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May 2021: Wrap-Up
Yardage Totals 2021:
January: 751 yds
February: 1,384 yds
March: 1,748 yds
April: 1,878 yds
May: 1,024 yds
June: yds
July: yds
August: yds
September: yds
October: yds
November: yds
December: yds
2021 Totals: 6,785 yds or 3.86miles
May has proven to be another productive crafting month, though my urge to read and the increasing number of days where the weather is uncomfortable and sticky signal the season for knitting is almost over. Without central AC here, I’ve found that my crafting follows the calendar in an effort to not be more grumpy about things I’m unable to control. Thankfully, it’s been very chilly and rainy here all month, so I was able to keep going longer than I expected. This month, I knocked out another fingering weight sweater, started a sport weight cardigan, and I knit two pairs of socks. Not bad.
Rift by Jacqueline Cieslak
My toe-up sock recipe
My only knitting goal for 2021 is to knit something every month: Another check mark for May. I had another pretty productive month, which feels good. It’s been a very long time since I knit socks apart from my advent pair. I know with summer’s heat all-too-near, I will be switching my crafting over to something else for a couple of months—spinning with the Tour and likely cross stitch—before I return to my needles. I’ll have to take advantage while the urge to knit is still here.
What about you, kitten? Are you making anything right now? Maybe you’re reading something interesting? I’d love to hear what you’re up to.
Take care of yourselves and each other.
XO,
Amanda
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Stash Track 2021: T1
2021 Stash Tracking
T1:
Fiber in: 24.0 oz
Fiber out: 0.5 oz
Ratio out/in: 0.02
Total fiber stash change: +23.5 oz
Yarn in: 3,134 yds
Yarn out: 10,407 yds
Ratio out/in: 3.32
Total yarn stash change: -7,273 yds
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I’m trying something a bit different with stash tracking in 2021. With how slow I was to work anything out of stash last year, I decided it was time to report in a little less often, so I will be making trimesterly updates rather than quarterly ones. It’s one fewer update a year, basically, but I think it will help keep things fresh for me and for you.
T1 2021 was kind of a wash. Yarnwise, it looks amazing, thanks to getting a nearly 4 year old WIP finished. Scrap yarn blankets are no joke, kittens. They eat yardage. I’m having a hard time not feeling like it’s cheating somehow, since only a small amount of that yarn came out of the stash that is with me, so nothing has really changed but a number. Fiberwise? Oof. I’m currently in a stashing cycle with fiber. As the Tour visits us in the summer, my desire to spin usually accompanies it, so some of that will get spun back out—though there’s another massive quantity of fiber on its way to me as you read this. 2021 is not going to be the year of fiber stash reduction. I’ve made peace with that.
T1 was full of lightweight, oversized boxy tops in various fibers, which I’m looking forward to wearing more in the late fall when things cool down here again. Or maybe the odd chilly day we have left this spring. Summer in South Korea is long and no joke.
How have the first months of 2021 been treating you? Are you getting some crafting done? Staying healthy? Getting your shots, keeping your masks on, hand clean, and social distancing?
Take care and stay healthy, kittens.
XO,
Amanda
April 2021: Wrap-Up
Yardage Totals 2021:
January: 751 yds
February: 1,384 yds
March: 1,748 yds
April: 1,878 yds
May: yds
June: yds
July: yds
August: yds
September: yds
October: yds
November: yds
December: yds
2021 Totals: 5,761 yds or 3.27miles
Yowza! It’s been another Month for getting knitting done at my place. I managed to finish the fingering weight sweater I cast on last month:
AND!
I finished a long-term knitting WIP, almost 4 years to the day I started it:
A lot of yardage knit, and a lot of yardage out. It feels good to finally have a partials/scrap blanket finished and ready to use.
My only knitting goal for 2021 is to knit something every month: Check check! I had another very productive month, knitting-wise. I cleared just over a mile’s worth of yarn this month alone. I know it won’t last, but I’m enjoying it while the desire is here.
What about you, kitten? Are you making anything right now? Maybe you’re reading something interesting? I’d love to hear what you’re up to.
Take care of yourselves and each other.
XO,
Amanda
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March 2021: Wrap-Up
Yardage Totals 2021:
January: 751 yds
February: 1,384 yds
March: 1,748 yds
April: yds
May: yds
June: yds
July: yds
August: yds
September: yds
October: yds
November: yds
December: yds
2021 Totals: 3,883 yds or 2.21 miles
Yowza! It’s been quite a month for crafting at Chez KnitCute. I managed to not only finish that mystery handspun sweater, but I also made very good progress on a new, fingering weight sweater tee. It’s been a while since I knit so intensely and regularly, so I’m enjoying it while it lasts.
My only knitting goal for 2021 is to knit something every month: Double check! I had a very productive month, knitting-wise. I cleared almost a mile’s worth of yarn this month alone—12 more yards, and I would have.
What about you, kitten? Are you making anything right now? Maybe you’re reading something interesting? I’d love to hear what you’re up to.
Take care of yourselves and each other.
XO,
Amanda
February 2021: Wrap-Up
Yardage Totals 2021:
January: 751 yds
February: 1,384 yds
March: yds
April: yds
May: yds
June: yds
July: yds
August: yds
September: yds
October: yds
November: yds
December: yds
2021 Totals: 2,135 yds or 1.21 miles
Hoo. Up in the northern hemisphere here, we have been having Some Weather, haven’t we? It was bitterly cold quite often this month, helping fuel my desire to get some woolens knit up just in time for it to get warmer again. February was all about handspun. I knit one full lightweight handspun sweater from my most recent completed spin, and I even started a second heavier weight handspun sweater from some vintage TdF 2017 stash that is looking like it will be easily finished in March. All and all, I can’t feel bad about any of that. Using up stash and having wearable items to show for it always boosts my mood. And there’s just something about handspun that feels extra magical, since I never know exactly how it’s going to knit up, and it feels great knowing I made the yarn and the sweater.
My only knitting goal for 2021 is to knit something every month: Check! I had a very productive month, knitting-wise.
What about you, kitten? Are you making anything right now? Did you manage to stay warm this month? If you were in the plains and Texas, are you safe and doing well? Are you all staying hydrated?
Take care of yourselves and each other.
XO,
Amanda
January 2021: Wrap-Up
Yardage Totals 2021:
January: 751 yds
February: yds
March: yds
April: yds
May: yds
June: yds
July: yds
August: yds
September: yds
October: yds
November: yds
December: yds
2021 Totals: 751 yds or 0.43 miles
2021 is another year where I’m keeping my expectations and goals pretty chill and lax. So like 2020, my only aim is to knit at least a little something every month, since my crafting mojo has been so fickle the last 2 years. I have a feeling that solid, hard goals are going to be pretty pointless until at least mid-decade. So. Simple to achieve and open-ended it is.
I continued to work on the second Enchanted cardigan—which I started back in November 2020, oof—and finally finished that up on the final day of this month. I have no plans to keep this one and look forward to the finishing work so I can ship it off to it’s intended recipient.
My only knitting goal for 2021 is to knit something every month: Check. Off to a good start.
What about you, kitten? Are you making anything right now? Did you make any crafting or other goals in 2021? Are you staying hydrated?
Take care of yourselves and each other.
XO,
Amanda
