so ravelry, which i think i need to go to a 12 step program to address my addiction to, has an event during the olympics called the ‘ravelympics’ — basically they have ‘events’ where you can enter projects in, things like
lace, works in progress, socks, etc. so since i have SO MUCH i want to get done and because i love to overcommit, i’ve entered 6 projects.
the good news is, there’s a category for frogging. so one is already done.

Soon this sock will have a mate!
so out of the 5 i’m making a new pair of mrs. beeton’s, this time for me. a french market bag out of the yarn that i frogged friday night, finally knitting the second sock of my snowdrop winter socks, finishing my gryffindor house socks, but those are the last things i’m going to do, and will only get done if i get EVERYTHING else done, and last but actually maybe my favorite thing i’m doing, is spinning my lovely merino/seacell pencil roving into either a dk or a sock yarn. you see, i did a thing. that wheel i was going to get as a reward?
well.

loverly fiber that's turning into even more loverly yarn!
it was on sale. for 20% off because of the snow. and i talked to husband, and we decided that if i was
going to get it anyways (i’ve been 100% on my target of not buying anything!) and if i was going to have a newborn that didn;’t allow me to really use it when i bought it, then why not get it now. plus? 20% off!! not insignificant. so i have my traveler still, which is a beautious wheel, but i also got a majacraft rose.
pictures of that to come later with snow pictures. for now, it will be used to spin this beauty.
it’s ambitious, and it’s 6 total projects. i’ve cast on all but the mrs. beetons because i need needles that are used for the french market bag, at least until the bottom of it grows enough that being on the dpns is too unwieldy. my team is made up of girls from the knitting group i’m in (which is like completely an awesome group of knitters and i love them so much. like literally) and others who have found us and like our name (Team Grilled Cheese, which has nothing to do with actual sammiches – the story is here) have joined us as well.
we have 16 days (14 left!) to complete all projects. nothing is mandatory of course, but it’s great to have motivation
Current Mood: 
crazy