Sew Dance

Progress after starting the 4th repeat of the pattern. You can see Clyde above who has finally decided he likes laying on my bed with me.

So my bathroom is finally getting redone, but that means I'm temporarily back at my parents. I left my lamp so photo lighting is going to be a bit subpar for a while. Also scratched a cuticle and broke several nails during the move... So, I knew knitting something would take longer than the equivalent crochet, but didn't think it would be this slow. Thankfully the 2nd repeat seems to have taken less time. But I still have 9 more to go. Good news, lots more Clyde photos. I've been here two days and he's still unsure of what to make of me being in his house this long. So far he's only on my bed (on the afghan that I have repeatedly said was not his) when I'm not home.

So I was on the 2nd to last row of the previous project and realized I messed up 2 rows down. Not something I could fudge, so I put it away because I'm still undecided about buying a new ball, or starting over with a smaller hook... So I turned to knitting. This afghan kit has been in my possession since 2015. It's rated intermediate and is working up with only a few bumps in the road. (And if I mess up a knit/purl I can always flip with with a hook rather than completely frog.) I was sitting on the floor putting something together for my parents so Clyde was watching me from the chair. At the time, he was looking at my mom during a moment of distraction. And latest dragon.

So a little late with this post because I thought I might get farther on this afghan. It took me 2 hours to do one row at this point. I have 2 more to go and am probably going to lose at yarn chicken. I will then put this away until I get the skein, but I'll wait until I know I need more than 1 item from Mary Maxim. I usually have more yarn leftover on projects. My gauge was just a hair larger than suggested so I didn't go down a hook. Did that extra 1/8" snowball that badly? Clyde claims all boxes, even those that have not been opened yet.

So I may nickname 2019 the year of the afghans. As one of my  goals for the year  is to reduce the kits in my closet that consist mainly of afghans . Above is my final 2018 finish, below is my start of 2019. Bonus, Clyde wondering why I'm taking his picture again on New Year's Eve.

2018 was a year of ups and down in my life. Got a new job, broke up with a boyfriend, trying to find new boyfriend... (By the way, online dating pretty much goes against all my natural tendencies and can be overwhelming. Too many people!) Anyway, my goals for the year were as follows. Work on my rotation. Other than the one new start I'm allowing myself, no new cross-stitch. Knit an item. Edit one of my stories. I got through my rotation once, so that was good. I did knit a hat, even wore it once. However I didn't edit a story. I didn't even participate in NaNoWriMo this year because my new job has me mentally exhausted at the end of the day from having to write so much in such a short time span. (Thank you NaNoWriMo for preparing me for that) I had 10 cross stitch finishes (all mill hill kits), 25 crochet finishes (many small snowmen and ruffle scarves), and 1 knitting finish. So for 2019 I create the following goals. Reduce the number of kits in my cra...

Merry Christmas to all. I completely forgot that I made the snowwoman last week. I waited to take a picture until I could secure the nose, but she had tumbled into a hole behind a box and escaped me. I fixed the doily, but was noticing small bumps on my pinky that I hadn't had in a while. So until that clears up, I switched to a normal hook and started on a granny square afghan. I can also finally show some of the presents I made. The cowl was for a friend I know reads this blog, the pineapple purse for her granddaughter. This is part of the display at the restaurant we go to on Christmas Eve. Here's some of Clyde, trying to look innocent before attempting to get in the bag, on the afghan I made my parents, and playing with his new toy. And now for some presents I bought myself. I ordered the "dragon theme" Fairy Loot box and this is what came in it, including a yet to be released book (on the right). These charts were on clearance ...