Cha cha cha changes!

I barely knit anymore and apparently I definitely don't blog but maybe I want to put my book reviews here bc I def do a lot of that. We shall see if I keep up with it or not. Probably not.

5⭐️ means it is fan -f-ing- tastic and I can't shut up about it or stop thinking about it.

4⭐️ means it was a great read and I would def recommend it.

3⭐️ means it was a decent read or a decent plot and I may not gush about it but I didn't hate it.

2⭐️ means don't waste your time for either poor writing or detestable plot.

1⭐️ means burn this shit.

The Great Hunt

 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8936274518

So Farm Boy spends yet another 700ish pages in denial of his specialness and we get another road trip - this time instead of being chased by the baddies, we are chasing them instead. Egwene and Nynaeve go off to study at Hogwarts even though Nynaeve does so ironically and with hella attitude but then they get themselves into a pickle. 

Why do I visualize Loial as Ludo from Labyrinth?

Does that mean Rand is Jennifer Connelly?

Hopefully the last line indicates that like Sarah, he finally submits to his fate and power.

Unknitting

Knitting and reknitting and unknitting and making a general knitting nuisance in an attempt to make one darn hat - while the kids swim. I made one whole hat but it was too big but too short and too bunchy- not at all like the pattern. So I half ripped it and was trying to modify the crown before giving up because it was still too large around. Ripped completely. Recast on with smaller needles and smallest cast on numbers and after the whole twisted rubbing was done, it's now too small. 🙄🙄🙄🙄😭😭😭😭 So I'm putting this crown on waste yarn to maybe finish for my son while I cast on again. Should I use smaller needles and medium cast on number or called for needles and smallest cast on or smaller needles and largest cast on 🤔🤔🤔? 🤯🥴

Inky

I wasn't sure I liked the contrast border color I picked for my Inky Shawl by @sosuknits Susanne Sommer when I was blocking it - the color contrast is pretty severe even though the @malabrigoyarn pink I choose was in both skeins of @hedgehogfibres I had for the brioche section. But wearing it scrunched up, it looks great. 

Colors: Hedgehog Fibres Sock in Villain and Monarch

Malabrigo in Pop Rocks

Finished a thing! (Sort of)

Poor planning: I grabbed a to-go project that only had 20 minutes of knitting left on it for a 30 minute wait time. So now I'm instagramming. But some daughter tube socks are done now! (Except for grafting the toe. And weaving in the ends. And logging it in Ravelry. And taking a finished product picture. But yeah, it's done 😂)

(Almost) Year’s End

Inspired by @wrappedinwool post, I made a #makenine2018 collage. All items in my queue. I thought this was a challenging list but I have yarn for all but the last two sweaters. Even though I have yarn for the first two garments, I really 💗 the Fade Cardi and the Jelly Roll sweater and might attempt them first, if I can afford that much yarn 😅

To list the patterns starting top left and reading down like a paragraph:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/antler-cardigan

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/goodale

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hermiones-everyday-socks

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/brickless

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/loop-teufelszwirn

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jelly-rolls

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rheinlust

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/comfort-fade-cardi

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jelly-roll-sweater

I did an audit of finished products and made 24 things this year (if I don't finish anything else in the next few days). My FOs are steadily declining- 32 in 2016, 34 in 2015, and 40 in 2014. But I think the quality is improving. Maybe. Definitely more knits and less crochet which is faster.

Here's the break down of finished items each year: 

2017 

1 adult garment (Long bolero)

1 shawl

2 child or baby sweaters

3 child or baby vests

7 socks (5 ankle, 2 kid)

4 hats

5 edged baby blankets

2016

3 adult sweaters

1 blanket

4 shawls

5 child or baby sweaters

1 cowl

2 socks (1 ankle)

6 hats

8 edged baby blankets

2 sets of ornaments

2015

1 blanket

4 shawls

6 child or baby sweaters

1 scarf

6 socks (3 ankle, 2 child)

4 child leg warmers

8 hats

3 edged baby blankets

I set baby sandals

2014 (40)

1 adult sweater

5 child sweaters or dresses

2 scarves

2 socks (1 adult, 1 baby)

4 child leg warmers

14 hats

7 edged baby blankets

5 flowers or toys

One can tell from the number of edged baby blankets how many friends of mine had children each year 😂

Kneed knitting break...?

Two socks in a day!

#100daysofmaking: I finished two pairs of tube socks for Emma today from leftover yarn of socks I made for myself - Zauberball and Nomadic Yarns Molly Weasley. I was almost done with both so just had a tiny left to finish both pairs. I was afraid the Zauberball pair was going to be too narrow but they fit well. The Molly socks are too loose but I knew that as I was knitting them and just am hoping that's room to grow.