Tag Archives: WIP

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!!

Sharing Creativity In The Round

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My Sharing Creativity cowl is now officially in the round!

I still have a decent amount of yarn leftover so I think this will be a one skein project. I really only have 12 rows or so left and I will do the cast off. It calls for an i-cord cast off. Not my favorite but I will probably do it anyway.

Happy Knitting!!

A Single Sleeve

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The first sleeve of the Bibliophile 2 is complete!

That 2×2 ribbing felt like it would never be done. I did make the choice to leave the stitches live and I’ll put some waste yarn in. I want to wash and block the sleeves before I bind off. I have been burned by sleeve length in the past and this way I can rip back or add if I need to without picking out a cast off.

I have even got the needles in and picked up for the second sleeve. Im tempted to find needles and get the neckline picked up as well. Do all the fussy bits now so I can cruise for the rest of the body.

Happy Knitting!!

The Season Continues

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I have finished the ripping out of the Bibliophile 2 sleeve sweater.

I decided that 2026 has been hard enough and I don’t have to take down my Christmas lights unless I want to. So I have been running them a few nights a week while I am knitting or watching TV. They just bring me cheer and honestly just the amount of light I need to see this blue yarn.

I am pretty close to the total length I need for this first sleeve and then I can just bust out the second to match this first one. It will mean a lot less measuring (hopefully).

Happy Knitting!!

I Built That!

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I have been putting off repairing the garden bed for like a whole year. And this past weekend was beautiful so I decided to take care of this task. And it wasn’t that bad!

Jellybean helped me and I used big power tools and everything! We took out the old wall and reshaped the dirt in order to build back both new corner posts and attach the new wall boards.

And now I get to put plants in the dirt! Not to mention I won’t have to mow around that wall that hung out over the grass.

Happy Summer!!

All Legs

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Happy Memorial Day! I am planning on sitting in the sun and knitting on my Frankensocks on this day off of work.

I used spring golf lessons to turn both gusset heels on the socks. So everything now is just cruising up the legs until I run out of yarn. I pulled some other scraps but I don’t think I will need them. The black and white should make more than tall enough socks.

Happy Knitting!!

Lost Yarn Chicken

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I did indeed lose at yarn chicken on my In The Light Blues Take Two. Sigh

I know I was in trouble once I got established in the lace section. It was patently clear that I wasn’t going to have enough yarn to finish as written. So I make a few rows of lace and then started the fringe border. And EVEN THEN I still lost yarn chicken.

I have my crochet scrappy blanket kicking around here so I will find some light blue or white variegated yarn to finish this last few inches. No one will ever be able to tell when it’s done and around my neck. But dang…..I was so close!!

Happy Knitting!!

Finally A Gusset Heal

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My Frankensocks have done a lot of traveling but not received a lot of progress.

I have slogged my way through the first two colors of yarn and into the third. All while starting the gusset heel on the first sock. I have the second sock set up to do it’s heel right after this one.

I just need a few more gymnastics lessons and a boost of dopamine to get my butt in gear on my knitting!!

Happy Crafting!!

The Third Fade

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I have been MIA for a bit with low MOJO and high work stress. I did take my In The Light Blues Take Two to a work retreat and manage to complete all the way to the third fade.

This was like a solid 8 hour day and then a second half day of 3 hours. Not too shabby of progress in my opinion. I am worried that I will come up short. Basically for the first two colors I worked until I literally ran out of yarn and then moved on. So I have no scraps, at all!

But this means I didn’t always get to the stitch count the pattern indicated to have when working the transitions. I fear I may be playing yarn chicken later. I am in the last color and just need to get to the total count for the lace portion.

Happy Knitting and Wish Me Luck!

In The Lights Blues Take Two – First Transition

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I have completed the first color transition of the In The Lights Blues Take Two shawl.

I was able to get almost the full (as written in the pattern) fade done and use up every last bit of the first skein of yarn. This fully used up the Chromatic Yarns Sturdy sock in True Sight and I could move that stash to All Used Up. The best feeling!

I am just now having to adjust this next section with using my middle color. I just just work in pattern until I get to the next number of total stitches before the the third and final fade. I have a ton of this yarn so I am hoping it will be okay, lol.

Happy Knitting!!!