Something Completed!

I finished this Thermal Stitch Spa Facecloth! Kim and I put together a small self-care type of gift bundle for a friend, S, who's going through a rough time. To go with the handmade facecloths, we included a candle, Artemis tea, and homemade soap. As part of the gift, we each made a cotton spa facecloth from Cascade Pima Cotton. I like the way it turned out, too. So soft!

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Thermal Stitch Spa Facecloth

Clean Lines

 

Look at Me Go!

 Haha, two entries in one day?! 

I honestly don't know why it was so hard to spend five or ten minutes writing something, ANYTHING, on my blog! And that was the point of our ground rules. 

Well, I gotta talk about our trip to Des Moines. Kim and I took a Best Friend day trip (matching outfits and all) to Des Moines, and it was super fun! 

We hit a tasty lunch spot that had the tastiest salmon salad and a decent coffee menu. 

Next we found a cute yarn shop, and it was exactly the way a yarn shop should be--filled with ladies sitting around knitting, free coffee and tea, and a cozy little fireplace area). Then we hit a funky little antique store called The Picker Knows, and we each found a few treasures. 

I love my stained glass lantern I found there! The cool glass bowl I found worked well as a sticker bowl in the middle of the coffee table (thanks for the suggestion, Kim!), but Tubbins took it over pretty quickly. Turns out it's just the right size for a fuzzy ginger donut! Kim's coconut doll and bird clock were pretty bitchin', too. 

 Finally, we ended up at this kind of strange chicken farm for dinner, and my was that an interesting experience. The food was actually tasty I thought, but there was only one thing on the menu that you could get, which was the sampler plate. Hope you're in the mood for a little bit of everything they cooked! They also had some pretty interesting thoughts scribbled across their walls. Still thinking about some of these...

Goals...Hahaha

 

So, yeah, turns out I'm awful about doing the weekly entries. Argh!! The bright side is that I have still been keeping up with the knitting part of this blog project. 

HowlCat is finished! I love how it turned out; these pictures have terrible lighting, but the inner part of the piece is a really pretty blue with pinks throughout it, and the top part is grey Madelinetosh with flecks of blue and other random colors. I love it so much! 

Other notable knitting updates: 

• Danica entrelac scarf (Icy Flowers): On to ball #2 of the Noro. It's a fun portable knit with a pretty easy pattern to follow. I love doing a block here or a block there. 
• 93 hexagons completed for HexiLove afghan (almost 40 more to go?)
• Face cloth for Sarah is halfway done and should be finished tonight! (Maybe face cloths are my new thing??)

Declassified: UFOs

A number of Un-Finished Objects (UFOs) have been sighted. 

Presented in random order: 

Icy Flowers Danica Scarf

I'm almost ⅓ of the way through this project. 

Hexie Love Actually...Again

I technically still need to sew the ends in on my first Hexie Love, but that didn't stop me from starting another version of Hexie Love. I would estimate I have maybe ⅓-½ of the the hexies completed. Plus, all the connecting of hexies yet to do. 

Trego Cardigan

I'm super excited to make some strong progress on this, and I'm glad it's in the "already cast-on" priority list! 

LotusFlowerBeanie Plz

I'll be using the slate blue for the base color, and the pink/red for the lotus flowers, and the neutral colored pom to top it all off. 

Not So Quickie Socks

One sock finished, looking for its soul mate. 

MacBeth Sweater

This is based on the Macomb sweater pattern; I hope to have enough yarn to complete it, though it will be close! 

A Piece of Apple Pie

These colors are absolutely gorgeous; so vibrant! 

12 Months of MadelineTosh Cowl

I haven't cast-on for this yet, but this is a kit for a beautiful MadelineTosh striped cowl. 

Shifting Cables Sweater

I can't believe I did ALL of this knitting on this seater and just...didn't finish it! I basically have one sleeve left to complete. I think it may come out too large for me know, so it may end up being overly cozy, or it may be a gift. 

Leg warmers 

Apparently I thought I had the legs of a volleyball player...these are soooo long! I think this first one could be cast off and the second started right away. 

Reversible cable scarf 

A beautiful pattern; I love that it's reversible, unlike most cabled patterns. 

Howlcat 

Nearly completed, and I hope it comes out ok! This is the project I'm currently prioritizing for completion. 

So it Begins...Intentions & Rules

Ok. We're doing it. For real this time. Kim and I are going to stash-bust and project-finish our way through 2021, BFF style. We're both writing a blog to document our journey along the way. 

As I knit, I'll also add a few colorful details and notes from my life, to make more interesting reading and to illustrate how interwoven knitting is with my life. 

To guide our knitting adventure, we came up with some ground rules: 

Rule 1 of Knit Club: Don't talk about knit club. 

Rule 2 of Knit Club: No new yarn purchases. 

[Except]: Anything needed to finish a current project or anything purchased out-of-town (obviously)

Rule 3 of Knit Club: Prioritize projects that are on-the-needles or have an intended pattern (already purchased). 

Rule 4 of Knit Club: Once all prioritized projects have been finished or frogged, begin working through stash yarn. 

Rule 5 of Knit Club: Knit at least one round or one row per week on a project. 

Rule 6 of Knit Club: Write at least one blog post per week. 

Rule 7 of Knit Club: Do the dance!