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one birthday present and two baby presents i knit a scarf for a charity auction and a small garment for myself looking back at my goals i don t think i could have accomplished them and made anything else i m keeping that in mind as i consider what my goals for 2019 will be as for the fact that i haven t posted in 9 months i don t now if i m really going to go back and update everything i might if i feel like it but really i m looking forward posted in uncategorized 1 comment brioche posted by andi on march 31 2018 there are so many beautiful brioche patterns out there that i want to knit so late last year i took a beginner brioche class at a local yarn shop it was great it worked out really well because a woman who works for my dad had requested a scarf normally i don t take requests but she helps out my dad and stepmom so much that i wanted to do something nice for her she wanted a black scarf so i bought some black yarn and started looking for patterns then i realized i can use the scarf to practice brioche no pattern basic one color brioche yarn knit picks mighty stitch in black 2 72 skeins 565 8 yards needles us 8 date started december 23 2017 date completed january 27 2018 instead of looking for a pattern i used instructions for one color brioche on the handout i received from the class i just cast on more stitches after a while the single color brioche became basic for me i could work on the scarf while watching television or whatever the problem was trying to fix any errors maybe it was because the yarn was black or because it was one color but it was difficult for me to see how to fix mistakes when i made a mistake i had to rip back until i was comfortable that the stitches didn t fall down more and grab all the stitch loops and yarn overs that happened infrequently but i was able to make it work i finally gave the finished scarf to the recipient a few weeks ago and she really liked it a two color brioche cowl pattern came with the class along with the yarn so i made that next pattern funkasonic cowl by heidi gustad yarn why knot fibers steady 157 yards needles us 8 date started january 27 2018 date completed january 29 2018 i don t have a lot of information on the yarn other than the brand the shop balled up different colors which were partial skeins i m assuming half a skein but i could be wrong and we were able to choose two contrasting colors to make the cowl i chose the green first and chose this gold color because if you look at it really closely you case see some green speckles in it i thought they would go nicely together and didn t even realize that they were basically green bay packers colors right away when it came time to decide the main and contrast colors i decided to make the gold the main color since green is the packers main color this is such a great cowl though the yarn is so nice and smooshy and it s so nice knit up in brioche it s very warm in the class i learned that two color brioche in the round is easier to learn than two color brioche flat so this is a great pattern if you are just starting to learn brioche honestly i want to make another one it would make a great gift these two projects knock of two of my fiber goals for 2018 so far i have been on track with my goals we ll see if it continues posted in uncategorized leave a comment barley oats posted by andi on february 18 2018 first thing s first i had a bit of an html problem with my last posts about my crafting goals for 2018 only one goal showed up you can find it here the next few posts will reference it so take a look i m going to start with goal 4 make a matching hat and cowl set typically i don t mind wearing hand knit winter accessories that don t match i may end up looking like crazy knitter lady but i think it s cute and quirky and generally don t care what others think there are times however where looking put together is important for that reason i wanted to make a matching hat and cowl set to go with my winter coat i wanted something kind of basic but interesting to knit i went with barley and oats by tincanknits they are part of the same collection so they match as always i was trying to bust some stash so i went with some berroco lustra yarn which has been discontinued this yarn is very difficult to photograph because it s two colors for this the main yarn is reddish but there is a bit of blue in it that creates a halo it looks different colors in different light pattern barley by tincanknits yarn berroco lustra in montaigne 52 skein 102 4 yards needles us 5 7 date started 1 8 18 date completed 1 15 18 this hat is mostly stockinette with a garter stitch section the picture makes it look like it s half and half but it s not it s maybe 2 3 stockinette and 1 3 garter or maybe a little garter but more along those lines i like how the hat looks a bit different depending on how i put it on my head sometimes i have the garter section centered on my head and other times it offset it s warm