CheaterPants

One of my friends sent me a gorgeous skein of Malabrigo Worsted for Christmas...and I'm not counting it in any of my yarn in totals (mwhahaha). Now maybe that's a bit cheaterpants-esque, but my vote is that yarn that is gifted to me doesn't count...unless I'm gifting it to myself ;)

Also, you'll notice on the WIPS list that the numbers might seem a little funky. I'm trying something new this year with the way that I track my WIPs so the numbers are actually as I currently want them.

And now the real reason you swing by ;)

Whatcha' cookin', lady?

Happy Friday!

BRQ Update

Well kinda update, I actually have two more squares that were finished after this photo was taken. I love this project so, so much and am so excited for the finished blanket. Still trying to decide how many squares I am planning on doing...I still have a bit of a way to go though so, not that big a worry yet :)

Plans...

A lot of people talk this time of year about exercise plans and reward systems. So far, I've never found work that I've liked, that's worked for me, that I've been able to stick to, etc. A lot of them are weight specific and that just isn't quite what I need right now.
However, I would like to be healthier this year than I have been in the past couple of months and I think I finally have something that might work for me. I already built a spreadsheet to help me better track yardage and weight (in and out) for my knitting this year. I also have a FitBit I got in August that I actually am pretty fond of.
So here's the plan...each week, I'm going to look at my step count at the end of the week. Every 10,000 steps=$1 yarn money. At the end of the month, I can get something (if I want) or carryover the money till the next month. In order to buy any yarn though (flash sales, easy sales, lys sales, etc), I have to have money in the "yarn account". Otherwise, no yarn for me.
I'm hoping this will help motivate me to exercise a bit more often and for longer periods of time-because hello, I love buying yarn and I know of at least a few events/sales that will be happening in the new year.

Other than that, I would like to keep the "in vs out" a little more equal this year. And part of me really, really wants to knit 10lbs of my yarn because I easily have double that amount...and do plan on getting more...

Hope the start of the new year has been both joyous and relaxing. Anyone have any epic plans for the year?

Happy New Year!

Hope you have a joyous celebration and a safe evening. I'm watching the Knit Girllls, hanging with my munchkins, doing some blog updates (more to come in the next few days...) and some laundry as well. And knitting of course! Sending much love and happiness to you all!

Current Mood?

SPARKLES!!!!!!!!

This is GnomeAcres in the Peppermint Mocha (a seasonal color way ) on her DK Bedazzled Gnome base which is 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon and 5% Sparkle. I love it and am so excited to have a second skien in another seasonal color way. The socks are Lumberjack by Tincanknits which is available on Ravelry-I, of course, had to make a few mods because I like to be difficult like that. 

Hope your Sunday is going swimmingly!

Finally...

I broke 5000 meters in FOs...for the year (please just forget that it was a stash dash goal...mmk?).
Almost to 4.5 lbs as well...which is a bit off of my 7lb goal but whatever...there's still 5 days left in the year...

Merry Christmas, y'all!

Visions of sugar plums have been dancing around their heads all day-massive headache meant we spent most of the day in bed and resting. Hope you all had a very merry and bright Christmas day!!

P.S. If you'd like to see something absolutely gorgeous, there is an absolutely gorgeous gradient Hitofude out of handspun featured on the front page of Ravelry (it's about halfway through the first post on that page).

6 months...

Hi! I'm alive!

I actually went to write something the other day but saw that my last post was on 6/22 so i figured I would just wait until today to kinda catch you up on what's been going on...

A) I totally failed at Stash Dash...I haven't even broken 5000 meters for the year yet though I am hoping

B) I also failed at the "yarn in vs yarn out" version of a yarn diet...

C) I finished Bridge Swim! Made it in about 5 hours and 40 minutes...only thought about quitting half a dozen times. We were very excited to not get kicked out of the river by lightening this year.

D) There is snow on the ground here...I have officially driven in snow. I don't love it when its on the ground-but man is falling snow pretty.

E) I did take a knitting break after Stash Dash but now I think I'm back for awhile...

F) I bought a sweater quantity of yarn (for more than one sweater actually...) This may be part of what lead to B above...

G) I had a field mouse in my house this summer; I was not a fan. This most effective defense against field mice in this area is cats...so I decided to foster 3 of them. Four plus months later, they are all still with me.

This was the three of them cuddling with me in bed the other day. They are a wide variety of ages (17.5, 12.5 and 2.5); I adore them and love every minute I get to spend with them and be their "mama". 

I am still working at getting pictures of FOs and will keep updating the side bar as that happens. Maybe I'll even post some knitting pictures here on the blog later this week...though no guarantees. 

If you are Christmas knitting, I hope its going well! Look forward to catching up with you all and maybe getting back into writing more than once every few months :) 

Xs & Os

Literally

I might be the worst blogger ever...hoping to put some stash dash photos up this week and maybe add all my latest WIPs and FOs both here and on Rav. But none of that is happening tonight so I'll just say I'm thinking of you all and put up a pretty sunset picture from last night.

Stash Dash Update #1/2

I was going to do a Stash Dash update last Friday but I didn't (i crashed as soon as I got home from work and vegged for a few hours before knitting a couple rows and calling it a night).
So figured I would combine last week's update with this week's update-however, since I haven't actually finished anything this week, the photos from last week will still be good. Also, I know my current meterage is definitely off-pace. There is a possible finish in my weekend which should help me get a lot closer to being on track...
So what hugely epic finishes do I have so far for Stash Dash? Sadly no crazy WIPs got finished...or anything all that big-but hey, every little bit counts and I completely finished two partial skeins of Sugar and Cream that had been languishing for a bit of time.

Two baby burp clothes for a community baby shower (this week! hopefully I can get one more done in time). The one on the left completely used up two old skeins of Sugar and Cream (80.74 meters) and the one on the right had just a little bit leftover (71.59 meters). There's a good possibility I'll be making a bit of a monster burp cloth :)

Two more barn raising quilt squares! The one on the left is out of Stroll Multi which has sadly been discontinued (in the Aloha color way for 54.92 meters). The one on the right might look a little familiar as the yarn is the Cascade Heritage in the Londonberry color way that I used for my Mom's Christmas socks (59.93 meters).

So that puts me at 267.18 meters! Which makes me .05% of the way to 5000 meters. Fun fact, 267.18 meters is .16 miles for non-metric people (aka me). In full honesty, whatever I can move along makes me happy. Definitely looking forward to finishing some WIPs up and digging out some deep stash to love on.

Talking about deep stash, this is my first Rose City Roller (which has now been finished and I am ready to pick up gusset stitches for number 2!). The yarn is an old skein of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock that only has 215 yards per skein. So this project is perfect for the skein and I love it so much. There are so many fun projects on Instagram (looking up #rosecityrollerkal will make you so happy).