One and a half miles. . .

So far that's how far 2417 meters translates into.  Well more accurately, 1.501854 miles.  That is how much I have knit this year.  I know the last 200 yards of it was over the past week and in a sock.  That sock has gotten me through a long week. 
The long week has been due to the passing of a friend and a person I know lacking a lot of common sense. 
The friend passing is the previously mentioned "T".  This is the one that the afghan was made for.  Even though their passing was expected it is still hitting hard.  As a result a lot of knitting has been getting done this week and that has been helping.

I am apparently on a sock kick as I finally finished the socks I started in October.  Then went on to start another pair and am looking forward to the next. 

Knitting group was fun earlier this week.  Helped a fellow knitters.  When asked where I learned the answers to their questions my answer was consistently "Ravelry."  It was to the point it was being said by others and with a laugh.  We had a good time.

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.

New Year Coming

Well, the new year is upon us.  The holidays went well.  In the fiber arts department overall from friends and family I received: a set of Knitters Pride Trendz Interchangable Needles , 2 skeins Araucania Tepa, 2 Skeins

Queensland Collection Alpaca Bamboo Soft, 2skeins of Farmhouse Yarns, 1 Blue Ridge Footlights, and a gift certificate to my LYS.  I've already spent my Gift certificate and got 2 skeins of Cascade Heritage to make a shawl, the Regia Sock Calendar, and Around the World in Socks.  Needless to say I am a VERY happy camper in the fiber arts department.

The Tepa has already been cast on and is well underway as well as the Queensland Collection slow going.  I have joined the 14 in 2014 group on Ravelry and am looking forward to working on my goals.