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

Welcome to week #4 of a year of projects!

I spent most of this week finishing up and photographing my entries for Nerd Wars, Tournament #11, Round #2. I had to post my sock to prove my 50% dissertation progress, and I added the hate I shared with you last week as one of my challenge posts. I also posted the armwarmers for my WIP challenge. On top of that I posted two blanket squares for two other challenges. (Only the hexagon square was completed this week.)

I cast on two new socks this week as well. Yes...I might be addicted!

The first sock is a dedication to Doctor Who's Companion, River Song, knit in a hand dyed yarn specifically for this sock pattern. The yarn is the Snug base from Pandia's Yarn and the colourway is called Spoilers dyed specifically for the Doctor Who Companion Sock Club. The pattern is called Spoilers Socks by C.C. Almon (JavaPurl) on Ravelry.

I am not entirely sure how I feel about this weird little toe, but we will see how it goes.

I finally cast on my son's Vinovia Socks, but after working toe up on the above socks I am not really loving this cuff down pair.

The hubby and I took a nice trip up to Bobcaygeon, Ontario and enjoyed walking around town and watching some ships pass through the locks. I think I finally found (fell in love with) the place where I would like to settle down in the near future. It is just so calm and relaxing and quaint. I just adore it!

As it was quite the drive there I obviously got a little more work done on my car travel project as well.

Last but not least I also finished the first lace repeat on my Tabitha Cocoon Cardigan. It's going slowly, but at least I am working on it. This picture is not up to date, but it will give you a feeling for what it is like.

In summary:

• I finished one square
• I did start two new projects
• I did use stash yarn
• I did not buy new yarn

Specific Project Goals

• My Nerd Wars T11 Dissertation project - show off stranded socks
  (Over 50% completed July 20, 2014)
• My Hello Sweetie Spoilers Socks - Started July 25 2014
• My Son's Walk On The Wild Side Socks - Started July 27 2014
• My Tabitha Cocoon Cardigan - progress this week
• My Cable Love Cowl Neck Poncho - no new progress this week
• New Life Building Blocks Baby Blanket
  (Completed block 6 of 25 July 24, 2014)
• The West Linton Cowl
• (25% completed July 13, 2014 - no new progress this week)
• Smock Coat
  (This is my travel knitting project right now, did quite a few rows this week)

[YOP] Year of Projects - Year 4 - Week 3

Welcome to week #3 of a year of projects!

I did a lot of knitting this week, but not a whole lot of finishing. We had a family emergency Thursday afternoon and had to rush out of town and didn't return until very late Friday. We then went back out of town Saturday to check in and make sure everything was OK. I took some mindless seed stitch knitting with me so I at least had something to do.

I did manage to cast on my second sock this week and at least complete the ribbed cuff and the first repeat of the pattern.

I also managed to whip up the matching Simple Hat to go with last week's Simple Armwarmers. Sadly it didn't fit me very well. I will have to add at least two more inches before the decreases if I am going to make this one again for myself. It fit the hubby pretty well though. (Don't tell him I shared this picture with you all...)

 

On Friday I won a pattern (#163 Cable Love Cowl Neck Poncho) from SweaterBabe. This obviously required a visit to my favourite LYS, Amercio, to pick out the right yarn for the job. I settled on one of my top picks, their fabulous Cadena Alpaquita in a lovely natural cream colour. While I was out of town dealing with the family emergency I visited one of their LYS and picked up some nice ChiaoGoo needles in the correct sizes. I almost succumbed to picking up their whole interchangeable set! But was strong...at least for now...

My new favourite Knitter's Pride Karbonz DPN needles set was waiting on my desk this morning, which will make my son happy because now I can start his Vinovia Socks I mentioned last week.

In summary:

• I finished one project (Simple Hat from my list)
• I did start a new project (Added to my list)
• I did not use stash yarn (Plan on doing so with the boy's socks)
• I did buy new yarn (1 skein to gauge swatch new project)

Specific Project Goals

• My Nerd Wars T11 Dissertation project - show off stranded socks
  (Over 50% completed July 20, 2014)
• New Life Building Blocks Baby Blanket
  (Over 50% completed block 6 of 25 July 13, 2014)
• Simple Hat
  (Completed July 20th 2014)
• The West Linton Cowl
  (25% completed July 13, 2014 - no new progress this week)
• Smock Coat
  (This is my travel knitting project right now, did quite a few rows this week)

[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

• My Nerd Wars T11 Dissertation project - show off stranded socks
  (50% completed July 13, 2014)
• New Life Building Blocks Baby Blanket
  (50% completed block 6 of 25 July 13, 2014)
• The second Simple Armwarmer
  (Completed July 5th 2014)
• The West Linton Cowl
  (25% completed July 13, 2014)
• Smock Coat
  (This is my travel knitting project right now, did a few rows this weekend)