Timeline:
Ordered Instructions 9/22/09.
Requirements: 22 swatches, 19 questions, 4 book reviews, one research report, one fair isle mitten, one argyle sock, and one vest.
Received Updated instructions on 8/11/2010.
New requirements: 24 swatches, 19 questions, 4 book reviews, one research report, one fair isle mitten, one argyle sock, one vest.
10/12/12 - got NEW instructions. Mitten has been replaced with a fair isle wristlet, and a couple questions have changed slightly. The two short row swatches also need to be seamed with a contrasting thread.
1/22/13 - mailed it in!!
3/20/13 - received notebook back! (Resubmits listed below.)
3/27/13 - mailed resubmits back to co-chair.
4/4/13 - got my resubmits back and I passed!

3/20/13 Required Re-submits:
Swatch #1 - submit Figure 8 directions
Swatch #2 - redo seam
Swatch #6 - redo seam
Swatch #7 - redo seam
Swatch #14 - re-block swatch, resubmit pattern and calculate row gauge.
Swatch #16 - resubmit pattern
Swatch #17 - resubmit pattern
Swatch #19 - redo swatch and directions
Swatch #20 - clarify instructions
Swatch #21 - clarify instructions
Swatch #24 - redo swatch

Individual Timelines:

Swatch 1: Stockinette - seamed
12/7/09 - two sides knitted. need to block and seam.
12/9/09 - blocking
Don’t think it’s acceptable.
1/15/11 - reknitting. blocking.
1/16/11 - seamed. I hope it’s alright. I’m always so crirical of my swatches. I’m going to leave it for now.
1/23/11 - re-did it. Looks much better - now I’ll leave it alone.
3/22/13 - added figure 8 directions for resubmit.

Swatch 2: Reverse stockinette - seamed
12/7/09 - two sides knitted - need to block and seam.
12/9/09 - blocking. oops, the swatches are too long, I need to re-knit these.
1/16/11 - reknitting.
1/26/11 - blocking.
Nope, too much rowing out - reknitting
2/6/11 - reknitting. blocking.
still getting some rowing out.
2/7/11 - re-blocking. maybe that will fix it.
2/9/11 - blocking has made it a bit better. seamed. I think it looks OK.
9/21/11 - TKGA MK day: seam is NOT ok - my seam is off one row, and it’s also not blocked square, so I’m going to rip out the seam and see if they need to be re-knit, and then do the seam better.
8/17/12 - re-knit the pieces and seamed. Looks better.
3/22/13 - re-seamed for resubmit…blocking…

Swatch 3: Seed stitch - seamed
12/7/09 - started swatch.
12/8/09 - finished, needs to be blocked and seamed.
12/9/09 - blocking
12/11/09 - seaming. OK, this swatch is not acceptable. The two sides are not the same length, and they are not 4 inches. ugh.
2/6/11 - reknitting
2/7/11 - blocking.
2/9/11 - seamed. looks good.

Swatch 4: K1, P1 rib - seamed
12/8/09 - started swatch.
12/9/09 - finished. blocking.
3/27/11 - re-knit.
3/28/11 - blocking.
3/29/11 - seamed. looks good.

Swatch 5: K2P2 rib - seamed
3/28/11 - knitting.
…later… blocking
3/29/11 - seamed. looks good.

Swatch 6: Vertical to Horizontal Seam
3/28/11 - knitting.
3/29/11 - blocking…
4/11 - seamed. looks good.
9/21/11 TKGA MK day: I don’t know what I did with this swatch! My seam is not centered and the ratio of stitches isn’t consistent - I don’t know how I screwed this one up! I shouldn’t need to reknit the swatches, just rip out the seam and PAY ATTENTION when I do it this time!! :-)
8/17/12 - re-doing the seam…
9/5/12 - reblocked. Looks better.
3/23/13 - re-seamed for resubmit.

Swatch 7: Horizontal to Horizontal Seam
7/24/11 - knitted
7/30/11 - seamed and blocking. Looks good.
3/23/13 - re-seamed for resubmit.

Swatch 8: Short Rows and 3 Needle Bind off
7/30/11 - knitted and seamed
7/31- blocking. looks good.
10/12/12 - I’ll need to redo this one, since it wasn’t seamed with contrasting thread.
10/17 - knitted, blocking.
looks good.