and cozy and i love it i finished the knitting before i started the cowl below but didn t weave in the ends until 1 15 pattern oats by tincanknits yarn berroco lustra in montaigne 66 skein 130 yards needles us 7 date started 1 11 18 date completed 1 15 18 this cowl is also warm and cozy it s very similar to the hat as far as the garter to stockinette ratio is concerned i made the small cowl i thought about making the infinity scarf version but i wasn t sure i would have enough yarn maybe i would have i don t know the small cowl works better under my coat i do have a fair amount of yarn left over so i m considering making a pair of fingerless mitts to go over my gloves i have a fingerless mitt patterns by tincanknits and will probably use one of those i m holding off for a couple of reasons first i do have gloves so the fingerless mitts would be purely aesthetic and aren t necessary second fingerless mitts don t tick off any of my knitting goals for the year so i may wait to make those until i m sure i m making the progress i want to be making on my goals the last time i made a matching set it was a bit of a disaster so i m really happy that these worked out so well i ve worn them several times already posted in uncategorized leave a comment 2018 goals posted by andi on february 9 2018 yes i did make crafting goals for this year just like every other year and i made them before january 1 but i m just getting around to posting them here today i m not sure goals is the word i want to use but i m not coming up with another one these are goals i want to accomplish but i m not going to stress over it to get them done i m not going to knit until my hands hurt to reach a goal i m not going to sit for hours and not get up for a goal i m not going to let these goals cause me any stress my theme for 2018 is balance i sometimes let stress consume me and knitting is supposed to be a stress reliever for me not cause stress i have a plan for how to accomplish these goals but if it goes off track it goes off track here we go 1 9 pairs of socks i joined the knitting expat s the cosy sock collection 2018 sock club it has 7 patterns 6 plus a bonus pattern that came out before christmas i have started this goal already i would like to use all the patterns this year i finished the bonus pattern and will be casting on the first of the cosy collection today the patterns come out every other month the first one came out last week then april june august october and december the plan is to start each new pair shortly after the pattern is released and once that pair of socks is done i will use the remaining time until the next pattern comes out to work on the other goals so that s 7 patterns the other two will technically be vanilla socks but not plain a couple of years ago tim and i each picked out a skein of regia s arne and carlos yarn to make festive socks meant to be christmas socks i still haven t knit those and would like to do that this year 2 finish the brioche scarf i m currently making i wrote that in late december i already finished this scarf details to come 3 make a brioche cowl see 2 4 make a matching hat and cowl set the hat will be barley and the cowl will be oats both patterns by tincanknits see 2 and 3 5 m ake my amigurumi vegetables i know i know i say this every year but it s time and really as you can see i m flying through these goals so this should be possible this year the vegetables will be the perfect project for summer knitting and that s what i plan to do 6 finish the viajante i ve been working on for months this won t be a problem i ve actually made fantastic progress on it the past week or two i m setting it aside today to concentrate on my ravellenic games projects more to come in another post 7 do something with the two sweaters i made and don t work for me one definitely needs to be frogged and that will be one of my ravellenic games projects i plan to sit in front of the tv watching the olympics and unraveling this sweater and winding the yarn i ve picked two possible patterns to make with the reclaimed yarn the real goal is to actually knit a sweater with it so the yarn doesn t all end up back in my stash for the year but that s secondary frogging the sweater will be a big step the second sweater was the green raglan i finished a couple of months ago where the top was too big i was going to frog it but i may check my gauge and see if i can make an adjustment to just reknit the top we ll see i don t want that sweater to languish the way the one described above did 8 finish my beekeeper s quilt i say this every year too we ll see i did make a few hexipuffs at the end of 2017 i don t need to make a ton more maybe if i just make a few hexipuffs after i finish each project i will get it done 9 take in less yarn than i take out of my stash this is always a goal and i was successful last year this year i m doing something a bit different not only am i tracking the yards that come into and leave my stash but i m also tracking grams