2013 Project Plans - Part Two

Happy New Year!! Welcome to the year 2013 and welcome to the updated blog. What do you all think of it? There are still a few more things that need to be done but the main changes I wanted to make are done.

Today is part two of my planned 2013 projects. There is also a part three which will posted on Friday. Part three is more about what I want to do to become better at my crafts. Like classes that I want to take, techniques that I want to learn or skills that I want to improve on.

Projects:

July: Fighting Words, The wonderful +Deena White gifted me this pattern last month. There is no way that I will be able to make them before this winter is over but I will definitely have them ready for next winter. This is the only project I do not have yarn for so on my Birthday Yarn shopping trip this is one pattern I will be shopping for. I thought some Spud & Chloe Fine yarn would be perfect for this project. Their yarn is always so vibrant and gorgeous.

Fighting Words*

August: Dinner in the Eiffel Tower Shawl, this pattern has been in my radar for most of 2012. It is such a pretty shawl. The only reason why I have not made it is because I cannot decide on what color yarn I want to make it in. I have previously bought a red color yarn, also a dark blue and green. Each time I decided that it was not the right color and I would end up using the yarn for something else. I have finally decided that I want to make it in a light color, maybe I can fine two skeins of Madelinetosh DK in "Antique Lace"? Let us see how lucky I get this month.

Dinner in the Eiffel Tower Shawl*

September: Sir Knight Helmet and Seedy Bow Band, These are the only Crochet projects I have planned for this year. I will be making 2 Knight Helmet's and 1 Seedy Bow Band. September is the start of my Christmas present crafting. The helmets will go to my nephew and my friends daughter, the bow will go to sister.

Sir Knit Helmet*

Seedy Bow Band*

October: Citron, The Christmas presents continue. This one will go to Step-Mom. I have a pretty light yellow lace yarn and a green lace yarn. I have not decided in which color I want to make it yet but I know either will be beautiful.

Citron*

November: Sotherton, this is probably my favorite pattern from the 2012 Summer issue of Jane Austen Knits magazine. I bought this amazing blue Berroco Vintage DK yarn just for this project. Since November is NaKniSweMo month I will practice patience and make this sweater for the challenge.

Sotherton*

December: Space Girl, for the month of December I will be making another sweater. Since I take a long vacation in the month of December a sweater is the perfect project to work on during my relaxation time.

Space Girl*

Back up Projects: These are projects that I will have waiting in the wings just in case I finish a project early in the month or a project that I had planned is just not working out with the yarn I had planned for it. I am not posting photos for these, but they will be linked to the Ravelry project page.

• Salem Fingerless Mittens
• Leftie
• Entrechat
• The Modernist
• Regina

If I stick to my plan by the end of 2013 I would have put a considerable dent to my yarn stash. As I stated in yesterday's blog post I only get this month and November as yarn shopping months. Also, I can only shop one time each month. So for January it will be on my birthday and November it will be on Black Friday.

What projects will you be working on this year? Let me know if the comments below!

Until next time, Happy Knitting!

~Knitting Chica

 *The photos on this post are not mine. They are all the project photos found on Ravelry for each of the patterns.

Casting On: Unwrapped

After my failed attempt at crocheting Himbeerwellen I have decided to cast on a new project. Never mind that I have other projects waiting for me to finish. Which they will eventually be done but I wanted something easy and cute to complete and maybe wear to the office.

I have decided on Unwrapped by Jody Pirrello. Here is a photo from the project page:

Not my photo!

Cute, right? I decided to make it in Berroco Vintage DK. The Berroco Vintage is one of my favorite lines. It is so soft, inexpensive and wears very well. Here is a photo of the yarn:

Sorry for the not so great photo.

I love the color red and I think this pattern would work very well  with this pattern. This weekend I will have a lot of uninterrupted knit time so I should have a good progress for WIP Wednesday.

Until next time, Happy Knitting!

~Knitting Chica

New Yarn: Miss Babs yarn all day every day

Last Saturday I went to the MissBabs trunk show at Fibre Space and after acting like a totally nuts fan girl, I proceeded to add more yarn to my stash. Her yarn is just so beautiful and I had such a hard time picking what I wanted, but I think I came out with some great stuff and I did not make that big of a dent on my wallet.

First up is Miss Babs "Yowza - Whatta a Skein!" in the color "Oyster". It is her Worsted weight, superwash, super yummy yarn. Which I plan to make the short sleeved version of the Space Girl pattern. 

 

Next up is Miss Babs "Yummy - Monochrome Sock & Baby Yarn" in the color "French Marigold". It is her 2 ply, squishy, superwash, wash yarn. I plan to make the Kiertoradalla sock pattern in this yummy orange color yarn. I have wanted a pair of Orange socks for a year now. When I saw this yarn I snatched it so quickly off the rack. Glad I did as other people were admiring the skein and it was the last one!

And lastly is Miss Babs "Leftie Yarn Set" in colors Peweter, Coos Bay, French Marigold, Frog Belly, Naples and Ruby Spinel. This will make the Leftie Shawlette pattern.

These patterns should keep me pretty busy for the next few months, I am not even counting the others I have planned so there should be no more yarn buying for me for a while.

Until next time, Happy Knitting!

~Knitting Chica

Sweater Progress

I started my sweater on Sunday of last week. After a few days of knitting I decided to read the whole pattern, something that I should really get in the habit of doing before I start a project, but I digress.

After reading it I saw that they collar is knitted onto the sweater at the end. I could not understand why the designer did it this way. It is her design, it is great and I am happy that it exist but I had to make a change. So I frogged the sweater and started over this time with the collar.

The collar. The markers is where the sweater pattern starts and ends.

Sweater progress 

As you can see the collar and bow are there and I am half way done with the yoke. I hope to finish with the body by tomorrow and just have the sleeves left to work on Monday and Tuesday. I have all the needles and yarn information on my Ravelry page here so feel free to check it out.

What do you think of the progress so far?

Until next time, Happy Knitting!

~Knitting Chica