Knitter in Progress

Happy New Year! This is what I managed to get finished in 2013.  I didn't list specifics on projects as all of them are on my Ravelry page. Knitting: Numerous Blythe clothes(dresses and hats) Socks A shawl Sewing: Numerous Blythe dresses(a few A-line, Empire, and Party) Reading: A Storm of Swords(Martin) All Wound Up(McPhee) Captain Underpants #10 Dad is Fat(Gaffigan) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1(Kinney) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2(Kinney) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3(Kinney) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4(Kinney) Kingdom Keepers Disney After Dark(Pearson) Last Breath(Caine) Black Dawn(Caine) Bitter Blood(Caine) Lover at Last (Ward) Penalty Box(Martin) Kingdom Keepers Disney at Dawn(Pearson) Fitness/Health: Finish 1 round Cathe's Cross Train (12 week schedule)

Knitting: 1.  Mitered Square baby blanket 2.  Baktus Scarf 3.  Simple Skyp socks--me 4.  Simple Skyp socks--Rage 5.  Simple Skyp socks--Diva 6.  Color Affection 7.  4 Squares for Bertie's Blankets Reading: 1. The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage(Schlessinger) 2. Immortal Rider(Ione) 3. Push(Johnson) 4. Taking a Shot(Burton) 5. Lover Reborn(Ward) 6.  A Clash of Kings(Martin) 7.  Lothaire (Cole) 8.  Wicked Nights (Showalter) 9.  The Lightning Thief (Riorden) 10.  All the Captain Underpants books(with Rage) 11.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12.  Last Breath (Caine) 13.  The Skinny Rules (Harper) Stitching: 1. QS Lovers(HAED)--Page 1 2. Twelve Houses Sampler(Drawn Thread) Fitness: **Worked out consistently 5-6 days per week for the entire year :) Project Me: 1. Chalene's 30 Day Challenge--January, February, April, September

I'm getting the ball rolling on some end of the year things and decided to post this now rather than later.  I love having a record of what has caught my fancy over the previous year. Year in Review 2012 1. your best FO of the year: Color Affection--I love the way that turned out. 2. best FO of the year made by a blog you link to: Truthfully I haven't been reading many knitting/stitching blogs in the last 6 months. 3. best yarn you tried: Twisted Fiber Art Tasty--it's an amazing wool/cashmere blend. 4. best book/mag/pattern of 2012: Book: Push by Chalene Johnson Magazine: Oxygen, Vogue Knitting, Country Living, Where Women Create, and People Pattern: Simple Skyp Socks Website: Runs for Cookies 5. best new technique or gadget you tried in 2012: My To Do list app on my phone, I would be lost without it. 6. top 5 inspirations--what five things inspired you the most over the past year?   **My daughter--she is growing up to be such an incredi...

Knitting: 1. Noro Socks--Generic Sock pattern--Noro Kureyon Sock 2. Ribband bracelet--Ribband--Socks that Rock 3. Reflection Hat(Diva)--Reflection hat(Ravelry)--Lamb's Pride Worsted 4. Reflection Hat (Rage)--Reflection hat (Ravelry)--Lamb's Pride Worsted 5. Socks--New Beginnings Socks for the Family--Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Crochet: 1. Snake--Amigurumi Toy Box--scrap yarn c/o Cynthia 2. Little Kitten with Bed--Amigurumi Toy Box--Lion Brand Wool Ease Reading: 1. Ghost Town(Caine) 2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(Rowling)--reread 3. How to Knit a Love Song (Herron) 4. Blood Trinity (Kenyon/Love) 5. Friday Night Knitting Club (Jacobs) 6. Game of Thrones (Martin) 7. Any Man of Mine (Gibson) 8. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince(Rowling)--reread 9. Retribution (Kenyon) 10. Bite Club (Caine) 11. Just the Rules! (Reno) 12. Eternal Rider(Ione) 13. The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands (Schlessinger) Stitching: 1. QS Swimming with Dolphins (HAED)--finished on...

Year in Review 2011 1. your best FO of the year: My Birdie Sling--it was my first sewing piece since 8th grade and I love it! 2. best FO of the year made by a blog you link to: I can't say that I remember anything offhand that really blew me away. Knitting blogs have kind of slowed down and stitching blogs seem to be revving up. I am looking forward to seeing some amazing things in 2012! 3. best yarn you tried: Lion Brand Cotton Ease. I have always disliked cotton yarn but I love the way this feels, I used it for a baby blanket and I loved it. 4. best book/mag/pattern of 2011: Book: PUSH by Chalene Johnson--it isn't just a fitness book, it's a get your life together book. I love it! Magazine: HGTV magazine--LOVE it! Country Living magazine Pattern: Cambridge Website: Pintrest Chalene Johnson 5. best new technique or gadget you tried in 2011: Pintrest--love it! I guess I would classify it as a gadget :) 6. top 5 inspirations--what five things inspired you the most over the ...

