Week 4: Year of Projects Update

Late again...

Next week's goal is to get my post up on Sunday!  Again, there has been a bit of knit/crochet progress, but the biggest projects have been house related.

This post didn't get up on Sunday because we were cleaning out the chicken coop and securing it for some chicks.  What we've done is a temporary fix, but will allow us to bring my daughter's two favorite chickens home. (My brother has been fostering them for us.) It also allowed us to add these girls to the family.

This week I was able to connect with my crochet club in Ct. via Zoom.  It was wonderful to see everyone!  I'm hoping to be able to connect with them on a regular basis going forward.  During the chat I was able to work on Humulus.  I'm almost done with the sleeve. Hopefully, I will be able to finish that this week.

The sock was not touched.  I think it may be a bit big, so it's been sitting in time out.  I need to try it on and make a decision on continuing or frogging  and starting over.  

On the crochet front a purple washcloth was added to the pile for a friend's baby.  

Next update should contain some spinning.  A friend mentioned there will be a Tour de Fleece Part II.  I'm thinking of joining her for that, which means I need to clear the bobbins.  It has been a year since I've used my wheel.  Unfortunately there really wasn't room to use it in our apartment. I’m looking forward to getting back to spinning. 

Year of Projects: Week 3

It has been a productive week. Definitely not so much on the knit/crochet front, but that's o.k. 

I missed posting yesterday because I was canning all day.  The farmer called on Saturday and said she had a box of tomatoes and cucumbers available.  The rest of Saturday was spent trying to gather some last minute supplies.  It seems with the stay at home orders more people are canning.  We had to go to a few stores to get most of what we needed.  There has been a run on the salsa mix I'm looking for.  A friend recommended freezing the tomatoes as I continue to look for the mix.  So I'm going to try that. 

Yesterday I was able to can kosher dill pickles, relish, zesty salsa, and tomato sauce. Tomorrow I will do one last batch of pickles (bread and butter).

This week our living room furniture arrived!  Yay! I also finished our TV stand.  

Buying a house during a pandemic has definitely been challenging.  Our area was under stay at home orders for quite some time.  Much shopping was done online.  Even now, our numbers are high,  we are still practicing social distancing and only going out when necessary.  There are some things that are really hard to buy online or with curbside pickup. 

When we first moved down here I noticed an unfinished furniture store.  It was a great find!  I've found furniture for the house and projects to keep me busy, lol.  Coming soon is a matching end table...

Now for the knitting:  I've made some progress on the sock.  Still on Clue 1 (the foot), but it's growing.  

I've also added a bit to the sleeve of Humulus.  But that's been about it.  I'm hoping for a bit more of a crafting/house project balance next week.  But in all honesty, there's so much to do, I'm just happy things are getting done!

Year of Projects: Week 2

It has been a productive week.  Maybe not so much on the knitting front, but we're getting things done and starting to settle into our new house/routines. The week's biggest project has been getting the floor down in Babygirl's bedroom.  This morning we moved her stuff from her temporary bedroom into her room.  She is thrilled!

This week I spent some time getting yarn and fiber out of space bags.  All the space bags have been emptied and the fiber has been sorted and placed into bins.  I'll start photographing and uploading to Ravelry in the next few days.

Knitting wise I have added a few rows to Humulus.   I'm on the sleeve so it's good T.V. knitting.


I've joined the MarlyBird Sock Knit Along on Facebook.  Started it yesterday, so right now I've got a toe.  My sock yarn and winder are not currently accessible, so I visited the local craft store.  Choices were limited at Hobby Lobby, so I ended up with a new to me yarn.  It's supersoft, but splits easily, so we'll see how this turns out. 

Finished a few scrubbies for the kitchen and a baby washcloth to end the week.

That's it for this week.  Looking forward to spending some time reading other Year Of Projects posts this evening to see what everyone has accomplished this week.



   

Year of Projects: Year 10

New year, new start.  This rings true in so many ways!  We closed on our house a month ago and moved in about a week and a half ago.  There are boxes ALL over!  One of my projects as I unpack is to organize and update my stash in Ravelry.  We left New York last August and I got rid of a lot of yarn, so I need to update that.  At this point I'm not 100% sure what I have, it will be nice to see it all as it has been in storage for a while.

Crafting time has been pretty nonexistent lately as I have been busy packing.  I plan on changing that ASAP.  

I've set just a few goals for the first quarter:
1. Get the stash organized and uploaded to Ravelry.
2. Finish spinning current roving.
3. Knit a pair of Socks. (I'm going to check out the MarlyBird KAL)
4. Finish Humulus.
5. Find accent yarn and start Asheville.
6. Continue to work on Xandra, this one will be slow going.  I need to focus on this pattern, it is a challenge for me.