Looking Towards 2016

As we get closer to 2016- my focus is already shifting towards the clothing items I will be knitting for myself.

Shortly before Thanksgiving, I took the time (in between grudgingly shopping for work pants) to check out the knitwear that the Kohl’s department store displayed.

WIP Monday!

Here are my current WIPS:

1. Dad’s Blanket

Technically it’s finished, but because I used smaller needles than normal- it’s not as big as I would like. So I’m going to try to make another one and graft them together.

2. Hubby Socks

I’m still at the heel…

WIP Monday!

Here are my current WIPS:

Finally I have something else to show you that’s not the same old socks!

I’m going to stop playing yarn chicken.

I never win.

I was making a scarf for the daughter of a friend at work.
I thought I would have JUST ENOUGH YARN.

I was wrong.
I’m 2 1/2 rows and a bind off short.

So now I will have to do two things I hate doing.
1. Buy pink yarn. (Pink is my least favorite color, and while I will knit it up for someone else – I just hate buying it.)

2. Take the whole WIP scarf into the store and play ‘match that yarn’. The yarn I was using was donated, and while I’m 100% sure it is acrylic yarn (it just has that feel), I’m only 60% sure of the brand. I think it is Red Heart, so I will need to bring the scarf for color and softness verification.

 

In other news: I have restarted my dad’s blanket.  I’m just going to take the guesswork out of it and do another Mitred Square Blanket.  When in doubt- mitre it!

CreativeBug

I joined CreativeBug early this year for two reasons:

1. The classes are cheaper than Craftsy. Some classes on Craftsy I believe are worth the price. But I think around 2/3rds of the Craftsy classes are overpriced, and

2. CreativeBug is like Craftsy’s cheaper, younger sister. Still knows her stuff, but isn’t as full of herself.

(I also know some designers who don’t like Craftsy’s business model as far as patterns are concerned.)

WIP Monday!

Here are my current WIPS:

 
1. Hubby Socks

I’m still at the heel..

2. Dad’s Blanket
I will have to rethink this one. I’m currently looking at patterns. The chart for this one takes too long (and I really can only concentrate on it at home), so I think I will chose a more mindless pattern, and save this one for Christmas next year.

Plus- four of my charity scarves have found happy homes, so I don’t exactly want to stop making those for people who need them. I just want to make time for my dad.

Excuse me while I rant…

I hate this time of the year in the U.S. Not because I’m depressed or I don’t like family, but because every single store seems to be having a sale. You get thousands of emails. Sale this and Sale that, and 30% off this. It’s annoying. And the worst of the influx starts right after Halloween.

WIP [WEDNESDAY]

Things have been hectic this week. Hubby had a death in the family and I lost one of my friends from high school.

I have done a lot of knitted projects this November, but I will save my that for another post, where I sum up my NaKNITmo experiences.