Fun Times

Note:  I'm not complaining at all.  I'm just posting.

It's been a fun week (please note the sarcasm) around here!  Earlier in the week I found out a good friend (I'll call "T" has brain cancer.  On top of that is is inoperable.  I wouldn't know a lot of things without having knowing "T".  Because of him I have a lot of funny stories.  My roommate knows him too and she found out at the same time.  We went to visit him the following day.  He always likes to know what we are doing with our hobbies so I showed him the pattern for my latest knitting project. 

This project is for another person I know.  Another person was going to do it, but they had trouble with it so I am doing it.  "T" loved the photo or rather the colors in the photo.  He has never asked for something to be knit or otherwise be made for him and we have never been able to figure out what to make for him.  "T" wouldn't ask for something to be made, but seeing how he liked the item and the colors he was asked if he wanted a blanket.  He smiled.  So now the push is on to get an afghan made as fast as possible.

That is on top of making the other project without slowing down.  thankfully I already had some afghan squares I had already made for another project just waiting to be mailed.  That project can wait while my friend cannot.  So the days of  my roommate and me are being spent on putting this afghan together while the nights are going to my other project.  Hopefully the afghan will be done for when we visit him next week.

I also have a report unrelated to any fiber arts to write and will have to write it after the afghan is done.  I just don't like having reports hanging over my head and will just have to grin and bear it.  Like I said, it's been a fun week.

Oh, I have somehow given my elbow rug burn too.  That's from spending so much time on the floor putting the afghan together.  A little pain to take for a friend that has given so much.

January Wrap-up

It's been a busy knitting month.  I finished an entrelac scarf that was started on Christmas.  Started and finished a lace shawl. and started an entrelac shawl.  I wanted to redo the cuffs on a pair of socks.  That isn't going to happen though because of the heal that has developed on them from washing and wearing them.  I have also rounded up my WIPS and decided whether or not to frog them.  All but one was frogged because I was either: sick of it; lost the pattern; or it was something that was in time-out so long for not cooperating I forgot where I was.  Only one project survived.  I also started to organize my patter leaflets and printed patterns.  Stage 2 has yet to happen yet. 

While working on the lace shawl I learned about the importance of placing lifelines.  I also learned to NOT use waxed dental floss when placing a lifeline.  It just doesn't work.  Next time I do lace I will definitely place liflelines with something more slippery.  Of course all my projects are on Ravelry.  How did one survive without Ravelry?

Year in Temperatures Scarf

One of my big knitting projects will be the My Year in Temperatures Scarf.  It will be a previous year and going from a birthdate to birthdate.  It will have 15 colors plus another to denote the beginning and end of months plus rows at the end of the scarf for the start and end of year.  While laying out the colors I realized I missed a high temperature so I will do one row of a completely different color for that one day instead of completely redoing all the colors.  Every color for temps denotes a 4 degree Fahrenheit range. 

Through a group on Ravelry and a wonderful person who posted I was able to obtain the temps for the date range and area I wanted.  I was also able to get them onto a spreadsheet.  I ten went and filled each date with the color for that temp.  Now to get the yarn and start.  Maybe this will be a Ravellenics project.  Who knows.  I am contemplating another project though.  I have no clue yet what will be my Ravellenics project.