Monday, July 14, 2014

[YOP] Year of Projects - Year 4 - Week 2


Welcome to week #2 of a year of projects! I am pretty excited with my progress this week!

First off, I finished a project that had been languishing in my WIP pile since September 2013. And I don't even know why I was putting it off! It was a breeze to finish. I completed the second armwarmer of the pair in about 4 hours while re-watching Doctor Who! Awesome right?


I also finished the first sock of the pair I am working on for my Nerd Wars Dissertation project. This means I have made the 50% check-in period with time to spare! And doesn't it look stunning?


My son loved it so much he asked me to make a pair of socks for him. Since one of my goals s to use up some stash yarn, and I want to do this Canadian Designer KAL, we agreed to make the Vinovia Socks in the Schachenmayr Regia Ffluormania Color since I had 6 skeins in my stash. My son chose the Neon Ocean colourway. This should be fun!


In summary:

  • I finished one project (Simple Armwarmers from my list)
  • I did not start any new projects (but plan on starting the boy's socks soon)
  • I did not use stash yarn (but again, plan on doing so with the boy's socks)
  • I did sort of buy new yarn as I placed a custom order for T12's dissertation
  • I took some of my unloved yarn to my mother's house this weekend and placed still more in a charity donation pile
  • I added some stash to Ravelry, mostly the Fluromania (6 balls) as mentioned above
  • I did not get any work done on my stash room, but the hubby and I worked on the other half of the basement now that the sister is gone (it is not a pantry/library/work space)

Specific Project Goals

11 comments:

  1. Isn't it always the way, that the things we put off are never as bad as we imagined once we face them again!! Great finishes by the way x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Exactly! Which is why I am trying to power through sock #2 now because I know if I even stop for a little while it will sit there FOREVER!

      Delete
  2. Nice to get the finish in there, boosts the rest of the week a bit. Well done on the sock it's lovely to get ahead of deadlines. Neon ocean is going to look great worked up in those socks, lively and fun looking.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to finish the dragon socks so I can make those bright and lively socks for my son!

      Delete
  3. Great FO and the dissertation sock is stunning - well done!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you so much! It was nice to have something done.

      Delete
  4. That Vinovia pattern looks awesome! It's going to be great in the colourway your son has chosen. Sometimes the hardest part of finishing a WIP is picking it up and figuring where you left off :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I have so many WIPs in the basement in various stages. Part of my planning is to go through them all and frog things that I either can't figure out where I left off or have not much done, and then I will restart them (or start something new) when and only when I am ready to complete them. :)

      Delete
  5. Great progress, and I LOVE those handwarmers. That pattern might just have to make its way onto my list...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. They are nice and simple. This particular pattern I got from Americo. It came free with the yarn purchase. I also have the matching hat and legwarmer patterns and yarn to go with it.

      Delete