07-04-2019

Right. I’ve had the yarn for four days now. Maybe it’s time to start knitting this thing. ^^

I’ve set up my swift in front of my TV so I can wind the hanks into balls. Actual balls, because I’m still hip-deep in moving boxes (and more still in the garage xx) and I think I know where my ballwinder is … ? But I’m waaaay too lazy to check. And it’s pretty meditative, winding yarn into balls while watching Youtube.

17-04-2019

One ball in, hurrah! :DDD Notes forthcoming on what mods I made and errors I’ve found. Bottom-most picture is one ball of yarn (plus two rows from the next ball because I was too much in the zone to stop and take a picture) across all three panels.

Damn, I have so much more to knit xx

25-04-2019

Second picture from bottom is a row or so after I added the third ball of yarn. :D A slight delay in the way of an attempted Blood Sacrifice for a good Easter dessert (it worked out deliciously, but the gauze and bandages made my finger too big to knit with for a few days ;_;).

01-05-2019

Third pic from the bottom is with three full balls of yarn (and the fourth just attached) and just barely starting on the third repeat of Chart B. :D I am also garnering a ton of compliments on this, which feeds my ego quite nicely. I am also enjoying the feel of the yarn as I knit. Ahhhh, merino …

13-05-2019

Right, four full balls on and the fifth just started. Pic is, of course, fourth from the bottom. :D

Our new place has a deck that’s pretty much perfect for summer knitting--in the shade, but still warm. I tried it out yesterday and confused the puppies (and mebbe my family) by being outside on my own, voluntarily. We’ll see how this spot fares with things like mosquitos.

26-05-2019

Right. Fifth pic from the bottom is five full balls (and two rows of the sixth? ^^’ I maaaaaybe keep on forgetting to take pictures after I join a new ball of yarn). I am about three and a half repeats of chart B done, so I am very nearly a quarter of the way through, hurrah! :D My cats have been super helpful in donating their fur, thanks, cats. xx Also, walking on it when I’ knitting, sitting on the pattern, trying to headrub the moving needles, Tori, really?! xx

Also, I really need to ball up more of the skeins. xx

04-06-2019

Six full balls on and a seventh started. No pic because I’m at work and work has sticky things about taking pics at work. Also, lazy. Also, hot with a quarter blanket on my lap. xx

26-06-2019

Okay. Tenth ball has beem attached. Previous balls not yet mentioned were not mentioned because I have the lazy. No pic this time, either, for the same reason and also I’m at work and this thing is starting to get heavy. xx

Also five repeats, so i’m a third of the way there, yay! :DDD

17-07-2019

Fun fact: This afghan will take me approximately 256 hours (10-ish full days) to knit. shudders And that’s not actually including the top and bottom edging I’ll be knitting on.

I am seven of sixteen repeats into this and have a month and a half-ish left. And each row takes about 20 minutes. xx

No. Okay. Positive thoughts. I can totes do this!

07-08-2019

Ahhhhhh, I am DONE! :D Due to me misunderstanding the pattern, I actually knit more than I needed to (by pattern repeat, at least. By measured length, I knit Just Enough). More on that embarrassing little mishap later, when I am not tired and exhausted and can coherently explain what happened and why I said fuckit and didn’t complete one last full repeat.

Right now, I celebrate! And then snooze because I don’t know why, but I am so tiiiiiired. xx

Whoops, I forgot to add the yarn I was knitting with to my stash. xx I will claim stress for, uh, that little mistake. Fifteen balls, plus a tiny bit of a sixteenth, for when I do add.

Waiting on some Soak to wash this mofo and to buy a tarp to lay with on while it dries. Yaaaaaaay, I am so happy! :D