Lisa Kay Knits... and Quilts!

I mentioned in " Wrapping up 2013 " that I had started a "Baltasound Cropped Jumper." I've only just finished the body and started on the first sleeve. The shoulders were joined with a three-needle bindoff. The picture below shows the shoulders and the small neck steeks. The sleeve steeks are a bit more impressive... The sleeves are picked up right in between the last steek column and the first pattern column. Because the pattern is square, it appears virtually uninterrupted. I'm making pretty good progress. It is getting to be a lap-full! Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

I finished the "Amphora," the last two of the eight ounces. I also spun the first ounce of "Java." Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

We signed Mitchell up for some youth basketball. We had done this once before, but he wasn't quite ready for it. It is going much better this time. He was particularly interested in trying to steal the ball when the other team had it. He looked happy after it all, so I take that as a good sign! Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

I finished another 3+ ounces, rounding out six ounces of "Amphora." Two ounces left, and then on to the dark brown, "Java." Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

I'm not sure why it is such a milestone, but it still feels like it is... Mitchell lost another tooth. He seems to be growing up awfully fast. Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

Even though I spun eight ounces in the first six days of the year, that sort of progress is not going to be normal. In the next six, I only got through about two and a half ounces of the next color, "Amphora," the medium brown of the three "neutral" Shetland colorways. So far, I have kept up with spinning every day that I'm home. (I've woken up in another state two days this year, so far.) Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

My "White Pepper" singles are done, all eight ounces. I wouldn't have finished them, today, except it is a snow day. My office, Chris' office, and Mitchell's school are all closed. The "Amphora" and "Java" fauxlags are ready to spin... Each sheet of tissue separates one ounce of fiber, just so that I can keep track of how much is done, and also to put about the same amount on each bobbin (two ounces each). Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

I've joined a group planning to spin every day in 2014. ( Ravelry Forum Link ). Each person can set their own goal, but the general idea is to spin at least a bit each day of the year. I'm going to go for 15 minutes a day and see how that works (well, every day that I am home). In the first three days of the year, I spun four ounces of Shetland in the colorway "White Pepper" by Southern Cross Fibre . It was quite a bit more than 15 minutes each day for those three days (as I'm on Christmas break). It took me about two hours per ounce, as it is spun quite thin, about 36-40 wpi in the singles. I'm trying to duplicate the size of the Harrisville Designs Shetland I'm using for the Baltasound Cropped Jumper (two posts back). It is part of a three-color combo pack with "Amphora" and "Java." I have eight ounces of each. I thought I had six ounces of each (three bags), but having unearthed the following picture, I realize I need to go...