Swatch 9: Short Rows and Kitchener Stitch
8/6/11 - knitted and seamed.
8/7/11 - blocking. Not sure if the short rows are too wonky or not.
9/6/12 - I think I need to re-do this swatch after all. re-blocking to see if I can save it.
Yep, blocked it too many times, it’s starting to felt!! Will need to redo this one.
9/26 - re-knitting.
9/27 - blocking. Looks better I think.
10/12/12 - I’ll need to redo this one since it wasn’t seamed with contrasting thread.
10/17 - knitting…
10/18 - blocking…

Swatch 10: Twisted (Blended) Decreases
9/6/12 - knitting…
9/7 - did it wrong. Ugh!! Re-doing…
9/8 - don’t like my selvedges on this second one, so I’m going to re-do it again.
Using knit side twisted decreases on this one.
9/26 - blocking third attempt. Looks better.

Swatch 11: Twisted (Full Fashioned) Decreases
9/8/12 - wasn’t sure how to work the decreases while following the directions, but I think the beginning directions of RS only decreases needs to be ignored, since later it says you can work the decreases on either the WS or the RS.
Using WS twisted decreases on this one.

Swatch 12: CDD
9/26/12 - knitting
9/27 - blocking. Looks good.
9/29 - nope, I’ve got some rowing out and a few of my stitches on the right side of the decrease are enlarged. Going to re-do.
10/8/12 - looks better

Swatch 13: Lace 1
9/27/12 - think I’ll do Spider Stitch from Barbara Walker Second Treasury (pg 268) for this one. Have yarn and needles ready, will try to cast on tonight.
9/28 …casted on…
9/29… done. I’ll block it tomorrow.
10/1 - looks good. Did gauge worksheet and answered questions 8 and 9.

Swatch 14: Lace 2
9/29/12 - doing Starlight Lace from BW second Treasury (pg 288)
10/2 - blocking
10/12 - re-blocking
looks good.
10/16/12 - need to re-block again, I can’t get the swatch to stay square. I think I need to just spritz it in the areas it’s not staying square (the middle mostly).
looks better.
3/22/13 - re-blocking for resubmit. Rewrote pattern.

Swatch 15: Lace 3
9/30/12 - doing Traveling Vine from BW first Treasury (pg 219).
10/2 - done. will block tomorrow.
10/12 - blocking
looks good…. well, maybe it could be more square.
10/16 - re-blocking with spray bottle to fix the non-square edges.
looks better.

Swatch 16: Cable 1
possible cable patterns in Harmony cable/arans book: garden path pg 76, linked rings pg 185, open ring pg 198. In BW Second treasury: loose 5 rib braid on pg 168, or 4 rib braid on pg 177.
10/2/12 - doing garden path from Cable/Aran Harmony Guide pg76. 3 multiples.
10/6 - done, just needs to be blocked.
10/12 - blocking
I think it needs to be redone.
10/13 - re-knitting…
10/15 - blocking.
looks good.
3/22/13 - rewrote pattern for resubmit.

Swatch 17: Cable 2
10/7/12 - doing linked rings from Harmony cables/arans pg 185.
10/11 - done, needs to be blocked.
10/12 - blocking
looks good.
3/22/13 - rewrote pattern for resubmit.

Swatch 18: Cable Flare
10/11/12 - starting the cable flare exercise.
Doing Aran braid from Vogue Knitting pg 155.
10/15 - have test swatch done and blocked and measured, starting actual swatch…
10/17 - done and blocking
looks good!

Swatch 19: Buttonholes in Single Rib
10/18/12 - researching different buttonholes…
10/23- knitting…
have the first two buttonholes done - did a yarnover buttonhole on the bottom, and a tulips buttonhole in the middle (horizontal).
10/30/12 - blocking. Did a ‘slide’ buttonhole (2 rows) for vertical.
11/4/12 - reknitting. Don’t like my rib, and I didn’t measure the buttonholes from center to center. Oops!
…alright, this one looks better, I think.
3/24/13 - reknitting for resubmission. Rewrote directions. blocking…

Swatch 20: Buttonholes in Double Rib
10/30/12 - knitting.
Rib increase eyelet buttonhole on bottom.
Tulips buttonhole in middle.
4 row Vertical slide buttonhole on top.
11/5 - blocking.
3/24/13 - reknitting for resubmission. (I don’t technically have to do this one over, but I want to. Going to include both swatches when I resubmit.)
Rewrote directions.

