Category Archives: WIPs

Easy Saturday Mornings

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This past Saturday Jellybean had an 8 am baseball game. While I was grateful for the cooler temps it was less than ideal to get up early on my day off. The things I do for being a mom. So I grabbed some energy and my 2018 Advent Socks and watched our team win and my son be MVP of the game.

I recently upgraded to a rocking camp chair and it makes all the difference in the world. I feel more comfortable for knitting ergonomics and I can rock out the anxiety of the close plays and my kid’s at bats.

I think I added at least two stripes per sock during this game. I need to count to determine how far I am into the 24 stripes I am for these socks. Socks make such an easy thing to travel with and drop quickly when a foul ball comes at me or PB.

Happy Baseball Knitting!!

Bibliophile 2 Body

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My Bibliophile 2 made it all the way through vacation!

I am still cruising down the main body of the sweater. The pattern states I need 15 inches from the underarm and I’m at roughly 10 (ish) depending on how and where I measure. So lots of round and round left. I do think I will pull out all the sleeve stitch markers as they make a lot of noise and aren’t necessary anymore.

It’s shaping up to be a nice sweater and I think I just got a pair of Stitch Fix pants that will make a lovely fall or winter outfit with this finished sweater. So that is my motivation to finish!

Happy Knitting!!

Baseball Knitting

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We had to hit the ground running after our Alaskan vacation as Jellybean signed up for baseball this summer. His first game was two days after we landed.

To break up my streak of sweater and hat knitting, I grabbed by second Sharing Creativity Cowl to work on for the first baseball game. I had to come right from work and sit in the sun in my office clothes. Alas, such is mom life. The weather could have been worse for June in the Midwest but I was still warm….

I managed to get a good chunk of the way through the increases but I am not quite ready to join in the round. A few more back and forth rows should get me and then I need to dig up a big stitch marker to join. Here’s to seeing how much baseball knitting I get up to this summer!

Happy Summer!!

Airplane Progress

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While in the Seattle airport I stretched my legs and found some lotion bars in a cute tourist trap in the terminal. I was steadily cruising through the Second Green Hat and my hands were dry from the mohair sucking all the oils off my hands.

I picked up a local chocolate bar and this small tin of Bee Bar Lotion. The lotion bar was pretty decent quality too. Fairly robust on the lanolin and bee’s wax that left my hands moisturized but also with a barrier. The mohair was a little stickier until the lotion fully absorbed but it felt nice on my hands.

The last leg of the flight was headed into some thunderstorms in the Midwest. So I admit that I was furiously knitting waiting to see if we were going to get home. I managed to finish the hat on the flight and do a little more work on my advent socks.

The lovely couple next to me complimented me on my hat! Now I just need to wash this hat and weave in the last tail.

Happy Knitting!!

Socks In The Sun

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My 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks saw a little sun while on the cruise boat. We had a day of beautiful blue by waters and lots of commercial fishing boats to watch.

I had to keep administrating sunscreen and observing cool pool tricks by PB and Jellybean so I added a stripe on the right sock and two stripes on the second sock. It’s cool to think these socks have been on the ocean!

I have felt my hat mojo coming back but it is nice to have such a small and easy to travel project to have to tote around. And my sweater is not ideal for poolside knitting either. These wee socks fit the bill nicely.

Stay tuned for more vacation knitting!!

Knitting In A Fjord

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The Bibliophile 2 sweater is going to be well traveled. I’m not sure if I was in a bay or a fjord so I picked fjord because it sounds prettier.

We sailed out of the bay and I sat on our balcony watching nature go by. I think I have added maybe 3 inches to the body by this point of the trip?

I can’t help but want to transport back to this view. Turquoise water, snowy peaks and bright blue skies. We really lucked out with the weather on this trip for the most part.

All of the crazy weather happened back home with tornados, flooding and downed trees. Not the most relaxing to come back to!

Happy Knitting!!

Sweater With A View Of Glacier

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Okay, break from The Green Hat. I took a flyer and packed my Bibliophile 2 in my checked luggage so I could knit a sweater in the wild north.

We got to see the Hubbard Glacier on day two and it was so majestic. We got to watch from our balcony and learn all about this ancient ice.

After the glacier experience, I took a break from Mom duties in order to relax on a couch in the adults only area before dinner. I just watched beautiful ice floes and knit round and round.

The neck band is finished and I’m just cruising down the body. I have no deadline for this and I’m just living in the moment. The views are once in a lifetime ❤️

Happy Knitting!!

Lopsided Stripes

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I was using my 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks as dark knitting this week. I thought I was alternating stripes on each one. Turns out I was knitting more on one than the other!

Looks like I am heading towards a blue section. I am not mad at it. These is really nice yarn and it’s comforting to just go round and round all day long.

Happy Knitting!!

Bibliophile 2 Collar

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The Bibliophile 2 collar is complete!

This crew neck collar is a whole whack of twisted rib. Which is interesting as the cuffs were not to be done in twisted rib? Most muggles won’t notice anyway but it does seem odd. There is the outside chance I read the pattern wrong.

I do have some travel plans upcoming so I think I am going to consolidate this down to suitcase knitting. I’ll get a ziplock/flat pack bag to shrink it down for less space and only pack those tools I need. Hoping I can finish on the trip to take some fun photos.

Happy Knitting!!

Two Sleeves and Starting A Neckline

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I finished the second sleeve on my Bibliophile 2. Just like the first sleeve, I left the stitches live just in case I need to adjust.

I think I did a pretty good job matching sleeve 2 to sleeve 1. Having all those stitch markers REALLY helped. And then it was just a lot counting to make sure the last few rows matched. I did decide to dig up needles to start the collar.

This pattern has a few pattern variations available for the collar. I chose the crew neck with a little modification. I had a little trouble getting the stitches picked up. I needed US 5s and I wanted to use the needles I had one hand. The first sent of fixed circulars was too big so I used a smaller size. It was slightly too small but I am making it work.

Here’s to finishing this collar and on to the soothing stockinette of the body. Happy Knitting!!