Knitting Report – February 16, 2018

Yarn arrived. A project was finished. A project was started. Progress was made on a UFO . . a good knitting week!

Patterns Added:

Double Stripe Socks
Childhood Wishes
V for Valentine Socks
Inchworm
As Time Goes By

Yarn Added:

This was all yarn that was purchased while we were gone and arrived when our mail was delivered on Monday. Fun mail day!  🙂

This is Malabrigo Rios, which is a worsted weight . . one of my favorite worsted weight yarns. This is a new “neutral” color. I use a lot of Natural, and I thought this new “Whole Grain” colorway might be a good substitute for some of the Natural in already planned projects

Every time I see Hedgehog Fibres’ Kid Silk Lace yarn, I want some of it but never know what to do with it. It’s usually held with another yarn to create a muted, “hairy” look. “Hairy” isn’t a good word for it because it’s really beautiful. By the time I search and figure out what I might want to do with it, it’s gone. Yes, it goes very quickly. When I saw it last week I grabbed some. Still don’t have a clue what I will use it for but at least I snagged some. I ordered Concrete, Monet and Ghost.

There was a new color in Hedgehog’s Sock so I got Piggy Bank.

With my new addiction to fading projects, I ordered two skeins of Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere. For the most part, if I’m making socks with a design, I prefer solid-ish colors. Sometimes I want striped socks but I don’t have a lot of fingering weight yarns that work well for fading projects. On the left, the green is Flower Drum Song. On the right is Carousel.

Another potential for fading projects was Madelinetosh Twist Light. The color is Video Baby.

Not sure what I’ll use this yarn for but it looks like is has good potential. This was ESK’s February “Under the Sea” yarn. It’s from Sweet Georgia and the color is Sunken Treasure. There was also a set of five mini skeins. I want to find the perfect project for this yarn and use it all together.

I think this is the next to last month of the Canon Hand Dyes yarn club. This was the Harry Potter Club. I’m not sure I knew it had a name. Not a Harry Potter fan but I do like the yarn. This one is 80/20 SW merino/nylon. The color is Amortentia.

Projects I Worked On:

Winter Rose Socks – These were finished!

Sunset Highway – A little more progress has been made.

Winter Rose Socks #2 were started.

Knitting Plans for next Week:

This is the same list I had last week and the week before that. We’re halfway through February. I don’t want to end February with this same list.

1. Secret Project.
2. Work more on Winter Rose Socks #2.
3. Knit more Hue Shift squares.
4. Make more progress on Free Your Fade.
5. Try to finish Sunshine Highway.

Projects Started:

The Winter Rose Socks #2 were started.

Projects Finished in 2018:

• Winter Rose – Finished February 13, 2018
• Rye Socks for Addie – Finished January 31, 2018
• Rye Socks for Vince – January 29, 2018
• Socks on a Plane – January 16, 2018
• Fade Socks – January 13, 2018
• Rye Socks #1 – January 5, 2018
• Barb’s Koigu Ruffle – January 5, 2018
• Toe Up Socks – January 3, 2018

# of Items in Queue:

My goal is to have 270 in the queue by the end of 2018. Some items will get knitted, some will get deleted.

1/1/18 – 305
1/5/18 – 291
1/12/18 – 283
1/19/18 – 282
1/26/18 – 282
2/2/18 – 282
2/9/18 – 282
2/16/18 – 282

# of UFOs:

These numbers do not count hibernating projects. Some hibernating projects have not been started but the yarn has been set aside so I keep them in my “projects” for my own ease of planning. Some hibernating projects should be ripped back and forgotten about. These numbers are the projects that really should be finished.

1/1/18 – 22
1/5/18 – 22 (Toe Up Socks finished/Rye socks was added)
1/12/18 – 24
1/19/18 – 22
1/26/18 – 23 (Added secret Project)
2/2/18 – 22 (Finished Vince’s Rye Socks)
2/9/18 – 23 (Winter Rose Socks added)
2/16/18 – 23 (Winter Rose Socks finished/Winter Rose Socks #2 added)