Getting Close

I am up one pair of socks and one sweater, and down nearly that mile that I'm going for!



Down to 79,062.5 yards, 44.92 miles. Only 223 more yards to go to hit the one mile mark and one stockinette sock that will do it! I'm hoping to finish that or another top that's in progress before I leave on a business trip on Sunday. I'd cross my fingers for luck, but then I couldn't knit.

Also, one skein of sock yarn from The Loopy Ewe ordered (437 yards, Skein Merino Cashmere Fingering in Element). I couldn't participate in Camp Loopy last summer due to hiking, so I just can't skip it this summer! The Brandywine Shawl is calling to me for June's prompt: knit something with a single skein of laceweight or fingering weight yarn that is at least 375 yards. Better knit faster, I hope to have a total of one mile of yarn gone even after such purchases and the sweater yarn I'm eyeing may be my downfall.

Rainbow Toe Socks!

I finished those toe socks from February. I'm not quite sure how I feel about them. I love how the toes lined up, but I'm annoyed that I didn't pick up enough stitches from the heel flap. They fit okay but not as well as they could. If I had picked up the correct number, however, the toes probably would not have worked out well, judging by how much yarn I have left. I'm happy with them, but they're not as awesome as they could be.

Pattern: Drops 110-33 (Ravelry, mine)

Yarn: Regia Classic 4-ply

Needles: US1.5/2.5mm

Timeframe: February 27 - May 9, 2013

Mods: Changed how the toes were worked to fit my foot better.

Problems: Heel flap/gusset issue already lamented about.

May: Finish It!

This month I don't have any deadline knitting, so I'm planning to finish as many of the half- and mostly-finished projects I've got. The month started with 25 projects, 10 of which have been started in 2013. Thus far I've finished one project. I've got a lot of reading and a flight to Texas scheduled this month, so I should be able to get a bunch done.

As an incentive, because I know I will not be able to work solely on WIPs this month, I'm allowing myself to get yarn for and knit a t-shirt once I've gone through a mile of yarn. It should be fairly easy since I only count yarn as finished once I can weigh the final product to see how much was used. My starting numbers are 80,599.5 yards or 45.795 miles of yarn, as seen in the previous post. Thus far I've returned one unnecessary skein of yarn, finished a pair of socks, and finished the knitting on a hat, giving me 79,782.5 yards or 45.331 miles of yarn. .464 miles down, almost halfway there!

Truncated chart, showing one year of yarn usage and new! miles under the dates.

I would love to beat last years' June numbers for this June, but that is very unlikely to happen. It was the lowest yardage, the only time I was actually below 40 miles of total yarn. I would have to finish nearly 6 miles in two months, and while that is not actually impossible due to the number of WIPs I have and the way that I count, I just don't think that's going to happen.

Up next: Sock Pictures!