i m curious about which measurement will look better as of now it s grams but we ll see 10 finally learn to crochet i had the same goal last year with the addition that i would have a finished object i don t know if i will go that far i m thinking of starting with dish cloths i can use cotton yarn to crochet large swatches and use those swatches for dish cloths we need more dish cloths anyway i guess dish cloths could be considered finished objects but when i said finished object last year i was thinking more along the lines of a scarf or shawl so there we go how much of this will i complete i don t know but so far i m getting them done posted in uncategorized 2 comments wrapping up 2017 posted by andi on january 20 2018 we are well into january now it s about time i wrap up my year in knitting there are two finished objects i haven t posted about yet and i have to see how well i did with my goals first the finished objects pattern clarice mitts by amy sparks yarn knit picks brava sport in cobblestone heather 46 skein 125 8 yards needles us 5 date started december 3 2017 date completed december 31 2017 i decided to make a pair of fingerless mitts to use up some of the extra yarn i had to buy to completed the hue shift afghan at first i was going to use them as a white elephant gift but decided that was a bad idea but i had already started them and decided to finish them as i was working on them i asked my boyfriend if he would like them he tried on the first one when it was finished and liked it so when i finished them i gave them to him he has been wearing them fairly regularly and still likes them so that makes me happy pattern liesl by ysolda teague yarn plymouth yarn mushishi in greys 93 skein 455 6 yards needles us 10 5 date started december 18 2017 date completed january 8 2018 now yes i actually finished this in 2018 but that was just sewing on the buttons all of the knitting was completed in 2017 so i count it as a 2017 finished object i bought this yarn using a gift certificate to a local yarn store that my father and stepmother got for me as a gift they have given me two gift certificates to that store and with all the yarn i have purchased this is the first fo i love this yarn i don t know if it s dyed or not because the colors could be natural there are some colorways that are clearly dyed so i m not sure if it s not natural i love how it looks like it is here is a closer look at the yarn i won the buttons in a contest i thought they go perfectly the middle button isn t perfectly place so i may tweak that i was glad i already had buttons and didn t have to go buy any i have three left honestly they are decorative i keep it closed and pull it over my head the liesl pattern has several options there is a high neck versus a wide neck i started with the high neck but when i tried it on it felt like it was going to strangle me so i ripped back and did the wide neck there are two sleeve options cap sleeves versus longer sleeves i went with the cap sleeves i only had one skein of this yarn and wanted to make sure i had enough for the body speaking of which the third option was body length more of a bolero length versus full length i went with full length i m really happy with how this turned out i have worn it several times already it s very versatile i ve worn it with a dress and with jeans it s also a very quick knit i highly recommend it now onto my goals just like every other year i had mixed results 1 complete the hat trick i completed this one even before i posted my goals for the year the hat trick is something the puck this group on ravelry does every year where we try to knit three hats in january i knit two pussy hats for friends who were traveling to the women s march in washington the third hat was a red hat i made for my boyfriend check 2 use 12 skeins of sock yarn so i technically reached this goal but it takes some explaining i consider using a skein of sock yarn to be using at least half of a 100g skein well i can t say i did that but i did use several 50g skeins so when i put two of those together it is the equivalent of using a 100g skein my find your fade shawl really helped i used 5 100g skeins one i didn t fully use but then made a pair of rose city rollers with it so 5 and one 50g skein so that s 5 5 skeins i made another the first pair of rose city rollers with a 50g skein i had in my stash forever so that brings us to 6 i knit 5 full size pairs of socks bringing us to 11 i knit 2 baby sweaters out of 50g skeins of yarn two 50g skeins equal one 100 g skein so that brings us to 12 ding ding ding and there was more i knit a cowl out of fingering weight yarn that used bits of several skeins but the weight of the finished object gets us technically to another skein so i exceeded this goal by knitting the equivalent of 13 skeins of sock yarn 3 finally make my amigurumi vegetables nope spoiler alert it will be on the list again this year 4 learn to crochet well 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