Knitting Report – April 6, 2018

A good week . . patterns added, yarn arrived, knitting done! I seem to be starting way more than I’m finishing. It doesn’t really bother me but I would like to finish some things . . if for no other reason than I need to free up some needles.

There were “egg hunts” all over the designer/pattern websites and I found quite a few patterns.

Patterns Added:

• I Shall Wear Purple
• Knitting by the Pool
• Frohe Ostern
• Rosa Flora
• Red Rock Canyon
• Grow

Yarn Added:

There were various reasons why I ordered yarn but what really matters is that I ordered yarn!

This is Tosh Eyre Light. I have some other colors and figured some basic grays would be useful.

Madelinetosh Twist is one of my favorite sock yarns so I ordered a few skeins of that. The one in the middle is Electric Rainbow and I love that yarn!

A couple of skeins of Hedgehog – the one on the left is Skinny Singles in Bee’s Knees, which I thought would be a good blender, and the one on the right is Sock.

These were the ESK Exclusives for April. It’s Squoosh Fiberarts Beefcake Sock, which is a lightweight fingering yarn.

Projects I Worked On:

I worked on Reflections but didn’t even get enough done to take a picture. I didn’t touch Carbeth Cardi. I did work on the Impressionists’ MKAL. I think the next clue comes out on the 8th so I need to get the next few rows finished on this one so I’ll be ready when the next clue is released.

I did work on the Magnolia Socks. I like working on these so I should be able to get them finished soon.

Knitting Plans for next Week:

1. Keep up with Impressionists MKAL
2. Finish Magnolia Socks
3. Finish Reflections

Good luck with all that, right?

Projects Started:

Reflection is the only thing I started this week.

Projects Finished in 2018:

• • • • • Sunshine Highway – Finished March 14, 2018
        • DaVinci Cowl – Finished March 9, 2018
        • Fade Shawl – Finished February 28, 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
  3/2/18 – 282
  3/9/2018 – 282
  3/16/2018 – 275 – deleted projects I’ll never make
  3/23/2018 – 275
  4/6/18 – 274 – deleted a project I’ll never make

  # 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
  3/2/18 – 21 (Finished Fade Shawl and ripped out Jeweled Cowl)
  3/9/18 – 23 (Added Siren Song and Carbeth Cardi)
  3/16/18 – 21 (Ripped out Siren Song/Finished DaVinci Cowl)
  3/23/18 – 22 (Added Penguono)
  3/30/18 – 23 (Added Reflection)
  4/6/18 – 24 (Added Magnolia Socks)