A Year of Projects 8/52

 **Theres no week 7/52 post as I needed a computer break.

Back for week 8 with…you guessed it: socks!  Needed to take a bit of a computer/social media break last week.  Spent some time updating my resume, and interviewing. My current job is up in the air right now, so I’m trying to prepare for when it ends. 

Stripey socks are almost finished!  I need to Kitchener the toe and weave in ends on sock number 2.  They’ll be finished this evening.  That leaves me with my Bomb Pop socks and Morning Coffee.  Summer Sock Camp ends the 31st.  Im still going to try and finish both, but I’m not sure I’ll get the Morning Coffee socks done.  But I’m fine with that.  I’ve knit more this summer than I have in quite some time.   After that, I’ll be  finishing up the socks I started before camp and moving on to a sweater or two.  Working on my Fall Knitting Goals now.  

   

In addition to my socks this week, I was helping my daughter finish a hat she made for her grandmother.  She has really taken to knitting.  Next up for her is a cape let from the new Harry Potter knitting book.  Ill be teaching her M1L and M1R with this pattern.

That’s all I’ve got this week.  Trying to get some stuff done before we have a “staycation” the end of this week.  I’m looking forward to some extra knitting time :)

A Year of Projects 6/52

 This summer is flying by!  In the beginning of the summer we were super excited for a family vacation.  So I get why it was going so fast.  Unfortunately, due to increasing COVID numbers, we’ve had to cancel the vacation.  We are sad, and angry. The whole family has not been together since Christmas 2019.  Thankfully, we have all been able to see each other at different times, but it sucks not being able to have everyone together.  But, in order to stay safe, this is how it needs to be.  I hope these numbers go down quickly! Knitting has been a great stress reliever at this time.  My daughter has even started knitting again and has been finishing some projects up.  

This week I was able to finish my Socks that Rock socks. I did this as part of Knitty Natty’s second sock week knit along.

I’ve also worked on all the others :). I have two sections left on my stripey socks.  I hope to finish them this week.  I need to pull out my instructions for the afterthought heel. 

 My Bomb Pop Sock needs to come off the 9 inch needles so I can do the toe.  

I was even to get some time in with my Morning Coffee Socks.  My knit group had a Zoom meeting on Friday and I worked on them during it.  It was so nice to get to spend some time with friends knitting. Sock Camp wraps up August 31st, so I need to start thinking about what’s next on the knit/crochet list. Can’t wait to take a look around this week to see what everyone is up to while I work on my list!

A Year of Projects 5/52

 Just a quick update. We’ve been out doing yard work all morning and now I need to get some errands done.  It’s still all about socks here :)

I’ve got a completed pair, as my daughter decided she wants to try tube socks.  

I’ve mostly been working on the stripey socks and my Shark Week socks.  One stripey sock is ready for a heel. I need to finish the other. My shark week sock will be my focus this week as Knitty Natty is running a second sock knit along.  

   

I didn’t really do too much on the Morning Coffee Socks or the Bomb Pop Socks.  Maybe a few rows each.

I look forward to checking out what everyone has been up to this week!

A Year of Projects 4/52

 Last week, one project got all the attention.  This week I pulled out all my sock WIPs and worked a bit on each during the week.  My goal is to finish all these for sock camp.  That would give me six pairs for camp, plus my daughter’s pair.  (Her pair doesn’t count for camp because the first sock was cast on before June 1st.) Sock Camp runs until August 31st, it’s definitely a stretch goal, but I’m going for it!

Shark Week Socks:  Knitted a few rows.  I’m ready to start the heel flap.  This will be today’s project.

Pattern: Crazy Sock Lady Vanilla Socks on Magic Loop

Yarn: Socks that Rock, unknown color way

Needles: size 1 circular

Bomb Pop Socks: Turned the heel and am now knitting the foot.

Pattern: Crazy Sock Lady Vanilla Socks on 9 inch Circulars

Yarn: Knit Picks Felici dyed with Kool Aid

Needles: 9 inch circulars, size 0

Stripey Socks: I spent a good amount of time on these this week.

