100 Days of Making: Day 75

#day75 Of #100daysofmaking: Made some serious progress on my #rosecityrollers- I love shorty socks, they work up so fast! Also car knitting to the lake and porch knitting at the lake got me through the first sock, yay! On to number two! #operationsockdrawer

100 Days of Making: Day 74

#day74 of #100daysofmaking: I couldn't stop myself from winding my new @vividyarnstudio yarn (Emily) and casting it on. I know I have a billion projects that are not finished including two billion socks but I totally need more. Decided to cast on #rosecityrollers and jump on that bandwagon since I think I might actually wear shorty socks - I wear ankle socks to work - and I never wear the long socks I make. Here's to hoping I actually wear something I make. If I finish them, that is. #operationsockdrawer

100 Days of Making: Day 73

#day73 of #100daysofmaking: I started a Slates and Balustrades hat for myself to match the pink and blue ones I knit for my kids. I'm using this MadTosh in Medieval to make a Profusion cowl and I wanted to maximize the usage of the skein but wanted to have enough left over for this hat. So I stopped working on the cowl and cast this hat on from the center of the ball, when I'm done- the rest will be for the cowl! This hat edge is extremely intense and I'm not a fan of it, it's taken me several days to get this far - some days I only get one round done, with all the cables and ktbl on size 1 needles, it's a lot of work, but worth it in the end.

100 Days of Making: Day 72

#day72 of #100daysofmaking: Some delicious yarn arrived... @vividyarnstudio in Emily - I just couldn't stop myself. I'm so obsessed with speckled yarns and/or yarn with this rusty color! Maybe I'll make some #rosecityrollers with this for #operationsockdrawer.

100 Days of Making: Day 70

#day71 of #100daysofmaking: Car/beach knitting - this was just a toe when we started to the beach and I'm well past the waste yarn for the afterthought heel. This is Opal Paradies, sock number two. My friends at the beach asked who the socks were for (me) and if I wear them (no). Then why do I make them?? I have this fantasy that once my #operationsockdrawer is completely full that I'll start wearing them but I don't have enough yet to start wearing them. .... I know, it's insane. I have a problem.

100 Days of Making: Day 70

#day70 of #100daysofmaking: I've been knitting most days lately but just neglecting to take pictures. I finished the first sock with my @desertvistadyeworks Little Shop of Zombody but it caused me a lot of grief along the way. After I put in the waste yarn for the afterthought heel and was into the leg, I realized I had knitted too much before the decrease and had to tink back many rows. Then several inches later, I saw I had been knitting very loosely and it looked all sloppy and so I ripped it back again. Then comparing the leg to the foot, my gauge was quite a bit tighter in the leg but I didn't want to rip yet again so I just left it be. Well after finishing the leg and putting the heel in, the whole sock is too long! 😓 if I pull it tight, there's 1/2" of slack at the heel. If I pull it down it seems mildly loose on my foot but wearable. Maybe it will shrink a little with washing. Now the question is, do I try to make the second sock match the first one or do I make it correctly?

More day 69

Park knitting @desertvistadyeworks Little Shop of Zombody with my new @willowrose0816 RainStorm Studios bag. #100daysofmaking #leslies100daysofmaking

100 Days of Making: Day 69

#day69 of #100daysofmaking: I'm so exited! I got my very first real project bag from @willowrose0816 RainStorm Studios!! I can now graduate at least one of my projects from the gallon ziploc bags I normally keep them in 😳 I love this RainStorm bag because of the window so I can see my project still - also the fabric is so cute and it's so well made. Thanks Kristine!!

100 Days of Making: Day 68

#day68 of #100daysofmaking: I finished my Sockhead hat!! Done in @theflyingkettle Huggin' Molly. I did 8" of body instead of 9" because it was seeming huge, otherwise I followed the pattern as written. I'm not a hat wearer and I've never worn a slouchy hat so we shall see if I ever end up wearing this, but it turned out ok. The colors are awesome and the yarn was great to knit with.

