer....they said it could be moved to the off topic area....no one reads the off topic area...and before I could move it...they deleted it...


Next will be a purge of my Instagram....some people I follow are just advertisement after advertisement...or giveaway...follow me and these 5 other people (because it's a group giveaway)...and then repost and tag many friends...yadda, yadda....enough.....

Stitch Along - Week 17

Hello my lovely friends.....it's been one of those weeks....my bestest of friends and my most "knit/crochet" worthy friend lost her father last Wednesday....she lost her mother about three years ago...so on Tuesday I was at his funeral.....this is my last picture of him...

That is Mr. Green and the leprechaun (can you tell the difference?)....he would come and tell stories to our classes every year...he would have been 90 in May...hundreds of people showed up for his wake...and the people were still telling stories and singing songs when we left from the repast....it truly was an Irish wake....and he was a wonderful man....and raised an amazing daughter that I am blessed to call my friend....

and I get home to a message that my student teacher has the flu and will be out until Monday.....I actually have to teach today!  This was her last "takeover" week.....

Reading: Four: A Divergent Collection and Ready Player One.  Four is on my nook and I read it when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep...Ready Player One is in actual book form....and is very lengthy....

Projects:  Still working on my Far Side of the Moon socks....I'm at the heel...I did a short row heel, so I need to sit down and look at my notes and figure out what I did on the first one....
Also still working on my Hawk Baktus...it's a getting there....

There are so many others....but I've been doing well on stamping down the "cast on all the things" feelings....I need to finish at least two more items before I start something new....hear that????

hmmm...but I was asked to make a monkey...I adore monkey making....Wilkey, #2, #3, #4 and #5
and some monkey head keychains and a baby monkey hat....so a new monkey may be in the process next week...who knows????

And how about you?  Is there something you have made over and over???

Please link up ....and link back from your blog...thanks!

 

Love Your Blog: Gratitude

I'm a day late with this...but funnily enough this quote came across my Facebook feed this morning...

and it sums it up for me nicely.....I blog because it's a way for me to keep track of what has gone on in my life....the things I want to remember...I blog, as a place to put the many pictures I take (well now there is Instagram)....I blog to be part of a community of like-minded individuals....and my blog may not be the most popular....(I can't get past the 97 mark).....but the friends that I have made and the relationships that have been cultivated are enough.....I am grateful for them....so here is me saying thank you to all of the wonderful people I have met.....thank you for becoming a part of my life, although we may never actually meet in "real life," I am grateful that you are in my life....

Pictures of a Friday Finish

So last week I mentioned I had test-knit a hat, but I didn't share pictures, as I wasn't sure if I could yet...so the test knit was for Renee Anne of Confessions of a Yarn Addict

My Hubs took the pictures...and well...see for yourself...

Then I told him to do a close up...

So then I took a couple without it on my head...

So there you have, Stitch's Rock Collection Hat....Super stretchy pattern!  But it was an easy one to remember and I wore the hat the entire next day...so comfy too....

I'm joining in here and possibly here and here, when the links go live...

Stitch Along - Week 16

Not much has changed for me since last week....so I'm going to throw the post up and visit everyone's else's works in progress....

Have a great week!