No pattern, toe up with afterthought heel.

Various yarns from the Charlotte Yarn Crawl 2019

Needles: size 1 circulars

Morning Coffee. This one has a pattern.  Added a repeat this week.  

Pattern: Crazy Sock Lady Morning Coffee Pattern

Yarn: happy Mermaid Yarn Company, SSC2021

Needles: 9 inch circulars, size 0

H’s Socks. I keep these next to my desk.  I work on them when my students are late or I have a no-show. I had a few late students this week and was able to work on these.  

No pattern, toe up with afterthought heel

Yarn: hand dyed with acid dyes from when I was dyeing

Needles: circular size 1

It’s been hot and humid in North Carolina this week which has been great for crafting time.  BUT I need to get some work done with the landscaping (gardening, weeding, etc).  Hoping for some better weather for outside work this week.  We shall see. 

Week 3: A Year of Projects

 Mission accomplished! 

I did it! A sock and a half in a week. I’ve been participating in #sockweek2021. The challenge is to knit or crochet a sock during Shark Week. I cast on Sunday morning and was able to bind of Thursday evening. Friday morning I cast on the second sock. I have until midnight tonight to finish it, but I’m happy completing the one. It’s the fastest I’ve ever knit a sock. But, I didn’t work on anything else this week, lol. 

Details on the yarn are limited. It was purchased at Rhinebeck many years ago.  It’s Socks That Rock, in an unknown color way as I lost the label. The socks were Knit on size 1 needles, magic loop cuff down.  I followed Crazy Sock Lady’s plain vanilla pattern.   

There has been no other progress on projects this week. But I did receive my Shark week pen order. So here are some fun pens to look at. :)

A Year of Projects: Week 2/52

 Mostly socks, with a penguin thrown in. 

The bomb pop socks have received the most attention this week. It was a crazy week and plain vanilla is what has been needed.  I am loving how the yarn is working up on this one. I’m at the gusset and hoping to finish this one this week.

I was able to get a bit of quiet time before everyone was up one morning. I took advantage of that and worked on my Morning Coffee Socks. I’ve recently discovered the Crazy Sock Lady’s patterns and love them. They are so easy to follow. I’m making this one with yarn from The Mermaid 

Yarn Company. It’s a sparkle yarn, I’m enjoying how it gives a little pop to the pattern. 

We had a crafting day this week due to a lot of rain from Tropical Storm Elsa. My daughter wanted to do some needlefelting.  I was able to finish a penguin. 

Today is the first day of Sock Shark Week. Found some blue yarn and cast on my cuff during the cast on party. The challenge is to knit a sock in a week. We’ll see how that goes. 

A Year of Projects 2021-2022

 Jumping in and trying this again. 

This summer I’m participating in Crazy Sock Lady’s Summer Sock Camp. It runs from June 1st to August 31st. I finished a pair of socks in June and a second  pair yesterday.  My goal is to knit 5 pairs by August 31st.  I’ve got 2 pairs in progress and started another this morning. 

Bomb Pop Socks

In addition, I’ve got 3 pairs in progress from before June 1st. Those won’t count for camp, but I’d like to have them finished by the end of the summer as well. Two pairs just need heels.  I tried my first afterthought heel before sock camp began. 

In addition to the sock knitting, my daughter and I will be dyeing some yarn and trying some basket weaving. September 1st I plan to bring out the sweater knitting. 

Pictures of our last yarn dyeing.  I started a pair of socks with the blue and red yarn this morning. 

I’m going to put this in list form for the first quarter and update in September. 

July, August, September Project list:

1. Bomb Pop Socks

2. Morning Coffee Socks

3. Striped scrappy socks

4. Yarn dyeing

5. Neon socks

6. H’s socks

7. Pink/yellow socks

8. Basketweaving

9. Weekender sweater

10. Gray cardigan