100 Days of Making: Day 68

#day68 of #100daysofmaking: I finished my Sockhead hat!! Done in @theflyingkettle Huggin' Molly. I did 8" of body instead of 9" because it was seeming huge, otherwise I followed the pattern as written. I'm not a gar pesos and I've never worn a slouchy hat so we shall see if I ever end up wearing this, but it turned out ok. The colors are awesome and the yarn was great to knit with.

100 Days of Making: Day 67

#day67 of #100daysofmaking: I actually finished these baby leggings a few weeks ago but never got around to photographing and posting them. They are another pair for my daughter in @hauteknityarn Pampered Sock in Peacock. It's an MCN blend, because every baby needs cashmere leg warmers, right?

100 Days of Making: Day 66

#day66 of #100daysofmaking: Not my most interesting project to knit or photograph but I really want a finished sweater and I hope this Kakomu is going to be awesome. In Knit Picks Lindy Chain which is a linen cotton blend, it will be good year round, if I can just get it off the needles. I finished the back today and started sleeve one. Just a zillion miles more of reverse stockinette to go!

100 Days of Making; Day 65

#day65 of #100daysofmaking: I made a Calorimetry headband like thing for my nanny's birthday from a yarn my MIL bought in Croatia while cruising. It's an Italian yarn called Boing. 😂

100 Days of Making: Day 64

#day64 of #100daysofmaking: I think the end date of this challenge has passed/is coming up quickly, but since I've been posting sporadically I'm a bit behind. I was not knitting every day on purpose for a while but lately, I've been knitting most days but just not bothering to post about it. Partly because I'm not knitting a lot and my progress on everything is very slow but also because I'm lazy. This is my Misti Alpaca Sock that I ripped and restarted the Dangling Conversation with since I had been doing the pattern completely wrong. There's not much progress on it so I'm just showing you the pretty cake of yarn.

100 Days of Making: Day 63

#day63 of #100daysmaking: I finished Will's Pineapple Express socks (Sweet Georgia yarn) and they look pretty good on. A bit big but that's good so that it will hopefully fit for a while.

100 Days of Making: Day 62

#day62 of #100daysofmaking: Finished the first of the socks for my son. I decided to go with a heel turn sock instead of a tube sock since this yarn is a bit thick and if it's a little bunchy on top as a tube, it may not fit inside his shoes. It's a tiny bit big so there's room to grow. It worked up super fast so I guess I can always make more when he outgrows this one.

100 Days of Making: Day 61

#day61 of #100daysofmaking: I started a sock for my son with the left overs of the Sweet Georgia Pineapple Express from his leg warmers. He has fat little feet that are about as long as big sisters. This is a 40 stitch sock and it looks like it will fit well. I made a very short toe because his chubby foot is also pretty squared off. I am contemplating whether I should make it a tube sock so it will fit longer or making a heel so that it fits better...

100 Days of Making: Day 60

#day60 of #100daysofmaking: I'm not doing too well keeping up with my posting. I am back to more sporadic knitting, some days almost none and my hands seem more normal. I've gotten a bit more done on the left front of my Kingscot cardigan by Norah Gaughn in Lorna's Laces Greenline. Though the stitch count isn't high, it's all cabley and bobbley which takes time. And child free time at that. I really want to finish a whole sweater one day but it seems like it's impossible and it will never happen... How do people finish multiple sweaters every year!?

100 Days of Making: Day 59

#day59 of #100daysofmaking: I finished Will's leg warmers in Sweet Georgia Pineapple Express yesterday in the car and wove in the ends today. I made some more progress on my Sock Head Hat then left it at the Lakehouse so I'll have to retrieve that from my mom next month. And today the actual knitting I did was on my daughter's leg warmers in @hauteknityarn.

100 Days of Making: Day 58

#day58 of #100daysofmaking: My nephew said what are you doing? I'm knitting leg warmers for my son. Do you think they fit me? Don't know, try them on. They do! They fit! Do you like them? Yeah, they look good.