I've been consistently working on 3 projects and have borrowed a knitting machine. I haven't finished anything hand knit yet, but I have already made 4 hats and counting with the knitting machine.
As I've said before, my man is an icecarver. The machine makes double layered hats and these are best for snow flying and melting on a hat. And they're so fun to make. They tend to like lots of colors and what not, so I can play with lots of yarn, but still make a hat in 30 minutes!
In other news, I work 6 days a week, and I'm tired. I need to brush my hair and get ready for my night of work. Rawr.
As always,
<3 carly
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Resolution in 2018
Hello Blog World!
As always, I would like to blog more. After the stressful holiday buzz and extreme cold front, I would like to focus back on my knitting. Specifically my knitting that I haven't finished. My new years' resolution for 2018 is to finish my projects in 2018. I have quite a few. Some I've started recently, some I started years ago.... It's embarrassing. I love knitting! Truly! But it makes me sad to think of how much I want to knit and how much isn't done. Which is probably adding to my stress just a bit.
My stress comes from, wedding planning, wedding prep, trying to pay my bills, work, working enough, cleaning enough, presentation, being a good person, snuggling the cat enough, haha, all the typical stuff.
I believe finishing these projects will assist me in feeling accomplished, I can then show them off as well! Because all of these items are things I want! I casted them on with the intent to use them!
For example, my Christmas Stocking. I made my fiance's stocking while I was in college. He's had it for nearly all our Christmas's together. I started my in, let's see, August of 2015 according to Ravelry... That's depressing, it's 2018. Maybe I'll have it by next Christmas (something I say every year!). So now I'm going to make it a reality. Because these are my projects for the year. Some are closer to being done than others. And these are all the projects in my project basket in my living room. I may have some more upstairs in the yarn stash, but we'll start with these. Some are gifts, some are shop samples, but most are for me. I would like to get them done because let's be real, I have so much to knit and time is precious.
Here's a photo of my project shaming, because I know you want to see how many projects I have here.
So what I have in this photo is:
1 summer tank top, in a beautiful cotton and linen blend.
A pair of Jolly Roger socks for the handsome man.
A Pi Shawl in the beautiful biggie and Rhinebeck haul from Dancing Leaf Farm.
An easy travel project of a terribly simple scarf with Steelers yarn (best for bar knitting so you can say "RARR FOOTBALL!").
My Christmas Stocking....
A pair of socks for me with Knitterly Things self striping sock yarn.
Another pair of socks for me, with Mountain Colors sock yarn, it's delicious.
A baby blanket for a friend who may have already had the baby, haha.
A shop sample cowl, knit with luxious alpaca yarn.
Another Steelers scarf, but for my mother.
A sweater for myself. Customfit, on a US size 2....
So these are my projects. I have some work cut out for me, but I'm optimistic. They're all already started. This helps! Now just to finish, hahaha.
Until next time, and I'll post update photos as we go.
To 2018!
<3 Carly
As always, I would like to blog more. After the stressful holiday buzz and extreme cold front, I would like to focus back on my knitting. Specifically my knitting that I haven't finished. My new years' resolution for 2018 is to finish my projects in 2018. I have quite a few. Some I've started recently, some I started years ago.... It's embarrassing. I love knitting! Truly! But it makes me sad to think of how much I want to knit and how much isn't done. Which is probably adding to my stress just a bit.
My stress comes from, wedding planning, wedding prep, trying to pay my bills, work, working enough, cleaning enough, presentation, being a good person, snuggling the cat enough, haha, all the typical stuff.
I believe finishing these projects will assist me in feeling accomplished, I can then show them off as well! Because all of these items are things I want! I casted them on with the intent to use them!
For example, my Christmas Stocking. I made my fiance's stocking while I was in college. He's had it for nearly all our Christmas's together. I started my in, let's see, August of 2015 according to Ravelry... That's depressing, it's 2018. Maybe I'll have it by next Christmas (something I say every year!). So now I'm going to make it a reality. Because these are my projects for the year. Some are closer to being done than others. And these are all the projects in my project basket in my living room. I may have some more upstairs in the yarn stash, but we'll start with these. Some are gifts, some are shop samples, but most are for me. I would like to get them done because let's be real, I have so much to knit and time is precious.
Here's a photo of my project shaming, because I know you want to see how many projects I have here.
So what I have in this photo is:
1 summer tank top, in a beautiful cotton and linen blend.
A pair of Jolly Roger socks for the handsome man.
A Pi Shawl in the beautiful biggie and Rhinebeck haul from Dancing Leaf Farm.
An easy travel project of a terribly simple scarf with Steelers yarn (best for bar knitting so you can say "RARR FOOTBALL!").
My Christmas Stocking....
A pair of socks for me with Knitterly Things self striping sock yarn.
Another pair of socks for me, with Mountain Colors sock yarn, it's delicious.
A baby blanket for a friend who may have already had the baby, haha.
A shop sample cowl, knit with luxious alpaca yarn.
Another Steelers scarf, but for my mother.
A sweater for myself. Customfit, on a US size 2....
So these are my projects. I have some work cut out for me, but I'm optimistic. They're all already started. This helps! Now just to finish, hahaha.
Until next time, and I'll post update photos as we go.
To 2018!
<3 Carly
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