Swatch 21: Buttonholes in Seed Stitch
11/5/12 - knitting
Two row yarnover buttonhole on bottom.
Tulip buttonhole in middle.
Vertical Slide (4 row) buttonhole on top.
11/6 - blocking
11/9/12 - oops, I noticed my bottom buttonhole disrupts the seed stitch pattern, so I have to do the whole thing over! grrr…
11/20 - finished, blocking. looks much better.
3/25/13 - re-knitting for resubmission. blocking. (Going to include both swatches with my resubmission)

Swatch 22: Spacing Buttonholes Evenly
Doing eyelet buttonholes.
11/6 - knitted
…blocking

Swatch 23: Picking Up Stitches
10/20- knitting base.
10/21 - knitting contrast band.
10/22- blocked, looks good.

Swatch 24: Inset Pocket
10/19/12- knitting. This one is tricky!!
10/20 - blocking. Not sure if it’s good enough.
10/21 - I think it looks good.
10/23- Gracie (my cat) got a hold of it, but I was able to rescue it before she did any damage (she was after the yarn tails on it!) Whew - that was a close one! Note to self - always put the swatches where a tenacious kitten can’t get to them!!
3/22/13 - starting to re-knit for resubmit.
3/26/13 - didn’t like my re-knit, so I’m knitting it AGAIN, this time with my new ChiaoGoo needles in size 6. Looks much better - blocking.

Questions:
8/7/11: answered questions 1 through 4
9/26/12 - have #1-7 done, plus #10, 11, 12, 13. Still have to answer #8, 9, 14-19. (But those are about swatches I haven’t knit yet.)
10/1 - answered 8, 9, 15. Have just 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 left.
10/16/12 - checked and revised my answers to fit the new wording on a few of the questions. Answered #14, 18, 19. Just have #16 and 17 left.
10/22/12 - answered last 2 questions.

Book Reviews:
1/10/13 - done.
1/17/13 - tweaking, since they weren’t quite long enough (good thing I re-read the instructions!)

Report:
1/12/10 - Inter-Library-Loan of A History of Hand Knitting (due back 2/18/10).
1/19/10 - received No Idle Hands as RAK gift.
2/16/10 - finished taking notes from A History of Hand Knitting.
9/27/12 - ordered my own copy of History of Hand Knitting. As well as a copy of Knitting America.
11/29/12 - starting to write report.
1/12/13 - writing more…
1/17/13 - writing more…

Mitten: (mitten project page)
12/7/09 - ordered yarn
12/11/09 - received yarn
12/11/09 - started on mitten.
1/6/10 - I think I have an acceptable mitten.
9/21/11 - TKGA MK day: the committee members thought my mitten looked great!
10/12/12 - :-( Mitten has been replaced with a fair isle wristlet. So this will not get sent in.

Wristlet: (wristlet project page)
Finished 10/30/12

Sock: (sock project page - try #1 sock project page - try #2)
10/21/12 - bought new yarn to work this in.
11/15 - try #1 has a mistake. :-( Starting over…
11/29/12 - done. Looks good!

Vest: (vest project page)
12/7/09 - ordered yarn
12/11/09 - received yarn
12/19/09 - that yarn is too dark, going with lighter color yarn and switching pattern.
1/16/10 - ordered new yarn.
9/27/12 - starting over and designing my own vest.
1/17/13 - done!

Resubmits:
Got notebook back on 3/20/13.
3/22 - added figure 8 directions to swatch #1. rewrote patterns for swatches #16 and 17. re-blocking swatch #14. Rewrote pattern for#14 - holding off on gauge measurements until the swatch is done blocking. re-seamed swatch #2, and re-blocking. Started on swatch #24.
3/23 - re-seamed #7, and #6. finished pocket swatch #24 - blocking.
3/24 - re-knit swatch #19, started on #20. rewrote directions for #19 and 20. Swatch #19 is blocking.
3/25 - Finished swatch #20 - blocking. Re-knit swatch #21 - blocking.
3/26 - Don’t like the pocket - knit the pocket once more with smaller needles- new swatch is blocking. Everything is ready - all written work has been fixed and printed. Just need to wait for the pocket swatch to dry and then I can mail everything in.