Sunday, December 16, 2018

My 2018 Yearly Recap

I have been so busy with work (and finding a new job as well as starting said new job!) that I almost forgot to do my yearly recap!  In fact, it made me realize that I haven't been knitting nearly as much as I have in the past few years. ๐Ÿ˜’๐Ÿ˜ซ

 To reaffirm my knitting commitment, I'm not only recapping 2018, I'm also recapping 2017 (since I missed that too) as well as set some knitting goals for 2019. 

 In 2017, I made:
  1. A "few" (4!) pairs of socks:
  2. A Pussy Hat & Snood
  3. A "Yarn" Lei
  4. A scarf for my best friend
  5. Two (2) skirts for my twirly whirly girls
  6. A summer market bag
  7. A hand towel for my bathroom and a replacement one
  8. A bath mat
Other things that "happened" in 2017 were:
  1. Went on a couple of yarn crawls in:
  2. (Finally) Gussied up my Field Bag so I could take it to Midway
  3. Fixed a pair of Hubby's older socks
  4. Found a harinezumi pattern that I couldn't resist!
  5. Which in turn, suckered me into picking up more stash!
Then in 2018, I made:
  1. Made my Giri no Haha socks (never again๐Ÿ˜”)
  2. Another hand towel (twice)
  3. (Of course) More socks for Hubby
  4. Actually made a pair of harinezumi for my girlies (and another pair for my newly married baby bro)
  5. A pair of house booties for my sissy
  6. Ripped out my bath mat (from 2017) and redid it
  7. Made an almost perfect yoke sweater
  8. Another baby blanket for my cousin (she needs to have two babies now and her dog doesn't count๐Ÿ˜œ)
  9. A hat for Hubby
  10. A pair of kabochas as a winter gift for my friend
  11. A perfect (and super warm) sweater
  12. A pair of mittens
And ...
  1. Found this cute yarn weight chart
  2. Managed to break another needle - again
Now for my 2019 knitting resolution: I would like to:
  1. Rip out my almost perfect yoke sweater and actually make it perfect๐Ÿ˜Š
  2. Make another sweater - perhaps try a simple fair isle?? or at the very least, a two (2) colour sweater; perhaps two (2) sweaters??๐Ÿค”
  3. More socks!๐Ÿคฃ
  4. And on that note - fix my Make Me Happy Socks (it's a tad too short in the foot)๐Ÿ˜’
  5. Maybe make more harinezumi for my girls (they did want glittery ones) and maybe one for our (expected) new little one??๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜Š
  6. Use more of my stash!
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Fuyu no Mittens (ๅ†ฌใฎใƒŸใƒˆใƒณ)

I had some leftover yarn from my Haru no Seetaa - enough to possibly make a pair of hand mitts.  I perused the web and found these patterns: Pioneer Gloves & Chilly Podsters.  I really liked the pattern on the Pioneer Gloves but was intrigued by the Chilly Podsters so, I decided to mash the patterns together.  I used my Chiaogoos US5 needles and ...
1. Cast on 40 sts.
2. Follow Pioneer Glove pattern for 45 rows (25 rows for the cuff, 15 rows to increase for the thumb portion).
3. Split the fingers and thumb; place 15 sts on stitch holders.
4. Continue the Pioneer Glove pattern for the finger portion for 23 rows.
5. Bind off 18 sts to make the split based on the Chilly Podsters.
6. Continue in Pioneer Glove pattern for 1 row.
7. Start decreasing 5sts then another 5 sts for 2 rows, k 1 row, *decrease 1 row (5 sts), k 1 row*, repeat * once (5 more start), decrease until there's a total of 6 sts.
8. Bind off with the Kitchener st.
9. Pick up thumb start and continue in pattern for 5 rows.
10. Bind off 5 sts to make the split based on the Chilly Podsters.
11. Continue in Pioneer Glove pattern for 4 rows.
12. Start decreasing for 5 rows until there's 6 sts left.
13. Bind off with the Kitchener St.
14. Using the remaining yarn, pick up 20 start and follow Pioneer Glove pattern for 11 rows.
15. Bind off in pattern and weave in ends.

 Viola!  It was done within a week! Just in time for my up coming work trip! ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜
Top
Bottom
Bottom cuffed
Top cuffed
Top cuffed and tucked
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Haru no Seetaa (ๆ˜ฅ ใฎใ‚ปใƒผใ‚ฟใƒผ)

In my yarn stash (Thank you, yarn buddy! ๐Ÿค—), I had three (3) skeins of Manos del Uruguay Maxima Jellybean ... it was such a cute colour that I knew I had to make a yoke style sweater out of it.  And lucky for me, sweater weather had just arrived!  With my Manos del Uruguay Maxima and Cascade Yarns® 220 Superwash® Sport Multis (in a very similar matching colour), I knew I had just enough to make a big, loose, cuddly sweater.  So, with my Chiaogoo Spin US7 needles, here's what I did:

 Cast on 110 sts with the Cascade Yarn
Row 1 - 4 (4 rows): 2x2 ribbing
Row 5: Start Helix row stripes, continue 2x2 ribbing
Row 6 - 8 (3 rows): 2x2 ribbing
Row 9 - 10 (2 rows): K (total 110 sts)
Row 11: Increase 1 st, every 10 sts (total inc 11 sts) (10 with Cascadee Yarn (C) & 1 with Manos Del Urugay (M))
Row 12 - 14 (3 rows): K (total 121 sts)
Row 15: Increase 1st, every 10 sts (total inc 11 sts (9 with C & 2 with M)
Row 16 - 20: (5 rows): K (total 132 sts)
Row 21: Increase 1 sts every 7 sts (total inc 18 sts) (1 with C & 17 with M)
Row 22 - 30 (9 rows): K (total 150 sts)
Row 31: Increase 1 st, every 5 sts (total 29 sts) (29 with M)
Row 29 - 32 (4 rows): K (total 180 sts)
Row 33: Increase 1 sts, every 6 sts (total 29 sts) (29 with M)
Row 34 - 42 (9 rows): K (total 210 sts)
Row 43: split for sleeves - k 28, place 35 sts on another cable, cast on 15, k 70, place 35 sts on another cable, cast on 15, k 42
Row 44 - 45 (2 rows): k70, p3, k83, p3, k11 (total 170 sts)
Row 46: k2, m1, k10, m1, k30, m1, k10, m1, k20, p3, k92, p3  (total 174 sts)
Row 47 - 49 (3 rows): k the k, p the p (total 174 sts)
Row 50: k3, m1, k10, m1, k30, m1, k10, m1, k20, p3, k92, p3, k3 (total 178 sts)
Row 51-  62(12 rows): k the k, p the p (total 178 sts)
Row 54: k1, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k5, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k22, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k5, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k18, p3, k92, p3, k3 (total 170 sts)
Row 55 - 60 (6 rows): k the k, p the p (total 170 sts
Row 61: k16, k2tog, k16, k2tog, k16, k2tog, k12, k2tog, p3, k2tog, k22, k2tog, k21, k2tog, k16, k2tog, k16, k2tog, p3, k2tog, k9 (total 160 sts)
Row 62 - 66 (5 rows): k the k, p the p (total 160 sts)
Row 67: k15, k2tog, k13, k2tog, k14, k2tog, k12, k2tog, k2, k2tog, p3, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k14, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k18, k2tog, k19, k2tog, k2, k2tog, p3, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k4 (total 145 sts)
Row 68 - 126 (58 rows): k the k, p the (total 145 sts)
Divide sweater into two (2) sides (front 73 sts, back 73 sts)
Front of sweater:
Row 127 - 136 (10 rows): p3, k67, p3 (73 sts)
Row 137 -  145 (9 rows): p5, *k2, p2*, repeat * 6 times, k2, p3, *k2, p2*, repeat 6 times, k2, p5
Bind off in pattern.
Back of sweater:
Row 127 - 141 (15 rows): p3, k67, p3 (73 sts)
Row 142 -  150 (9 rows): p5, *k2, p2*, repeat * 6 times, k2, p3, *k2, p2*, repeat 6 times, k2, p5
Bind off in pattern.

Sleeves:
Pick up 18 sts for a total of 54 sts for each sleeve.
Row 1 - 50 (50 rows): k, maintaining a total of 54 sts for each sleeve.
Right sleeve: switch to a US5 needle, Row 51 - 60 (10 rows): k, maintaining a total of 54 sts.
Left sleeve: continue using US8 needle, Row 51 - 60 (10 rows): k, maintaining a total of 54 sts.
Left sleeve: switch to a US5 needle.
Both sleeves (using US5 needles): Row 61 - 70 (10 rows): k, maintaining a total of 54 sts for each sleeve.
Row 71: Decrease by 2 sts on each sleeve for a total of 52 sts on each sleeve.
Row 72: k, maintaining 52 sts on each sleeve.
Row 73: Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 50 sts on each sleeve.
Row 74 - 85 (12 rows): k, maintaining 50 sts on each sleeve.
Row 86:  Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 48 sts on each sleeve.
Row 87: k, maintaining 48 sts on each sleeve.  
Row 88: Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 46 sts on each sleeve.
Row 89 : k, maintaining 46 sts on each sleeve.
Row 90: Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 44 sts on each sleeve.
Row 91 - 100 (10 rows): k, maintaining 44 sts on each sleeve.
Row 101: Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 42 sts on each sleeve.
Row 102: k, maintaining 42 sts on each sleeve.
Row 103: Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 40 sts on each sleeve.
Row 104: k, maintaining 40 sts on each sleeve.
Row 105: Decrease by 2 start each sleeve for a total of 38 sts on each sleeve.
Row 106 - 110 (5 rows): k, maintaining 38 sts on each sleeve.
Row 111 - 125 (15 rows): p2, k2, ending in p2.
Bind off.

Making the sweater was amazingly quick (especially since it was a worsted weight yarn)!  However, it was naming my sweater that was difficult part. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐Ÿค”  At first, I had thought to call it Jellybean (named after one of the colorways I used); then after much discussion (and show & tell), I found it's true name: Haru no Seetaa (ๆ˜ฅ ใฎใ‚ปใƒผใ‚ฟใƒผ) - both Hubby and my sissy helped me figure out what it should be called (Thanks, guys!!). ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜˜

 And here it is in all of it's glory:
Front
Left 
Right
Back
This sweater is really warm.  I think it'll be coming with me on my next winter trip. ☃️❄️๐Ÿ˜Š
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