Knitting Report – February 23, 2018

The good news is . . yesterday I kept thinking about ordering anniversary yarn and I decided NO! I don’t need yarn and the biggest anniversary gift I can give myself is to use some of the yarn I have here! So, I didn’t order anything.

Patterns Added:

Hasukai Cowl – free (always check before buying!)
Ozone Lace Shawl
Slip, Knit, Love
Gently Stirred, Never Shaken – free til 2/25 (check before buying!)
Extreme Frost – may still be free – check before buying
Scatterby Socks – free!

Yarn Added:

There was some yarn added but not much. I got two skeins of a laceweight (the Fiery you’ll see in a photo below) and two skeins of fingering weight that will be good for fade projects. I put it all away before I took pictures.

Projects I Worked On:

Sunset Highway – A little more progress has been made. All I need is to finish the sleeves.

Winter Rose Socks #2 – a bit of progress.

 

Jeweled Cowl – This is the lace weight yarn in the color, Fiery, that arrived this week. I started a shawl and the instructions weren’t very good so I gave up and started on this Jeweled Cowl but the beads are too big. I knew it and the more I knitted, the heavier they became so after 10 beaded rows (a LOT of knitting), I ripped this back.

I heard back from the designer of the shawl about a question so I tried it again and it just wasn’t working for me so I ripped that out too. I want to make something with this yarn but I’m giving up for now.

Knitting Plans for next Week:

This is the same list I had last week and the week before that. and . . you know this isn’t going well . . the week before that!

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 only projects I started were ripped back so . . a lot of wasted time.

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
2/23/18 – 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)
2/23/18 – 23