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Sunday, August 14, 2016

YOP update

The first part of this week wasn't very productive since I wasn't feeling well but then the sun came out and I got a lot accomplished in the last part of the week. It was so nice to get outside too and enjoy the sunshine. It was so wet and yucky out for several weeks and there were mushrooms popping up all over my yard. They all died after a while with the sun out. It has been about 75f during the days but I feel the coolness of autumn coming in the evenings. I am actually looking forward to fall and the beautiful colors.  I am itching to make something in a goldenrod yellow color to wear this fall. The only drawback to fall here in Fairbanks, Alaska it is it so short lived and suddenly it will be winter so I'm glad we still have a little bit of summer left.

I have an FO!!  I finished my Easy Peasy Socks for First-Timers by Stacey Trock.  They were so much fun.  I had some issues with the second sock because I had fibro brain so I did a lot of tinking and had to use a lifeline once but I was determined to get it finished. I remember when I was working on it my feet were cold and instead of getting up and putting on a different pair of socks I just knit faster so I could wear these.  Of course, when I finally finished it was too hot to wear them.  

BTW, these are knit in a discontinued yarn called Red Heart Stripes - Cancun.  I know, I'm so sad that it is discontinued.  I would love more of the colorways they had.  It is a worsted weight yarn.  I bought this yarn a long time ago for a blanket I was knitting but it has been languishing in a tub for a while.  I decided to use the yarn for something else.  I also have some turquoise yarn to go with it and one other color that I can't remember right now.  So now I'm trying to think of things to use that yarn for since that is one of my goals for this year - to find all my MIA wips and either finish them or frog them and use the yarn for something else.  So that blanket is one of them but it isn't one I put in ravelry.  

I actually finished both my goals for this week even though I really did it all in just the last couple days.  The first was to finish my socks and the second was to write up the pattern for Buddy's Squeaky Bug and get it posted on my blog and listed as a free pattern on Ravelry.  I made another cuter one that looks like a ladybug and also made a simple version which I call Less Buggy Squeaky Bug.  Buddy loves them all and for the Less Buggy version I made him I let him pick the colors since he is always rooting around in my yarn and I am constantly having to take it away from him.  He picked out the green cotton I used for the bottom and then since he kept trying to steal my socks while I was working on them I used that yarn for the top of it.  If you look at the pictures below you can see how ratty looking the green was because he already grabbed the circle from me and played with it.  He even took it outside and brought it back in a few times.  He was chomping at the bits to get it from me so I had to quickly finish off and weave in the ends with him biting at it.  So that doesn't look so hot but he doesn't care. It reminds me of an eyeball.


I did find another MIA WIP - my Meandering Rib Scarf from Lionbrand.com.   I had forgotten that a cup of coffee got dumped over on it.  It was in a small tub with the yarn for it and the coffee dumped right in the tub.  I dumped out all that would come out and was so frustrated I just sat it aside to deal with later and then forgot about it.  I hadn't knit very much on it so it wasn't a big deal.  Well I frogged it and soaked the yarn and washed it.  It wasn't as difficult as I thought.  It is wood-ease by Lion Brand in Gray Heather.  It dried nicely and regained it's fluff.  So I only have one repeat of the pattern done right now.  I do have a lifeline in because it is so easy to get lost with this pattern.  I need to use a word processor program to edit the pattern to be easier to follow.  I did that last time but lost it.  Normally I just use a sticky note to keep track of where I am in a pattern but with this one I get to row 9 and it says "repeat row 6" so I need another sticky note to put at row 6.  Then I get to Rows 15 and 16 and it says "Repeat rows 11 and 12".... I go to Row 11 and it says "Rep row 4" and then row 12 says repeat row 3.  So I just take the pattern and make each row say the pattern to follow so I can just move down the list and not have to jump all over the place.  

I do like the pattern.  This is a gift for my husband but I want to make myself one too that will be slightly different.  Buddy the Beagle Baby finally has all his shots and is almost ready to go out in the world.  We just have to wait another week to make sure his last shots kick in.  We also have to get him a different food because the Vet thinks he may have a food allergy.  He has a few itchy spots where he chomped off his fur.  We have some ordered and I really hope it works for him.  


10 comments:

  1. Your socks came out so good! Sad that yarn is discontinued. Squeaky toy is great. Glad Buddy can get out soon. Hope you are feeling great this week!!

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    1. I usually feel better when it is warmer like this. I hope it lasts a long time. There is something about the change in atmospheric pressure that causes me to have a flare up. I am really enjoying knitting now and watching podcasts. You've got me hooked!

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  2. How sweet you made a squeaky for your dog. You did a great job on that. Excellent pair of first socks! Were you intimidated by sock patterns before? I always tell other new knitters it does look intimidating but once you get one down, it's cake.

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    1. Yes I was intimidated before. Now I've really gotten used to my dpn's and actually like them. I bought a few more sizes. I just need to figure out a better way to organize them. Just after I started my second socks I started thinking about all the different socks I could make and looking up patterns. I had to make myself stop and finish these first. I want to make some with dk weight next.

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  3. Love the scarf pattern, and glad you puppy is ready to face the world!

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  4. I was curious about the yarn you used in the socks. It is pretty. It actually reminds me of Deborah Norville's Serenity Gardens in the colorway "Gems". And your Meandering Rib scarf is really nice. It will make a nice scarf for a man or a woman. I love the gray!

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    1. Oh yeah, you're right. I had to look up that yarn to refresh my memory. I have two repeats of the scarf finished now and it reminds me of tire tread. It is so easy to get mixed up though and I keep having to tink back to fix something. I just noticed a spot that isn't right way far back in the first repeat and I am going to leave it since it isn't very noticeable. I have issues with OCD so it isn't easy for me to let things like that go.

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  5. Great job on the socks! They are so pretty, it is a shame about that yarn and I just love the squeaky toys, even the eyeball one and it sounds like Buddy loves them too. Hope his new food agrees with him and that you both have lots of happy new adventures out in the world.

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  6. Buddy is the cutest puppy and so lucky his mistress makes him gifts. Great socks too. Don't you just want to scream when they discontinue a yarn you love?

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  7. Wonderful socks and I love the squeaky toy.

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