WIP Wednesday: July 1, 2015

Here's what I'm up to this week:

Sekret Knitting:

• Working away diligently on the cotton sweater.  I ripped out my original concept, and changed it up a bit, and I'm much happier with this iteration.  I've started this version from the top down, and I've knit about 6" of the yoke.  My plan for this week is to get the yoke section finished, put the sleeves on holders to work on at the end, and start motoring on the body section.  I'd like to have this sample finished up mid-month so I can get the pattern draft done and off to my TE, and start on sweater #2 on the list.
• I'm half-finished the Mythical Creatures club design.  This will be my more portable/backup project for this week.  I'd like to get these done by the end of the week and again, get a draft off to my TE for review. 

Personal Knitting:  This week I spent a little bit of time knitting on my Through the Loops mystery shawl.  I knew I'd not keep up with the group (who just received clue #5 and I'm halfway through clue #3), but that's okay.  My updated project page with pictures is here if you are interested in my progress. 

WIP Wednesday: June 24, 2015

Sekret Knitting:  As per my weekend post, I finished up the Heroines shawl I had on the needles, so right now, I'm working on:

• A colorwork yoke tee in Pandora pima cotton.  I started this this week, but even though it's on size 3 needles, it's a fairly quick and simple knit thus far.  I'm about halfway through the body and my goal for the upcoming week is to get to the point where I would need to put the body on hold and work the sleeves.
• The next pattern for the Mythical Creatures club.  I started this on Tuesday during a scheduled power outage when I knew I couldn't get much else done except knit (not that this is a bad thing, mind you).  I'm about a third of the way through this project already, and my goal is to hit the 50% mark by the end of the week. 

Personal Knitting:  Nothing to report here.  Everything's currently on hold that's a personal project while I focus on my Sekret Knitting.  If I have time this week, I hope to at least get a few rows done on the Through the Loops Mystery Shawl for the KAL, but since I have 3 garments to design and knit samples for between now and the first week in October, those are my focus currently.

WIP Wednesday: June 10, 2015

This week I'm working on:

Sekret Knitting:

• The next Heroines Shawl project, which is not-quite halfway completed.  I'm taking this with me on the plane to Austin, so I'm hoping to have the main body finished and maybe even start on the edging. 
• The Spirit Trail Fibers sweater, which I'm sort of waffling about the cable motif on the back, so this piece will likely get frogged and restarted.  
• A summery cowl for The Yarn Guys in a super-soft pima cotton fingering-weight yarn, Pandora.

Personal Knitting: 

• The Through The Loops mystery shawl.  I've worked thru clue 1, and clue 2 just released Monday.  You can see the details on my project page on Ravelry here, in case any of you are working on it and not quite this far along yet.  I'm using Wooly Wonka Arianrhod Sock in Azalea for the main color and Dusk for the contrast color.  (side note: I really want to make a sweater for myself from Azalea.  I should just get off my keister and dye up the yarn for it.)

• The ongoing gradiant socks.  One is done - I need to knit another inch or so and then I can start on the heel flap of #2.