Switching things up

WIPS

1. I am working on my very first test knit item. I originally started it in Madaline Tosh Sock yarn, but the yarn was so soft and squishy that I really wanted to use the yarn for something else, so I frogged the project. I re-started the project in The Sanguine Gryphon Bugga Cuban Cockroach. It is an easy enough project and it is turning out very nice.
2. The Madaline Tosh Sock Norway Spruce became the Wendy D. Johnson Summer Mystery Shawl. At first, I was not going to do this project, but after everyone kept talking about it and the feel of the yarn when I was knitting the test knit called out to me to just do it.
3. I am continuing to make the Angry Birds collection. This week I started the black bird. I have all of the parts done, but still need to start making the body.

Frogs

1. Not only did I frog the test knit item, but I frogged something else. I feel bad about this one, but I originally started a different mystery shawl with The Sanguine Gryphon Bugga yarn. I loved the yarn, but did not like the pattern as much (of course once I see the complete shawl, I might change my mind and have to start all over.) I frogged the test knit to become a different shawl and I frogged the shawl to become the test knit.
   

UFOs

1. I pulled out a crochet afghan out of hibernation called Deep Blue Ripple. It was a ripple afghan that I started early last year, while I was still pregnant. I only had about a third of it complete, but because the Knit Girllls talked about their 5k stash dash, I got really excited about finally doing stash knitting. I don't know why their stash knitting is calling to me more than any that was done before, but it does. I did over half of an afghan on Saturday. I had to restrain myself from finishing it. I can't believe how much progress I made in one day on a project that sat from more than a year. I swear if I had no other obligations I could do an entire afghan in a weekend.

Queued

1. I added the Omelet shawl to my queue after Becca was talking about it on KnitBytes. We will see if I actually do it.

Purchases

1. I just made a couple of purchases this week that I can't wait to receive. More on that later.
2. I started the Summer Mystery Shawl on my size 5 (3.75mm) circs, which of course are the only circs that were bamboo. I do not like bamboo circ needles, but these where my very first circ needles I purchased years ago. So I went to my LYS intending to buy the Lace needles, but she only had the Addi Turbos. I switched to the turbos and now am upset with the bluntness of the needle. I really wish I had tried a different LYS that carries Hiya Hiya needles, or purchased something else online. I will keep this in mind for future purchases.

Podcast Notes

1. Dragonfly Soars - recommend checking out a new vidcast called Knitting Blooms, which I did like
2. Knitting Blooms - is having a name the wheel contest on her Ravelry board.
3. Round the Twist - I am actually going back and watching all of the past episodes that I missed.