SM4

I signed up for Sock Madness 4 on Ravelry. You would think that while I wait for the next round of sock madness to start I'd make a sock I can wear....oh no I have to cast on another coffee bean sock that won't fit with the gussets from hell that look so cool when they're all knitted up.

So far we've knitted a sock side to side, grafting 80 stitches together to make a tube we pick stitches up from for heel, cuff and toe. The cuff was then done in a tubular cast off.


I dyed the variegated myself.

Round 2 was the Cool Beans pattern in which I learned how to do colorwork.



Now we wait for the final 4 people to finish their socks we can move on to Round 3 but mean while I'm knitting a white and purple/pink sock and it looks spiffy.

Goals

After much contemplation I have decided not try and make myself stitch x amount per week. I noticed I tend to not stitch when I do that. On that note my goals this year are:
1. Finish Witchy Wendy
2. Knit 1 pair of socks a month or at least 12 pairs this year
3. Finish any UFO from my stash
4. Finish 2 pages from Midnight Secrets
5. Finish my Log Cabin Quilt
6. Finish 1 page of any third HAED design (I have soooo many charts)

Things I'd like to but may not....
Make a quilted tree skirt and finish Holly Angel.

Today's Progress

There's a little bit of eye there and alot of confetti stitching. I realized this morning there was 100 stitches that had 21 different colors. I got to the last 6 of that block and each one was a different color. I'm gonna work on the face more later I hope.

Confetti Hell

When I started this I was so excited. I did all this black outlines and the black hat with plenty more black to come. Then I started to fill it in and this is bs! My current thoughts are god I need to work to a square with a big chunk of one color, there's got to be one in here. Freaking confetti stitches.

Slippers

I'm finally done knitting on these felted slippers which have been nothing but trouble for me. I forgot the first 5 rows and had to pick up and add them and so on and so forth, lol. I picked Witchy Wendy back up, put down the Christmas stitching for a bit. Have you ever pulled out a color for one of the HAED designs and thought, wait a minute that can't be the right color but go ahead and add it cause what the heck it may be right and you're just hoping that it blends in....bright red amongst all the oranges....here's hoping.

Progress

I have no picture updates but I thought I'd jot a short note to say I'm almost done with ocean in top left corner of Witchy Wendy and I picked up my sock again and have knitting on it. I have a scarf I've only worked on in church that is close to being finished. I think I'll make a pair of church socks next, something bright and colorful.

Floss

No pic post tonight. I just spent the last 4 hours wrapping floss only to find I'm still 5 short and have like 8 that are doubles. That's what I get for not double checking before ordering. I'm actually gonna drive to town and get the last floss I need. I worked on Wendy a little bit this morning and am gonna start filling space now.