WIP Wednesday #92 - Extra Stitches Edition

Happy Wednesday everyone.

I'm back from a long weekend away and I feel like I've lost all control of the time. How can it be Wednesday already??

I think I'm making progress on my WIP's... but honestly, there has been a lot of back and forth action going on.

For instance:

My lovely silky Aerie Scarf is past the mid point.

Except...

for this nasty extra stitch. This project is currently in time out (frequently along with Doodlebug these days) until I have the time and the will to rip out the last 3 inches.

In other news,  my challenging and interesting Fishtail Scarf is going well.

Except...

There appears to be two too many stitches here. (Fixing this will involve tinking back about 600 stitches)

And see here where the tension is all wonky? Yeah, that's where I made and extra stitch and didn't notice for about 12 rows and couldn't bear to rip it back so I just dropped it and tried to even out the tension a bit.

Sigh. That sh*t will block out, right? I have that saying on a t-shirt so it must be true.

Hope this Wednesday finds all your WIP's only progressing in a forward direction! And finds you checking out all the WIP's over on Tami's blog : )

Cheers, Nikki

FO Friday #75 - Starter Sewing

Happy Friday everyone!

I finished the first part of my free Craftsy Class and have made myself a project bag! I am pretty proud of myself. It is fully lined and the perfect size for a small project like socks (or scarves that are in the process of being cast on for a second time after three hours work had to be ripped out due to an inability to count). You know, hypothetically. 

The one note I will make is that sewn drawstrings are a major pain in the butt. The next bag I make will most certainly have ribbon or icord instead.

I would really like to try making a flat bottomed bag with a zipper. But as this wee bag took me two weeks to finish, I'm not holding my breath ; )

FYI to you knitters: Craftsy put up a new course this week about grafting by Anne Hanson. It's free!

Happy Mother's Day to all those North American, Aussie and Kiwi mum's out there! We are supposed to have beautiful weather for our weekend here and I hope you are too.

Cheers, Nikki

PS: FO's galore (most involving actual yarn, unlike mine) here!

WIP Wednesday #91 - Making Tracks

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am spoiled for choice with my knitting right now. Both of my spring projects are ticking along and I haven't even started my AlphaKal project for this month.

Berry Beautiful 

Spring Fling for luvinthemommyhood's KAL

I'll be adding a lime green to this vibrant bouquet with L is for Loop. I want to try to knit Lucy Neatby's Fishtail Scarf 475 with it but I'm starting to wonder if that's a bit ambitious. 

Oh well, the arrival of spring has got me feeling reenergized. Hopefully, I'm up to the challenge. 

Cheers, Nikki

FO Friday #74 - Unseasonable Hat

Happy Friday everyone!

I have quick small FO to share today. My son's friend's dad has been not-so-subtley hinting that he would love a knit hat. When I made his daughter legwarmers for Christmas he joked that he double checked the wrapping to make sure that he hadn't missed his hat. About a month ago we found out that they will be moving to another province this summer. I decided to make him his hat as a going away gift.

So, this week on what will hopefully be the last snowfall day of the year, I gifted him with his hat. At least he got to wear it for one day. No to worry, where they are moving is just as cold as here. There will be plenty of winter left for it.

Unseasonable Hat

Pattern: Windschief by Stephen West

Size: medium

Yarn: Malabrigo Rios (my go-to hat yarn!)

Coulourway: Playa

We are heading on a day trip to the mountains tomorrow to enjoy the true start to spring. I can't wait! (and not only because there is a fabulous yarn store there ; )

I hope you have plenty to look forward this weekend.

Cheers, Nikki

WIP Wednesday #90 - Fresh Starts

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Here in Calgary, we have plunged back into the winter-that-will-not end. We've seen snow for three days in a row. If you think about it, it's horrifying. Which is why I am not thinking about it. I am dressing my children in spring coats and ignoring their plaintive cries of being cold while I shiver in my capris.

I have also started some new "suitable for spring" projects.

I have finally started the January pattern from Tanis Fiber Arts' Colour of the Month Club. This is Aerie Scarf in Silver Label Mulberry Silk in the colourway Boysenberry. The lace is complicated but so far so good. I'm loving it.

I also decided to join luvinthemommyhood's Spring KAL again this year. I love the short sleeve cardi I made last year. This year I am making Creme Brulee. I'm using a cotton silk blend in a gorgeous bright colour. Just looking at it lifts my spirits.

Apparently the temperature is supposed to be in the twenties (Celsius!) by the weekend. What can I say? I'm not holding my breath.

Cheers, Nikki

Check out Tami's Amis for more Works in Progress and luvinthemommyhood for a peek at what everyone else in the KAL is knitting.

Mummy Moments - Lunches

Happy Tuesday everyone.

I'm having one of those weeks where parenting is kicking my butt. My husband worked all weekend, so today I'm on day 9 of looking after these little monsters delightful young ones on my own. (Hubby hates it when I keep track, but I can't help it.)

Anyways, I thought today I would post a couple of my tiny parenting successes in hope of reminding myself that I am not always a stay-at-home-failure.

First up, my toddlers new favourite lunch. She asks for it everyday, and almost always eats it all up, despite the fact that it is made out of different things every time. We call it "Happy Face Lunch". When I was little my favourite meal was "Things On a Plate".  I thought it was a proper meal like "Lasagna". It took me years to figure out my mum was just making a meal out of whatever was in the fridge ; )

I've just taken "Things on a Plate" and jazzed it up a little.

Next up is my back up strategy for Monkey's school lunches. The school's nut free policy really hampers our sandwich style. I try to send him was a lot of leftovers but every now and then I get stuck with nothing to send. Luckily, Monkey's school has a microwave so I keep a back up of pasta meals in the freezer for him. I make big batches and freeze them in muffin tins and then pop them into ziploc bags. Two to three frozen pucks and ta-da! Instant lunch.

Well that's pretty much all I've got today. Hopefully, I'll be able to come up with some more positive Mummy Moments soon.

Cheers, Nikki

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