Yarn Report 4 - 2014

I have progress. Yay!!!. If only all my weeks will continue to look so good (or better).

I finished my Racing Raindrops Scarf.

I finished my twirly scarf but since the yarn was given to me and I finished in one day I am not counting it in or out.

Zitron Filigran in Gray

 

Used this Week: 1 skeins
Used this Year: 2 skeins
Added this week: 0 skeins
Added this Year: 3 skeins
Net Used this Year : 0

Used this Week:  437 yards
Used this Year: 837 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added this Year: 1030 yards
Net Used this Year : -193 yards (looks better in skeins)

Hopefully I can finish my hat this week. Yeah right but it is a lofty goal. I am off to cut 200+ FQ for some kits so I can get these 75 bolts outta the house and back to work. Then some nice knitting tonight.

For other progress reports head on over to Judy's. I really like seeing how her numbers show up. I think one of these days she will be in the black...well...maybe not.

Michelle

On The Needles 1/24/2014

I have been a busy girl this week, on the knitting side anyway.

I finished my first piece of the cardigan, the back, by doing my 15 minutes a day.

This is before I finished it. It didn't look much different done so I didn't take another picture.

 

Then I finished my Racing Raindrops scarf for the Loopy Ewe Challenge. I really enjoyed worked with the beads. You can not see them really well but that is because I used smaller ones, it was what I had. I may make this again one day in the larger size. Yeah right.

I really need to find something to display my stuff on better. Guess I will put that on my to do list for someday.

 

 

I then finished this swirly twirly scarf for my niece. She had been asking for one for ever and so my mom had a skein of this funky yarn so off I go. I really dislike making these. They are easy but I think it is just because they are kind of fiddly to work with. But it is done.

Hard to see but I wasn't taking a selfie and this was the closest thing.

 

 

I then started a different project on my 15 minutes a day project. It is actually a UFO but new to the 15 project. I needed a break from the cardigan. I will probably get back to that after this sock is done.

This will be an ankle sock and then when the pair is done I will try and make a pair for my younger niece (she's only 3) since I don't need as much yarn. My SM is there since I have changed my 15 minute week from Thursday - Thursday to show progress on Friday.  This last week I actually finished the ribbing and then moved down to the SM.

I love seeing the progress from week to week. I like that it lets me know I have been making progress little by little.

 

Last but not least I cast on my Scraptastic Hat. I did have almost all the ribbing done but of course someone was talking to me and I lost my place and couldn't fix it so I had to tink and start over.

 

Handmaiden Casbah in Walnut - I like the one Denise did over at Justquiltin so I had to copy her.

 

At least my numbers will look good on yarn report this afternoon.

 

For more inspiration head on over to Judy's.

 

Have a great day.

Snow yesterday. High of 22. Highs through the weekends of 60. Then 30 and snow on Monday gotta love life here in Colorado.

 

Michelle







 

 

 





Design Wall Monday 1/20/2014

Haven't been able to do a lot of sewing. I am back to the routine of blocks for Sylvia's. I did 7 of them for class this month. If we keep up at this pace we will finally be done with this quilt in August. I am so excited.

The first 6 rows sewn together. It is laying side ways . This is such a long quilt. 

The seven blocks done for this month. I skipped one in the row since it is curves or applique for me. Saving it for Feb. class.

For more DW pretty's head on over to Judy's

Michelle

Stash Report Week 3

I totally missed week 2. With getting the kiddos back to school, us back to work and football my life was crazy.

I did get one little finish last week. My hexagon table runner.

I won't have much out the next couple of weeks. I have Sylvia's Bridal Sampler, Downton Abbey Mystery and Loyal Union Sampler to work on. A lot will be going on just not much I can count yet. May have to make a little time to finish quilting a UFO to keep my numbers going.

Good news is no fabric came in. That is always a good thing for me.



Used this Week:  2.125 yards
Used year to Date: 7.125 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 0 yards
Net Used for 2014: 7.125 yards

For more progress reports head on over to Judy's.

Michelle

Yarn Report 3 - 2014

I don't have much to report this week. Nothing in. Which is good. Nothing out. Which is bad. I may have to starting reporting less often or a lot of my posts will be very boring. I am hoping to get a finish this week so maybe by next week my numbers will look a lot better.



Used this Week: 0 skeins
Used this Year: 1 skeins
Added this week: 0 skeins
Added this Year: 3 skeins
Net Used this Year : -2 skeins (not good but not bad)


Used this Week:  0 yards
Used this Year: 400 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added this Year: 1030 yards
Net Used this Year : -630 yards (sounds worse in yards :)

Have a blessed day.

Michelle

For more reports head on over to Judy's

On the Needles Jan 17, 2014

Not a lot of progress made this week. Although, some days it seemed I just kept knitting and knitting and knitting and didn't get anywhere. I think I hit the cosmic vortex of stagnation, or so it seemed.

I am hoping that I will be done with my Racing Raindrops scarf AKA Loopy Ewe challenge this weekend. I am on the decrease side so my rows will be getting shorter as I go I just have to figure out how to keep Zeus off my lap. He loves to sit right in the middle of my lap and of course that is on top of the yarn. He doesn't mess with the yarn though which is a good thing.

Mind you this was after I moved my yarn because conveniently it was under his front side. Crazy gato.

 

Racing Raindrops - I think I am down to 50 or so repeats left. I felt like I was on 62 for about a year.

 

Kimono Cardigan  - I have been working on this for about a year. Well, ok, it has been sitting in its bag for about 3/4 of that time. So, I decided this year I would do 15 minutes a day 5 days a week on one project that I wanted needed to get done. The last 2 weeks (well this is the second week) this has been my project. I placed a marker and then spent 15 minutes a day. For me that came out to 3 rows a day. It doesn't seem like a lot but eventually it will be, because it will be done. I have about 2 more inches then I will be done with the back section, which is this piece. I have 4-5 more pieces to make probably the fronts and the arms but I will get to them eventually. I may decide after this is the right length the switch projects (this is for my mom and she keeps asking for it) or maybe not. I just feel content that I can do the things that are wanting my attention and still spend a little time with the oh not so nice things.

 

 

Hopefully next week I will have a finish to share maybe two but that is highly unlikely. I can only dream right?

 

For more needle goodies head on over to Judy's

 

 

Michelle

 



Yarn Report - Week 2, 2014

I fell off the wagon a little. Not like some people I have read about. But, in my defense I knew I was. I have a standing order for one more month of yarn from the Dream club. I also was influenced to buy this specific yarn but they were out of stock so I had to wait until it was available which happened to fall this year as opposed to last. Well that is my story and I am sticking to it.

Nothing finished - but I knew there wouldn't be.

Added -

 Dream Club for January - 2 skeins (mini) and 320 yards

 

Hand Maiden in Walnut - 1 skein  and 355 yards

 

I do have projects in mind for both of these. Getting to them is another thing. Hopefully I can have some progress next week but with the projects I have lined up that may not be possible.



Used this Week: 0 skeins
Used this Year: 1 skeins
Added this week: 3 skeins
Added this Year: 3 skeins
Net Used this Year : -2 skeins (not good but not bad)


Used this Week:  0 yards
Used this Year: 400 yards
Added this week: 1030 yards
Added this Year: 1030 yards
Net Used this Year : -630 yards (sounds worse in yards :)

I can say I like my blue numbers better than the red. For more stash reports head on over to Judy's.

Michelle

OH and by the way I received my first order from Eat Sleep Knit and those stinking yarn lotto cards could be highly addictive. I'm just saying. 

Now to ponder do I want shiny cards to scratch or get my numbers back into the blue. Hmmmmm????