Year in Review 2010 1. your best FO of the year: Based on the tenacity it took to master the pattern, I would say my Skew socks are my best FO of the year. 2. best FO of the year made by a blog you link to: I have not really been reading as many blogs but there are plenty of FO on Ravelry that I have liked this year. 3. best yarn you tried: No new yarn for me this year--I stuck with my old stand bys. 4. best book/mag/pattern of 2010: Book: I have to say that, for me, Aran Knitting was my favorite release of 2010 in the knitting category. I also loved Amy Butler's Style Stitches so much that it motivated me to buy a sewing machine. Magazine: Oxygen is still my favorite magazine--I look forward to reading it every month. As for knitting, I have found myself buying Vogue knitting more and more and disliking Interweave Knits more and more. I am letting my Interweave subscription go when it's up this year which is bittersweet for me as I have subscribed to it since I started knitti...

Knitting: (1) Winter Lace--Lion Brand Thick and Quick--Free Lion Brand pattern (2) Baby Socks--Shibui Knits--personal pattern (3) Baby Hat--Colinette Jitterbug--Handle pattern (4) Baby Hat--Opal Harry Potter Tonks--Handle pattern (5) Rick socks--Red Rocks Fiber Works--Rick, Cookie A, Sock Innovation (6) Barn Raising Square--Red Rocks Fiber Works--Knitalong (7) Barn Raising Square--Collinette Jitterbug--Knitalong (8) Barn Raising Square--Pagewood Farms sock bites--Knitalong (9) Barn Raising Square--Pagewood Farms sock bites--Knitalong (10) Barn Raising Square--Pagewood Farms sock bites--Knitalong (11) Barn Raising Square--Pagewood Farms sock bites--Knitalong (12) Barn Raising Square--Shibui Knits sock--Knitalong (13) Barn Raising Square--Pagewood Farms sock bites--Knitalong (14) Dishcloth--Sugar and Cream Cotton--Mason Dixon Knitting (15) Dishcloth--Sugar and Cream Cotton--Mason Dixon Knitting (16) Dishcloth--Sugar and Cream Cotton--Mason Dixon Knitting (17) Dishcloth--Sugar and Cream C...

Knitting: (1) Rage's Hat--Cascade 220 Heathers--Knitters Handy Book of Patterns(Budd) (2) Barn Raising Square--Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport--Knitalong (3) Flying Trapeze Socks--Cascade 220--Interweave Holiday 08 (4) Clapotis--Mountain Colors Bearfoot--Knitty (5) 2 Barn Raising Squares--Three Irish Girls--Knitalong (6) Barn Raising Square--Mountain Colors Bearfoot--Knitalong (7) Bella's Fingerless Gloves(Diva)--Blue Sky Alpaca and Silk--Stitch-n-Snitch (8) Kai-Mei--Colinette Jitterbug--Sock Innovation (9) Barn Raisning Square--STR Sherbet--Knitalong (10) Mod on Mod square--cotton--Yarnplay (11) Barn Raising Square--Opal Harry Potter(tonks)--Knitalong **for HBP Premier** (12) Round Facecloth--Sugar 'n Cream Stripes--free pattern(Ravelry) (13) Round Facecloth--Sugar 'n Cream Stripes--free pattern(Ravelry) (14) Round Facecloth--Sugar 'n Cream--free pattern(Ravelry) (15) Round Facecloth--Sugar 'n Cream--free pattern(Ravelry) (16) Diva's Knitted Babe--mostly K...

1. your best FO of the year: Clapotis--I have been wearing it a lot. I'm even contemplating making another. 2. best FO of the year made by a blog you link to: **It's not just one, I love seeing what Sam is up too. She always has a great finish to share and in spring 2010 she'll have a really cute "finished object" to show off. 3. best yarn you tried: Dream in Color Smooshy 4. best book/mag/pattern of 2009: Book: The re-release of Fair Isle Knitting by the author-who-must-not-be-named Magazine: Oxygen Vogue Knitting(Interweave has been very lame the last couple of years) Pattern: Bramble and the Rose--Ink Circles 5. best new technique or gadget you tried in 2009: **Insanity by Beachbody **P90X by Beachbody 6. top 5 inspirations--what five things inspired you the most over the past year? **Insanity **P90X **Ravelry **Tosca Reno **JR Ward 7. designer who most amazed & inspired you throughout the year: Cookie A 8. Challenges for 2010--what's next for you and ...

