100 Days of Making: Day 105 (2/23)

#day105 of #100daysofmaking: Or more aptly; 100daysofnotmaking. I went to work yesterday and 7 hours of barely trying to use my injured hand aggravated it so I haven't dared to try knitting again. But in happier news, I've been ogling my @strickmich club package that arrived last week. Filter applied in case even this tiny snapshot is too much of a spoiler though I doubt anyone on my feed also got the club. I can't wait to cast it on though I had decided I should wait till I had finished either Emma's or my sweater (#tinyrockycoast and #Hitofude) but now that I am thrown behind on those too, it's going to be very difficult to not cast this on once I can knit again.

100 Days of Making: Day 106

#day106 of #100daysofmaking: The doc says my hand will heal fine and no muscles or tendons were affected. Which is great news considering when I was having trouble sleeping in the middle of the night after I injured it, I ordered this yarn on etsy. 😂😜😅 I mean, it's Fruit Stripe gum yarn! I HAD to!

100 Days of Making: Day 104

#day104 of #100daysofmaking: I tried to knit despite my injury, I found if I just sort of prop the needle in my left hand and throw with the right that I can knit an entire row before it starts to hurt. I was only able to work on my garter stitch Easy by Martina Behm - I will need to be able to knit continental again before I can get back to lace and cables. Hopefully that will be soon. Two whole days of no knitting have been torture.

100 Days of Making: Day 103

#day103 of #100daysofmaking: It's pretty tough taking a sweater in progress selfie while simultaneously trying to cover up your bra and suck in your muffin top. #Hitofude progress: love this knit. Will it fit if I'm not butt naked under it: questionable. Conclusion: make the correct size next time.


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100 Days of Making: Day 103

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100 Days of Making: Day 105

#day105 of #100daysofmaking: Or more aptly; 100daysofnotmaking. I went to work yesterday and 7 hours of barely trying to use my injured hand aggravated it so I haven't dared to try knitting again. But in happier news, I've been ogling my @strickmich club package that arrived last week. Filter applied in case even this tiny snapshot is too much of a spoiler though I doubt anyone on my feed also got the club. I can't wait to cast it on though I had decided I should wait till I had finished either Emma's or my sweater (#tinyrockycoast and #Hitofude) but now that I am thrown behind on those too, it's going to be very difficult to not cast this on once I can knit again.

100 Days of Making: Day 102

#day102 of #100daysofmaking: My Hitofude cardigan is going awesome in @pluckyknitter Lodge fingering. If I could marry a yarn, this might be it. I have been bribing myself to work on other projects by rewarding a little progress on them with a few rows on #Hitofude. And because I'm still suffering from a very serious long lasting case of cast-on-itis, I started crochet edging a flannel receiving blanket and cast on a #tinyrockycoast cardigan for my daughter in @dana_of_unwind Luxe Sock. I bought this yarn with the intention of knitting a Marian Dress for her but lately every time she sees me knitting, she asks if it's a sweater for her. I tried to convince her she wants a dress but no dice. #projectsweaterchest for momma and baby.


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100 Days of Making: Day 101

#day 101 of #100daysofmaking: It's been way more than 100 total days and now more than 100 documented days of making but this format is keeping me current so I'm going to just keep going. So here's a summary of my past week of knitting: That's a broken needle cable top left 😨 and of course it went kablewy in the middle of a row and dropped half a shawl's worth of stitches. It was the 400 shawl (top right) but though scary, the stitches were fairly easily picked back up. The cord just separated from the grommet. I could have been upset but the cable may be as old as 10 years - I've had my knit picks interchangeables for a long time. Easy come, easy go. I have plenty more cables. 

I did finish the 400 this week from my #erinlane Indie Yarn Carnival club. Extended it a little bit with the extra yarn she sent to make up for the yarn being a bit thick/short on yardage. Blocked it on a towel in the floor last night and the kids kept trying to stomp on it. Can't find any pins so I just stretched it out. 

Bottom left is some Plucky Primo that I ripped out because can you see the leaf pattern in there? Neither could I. The Not A Drop pattern was not working with the very round structure of this yarn so instead I cast on To infinity and beyond by #Joji. 

Lastly because I don't have enough projects on the needles, I cast on some more Plucky, in Lodge Fingering that just fell into my house last week. I thought I would make a sweater for my son from the Grumpy Old Sailer color but I thought it was a dark turquoise and it turned out to be a dark gray with blueish tones. And heathery because of the silk content. It's merino cashmere silk and flax which is way too fine for a toddler, right? So a Hitofude for me it is! Btw, that's not how a ball winder is supposed to work. 😖