Knitting: (1) Knit Washcloth--sugar and cream--Mountains and Molehills pattern (2) Baby A's Blankie squares--Tahki Cotton Classic--Mitered Blanket/Mason Dixon (3) Knit Washcloth--sugar and cream--Round Dishcloth Pattern (4) Knit Washcloth--sugar and cream--Octogonal Swirl pattern (5) Baby Bolero--Encore Colorspun Worsted--Baby Bolero( One Skein ) (6) Jaywalker socks--RRFW Aspen sock--Jaywalker (7) Trekking is for Necking scarf--Trekking XXL--TifK pattern(Nipperknits) (8) Basic Socks--Opal--Classic Beginnings Socks for the Family(Wymans) (9) Bella's Fingerless Gloves--Knit Picks Swish--Stitch-n-Snitch (10) Rage's Lapis socks--STR Lightweight--Classic Beginnings Socks for the Family(Wymans) (11) Horcrux Socks--Jojoland Melody--Six Sox Knitalong (12) Winter Hat--Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport--Knitters Handy Book of Patterns(Budd) (13) Felted Backpack--Lamb's Pride Bulky--Bags, a Knitter's Dozen (15) 40+ Barn Raising Squares--various sock yarns--Knitalong St...

I did this last year and it was more "knitting-centric". This year I've altered it to include just about everything I've been up to this year. 1. your best FO of the year: Honestly, my Bella's fingerless gloves . I use them all the time. 2. best FO of the year made by a blog you link to: The Big Red Barn Raising Blanket --love the color and I love the reason behind it(I even made four squares in it). 3. best yarn you tried: Dream in Color Smooshy --love the colors and the yarn 4. best new(to me) book/mag/pattern of 2008: Book: The Black Dagger Brotherhood series (which I plan on rereading soon), Knitalong (love that book--it was huge inspiration this year), The Gentle Art of Domesticity Magazine: Artful Blogging , Clean Eating , Oxygen Pattern: Mandala Shawl (on Ravelry) Hedwig Owl Cowl ( on Ravelry ) 5. best new technique or gadget you tried in 2008: You know, I'm pretty stumped on this one. I didn't try any new knitting techniques or gadgets this year...

I lifted this from KnitLit : 1. your best FO of the year: I think that would be the Gryffindor Fair Isle Pouch Bag --I just love the way that turned out. 2. best FO of the year made by a blog you link to: I can't narrow this down to just ONE finished object, SOOOO, pretty much everything Marina finished this year. 3. best yarn you tried: Well the only new yarn I tried was Red Rock Fiber Works Aspen Sock and I loved it! 4. best new book/mag/pattern of 2007: Book: Charmed Knits --there were others too but this is the one I find myself looking at all the time. Magazine: Craft --this isn't all knitting/sometimes none at all but it's cool Pattern: MS3 --although mine isn't finished yet--it was my favorite pattern of 2007 5. best new knitting technique or gadget you tried in 2007 : The knitted kitchener from Knitting Daily--loved it! It went beyond an "a-ha" moment for me--it was more like a "Holy Sh*t, this looks 1000 times better than any kitchener I...

It's getting to be that time of year where I like to take stock in what I've accomplished before I look to the new year ahead. Knitting: (1) Little Diva's socks--Andes Yarn--Classic Beginnings Socks for the Family(Wyman) (2) More Little Diva socks--Andes Yarn--Classic Beginnings Socks for the Family(Wyman) (3) Pedestrian Peds--Reclaimed Socks that Rock(Farmhouse)--Stitch-n-Snitch (4) Danica--Patons SWS(Denim)--Knitty (6) Unicorn--LB Wool Ease, LB Moonlight Mohair, FdC New Smoking--Dream Toys (7) Knitted Bracelets--LB Microspun/pony beads/alphabet beads--Knitty Gritty ring pattern (8) Monica Tank--Cotton Fleece--Knitty (9) Hermione Hat--Plymouth Encore Worsted--Charmed Knits (10) Gryffindor Fair Isle Pouch Bag--Encore Worsted--Quietish (11) Corner to Corner Blanket--LB Pound of Love--Knit Baby Blankets(Steege) (12) Jaywalker socks--RRFW Aspen Sock(SITC colorway)--Mag Knits (13) Baby socks--RRFW Aspen Sock(SITC colorway)--Needlepoint Joint pattern (14) Baby socks--STR Farmhou...