YOP 4/53

We had a busy week. I am also beginning back to school prep. I have to report for the new school year the first week in August.

Knitting

• 6 pairs of socks
• Finish the Naughty Sweater 7/6/23
• Finish the sweater for my sister
• Summer sweater knit (Vibes)
• cardigan for me
• Stephen West project
• Row and Kates project
• Tifneilan project
• Petite Knits project
• Melissa K designs project
• Stephanie Lotven design project
• Joji Locatelli project

Weekly Update: I finished one of the pair of pencil socks I am working on and have already cast on for the 2nd. Reverse engineered the sock is working like a charm. I signed up for the Stephen West Sock A Long but have not even cast on yet. If I have too many WIPs on the needles I tend to get a little twitchy. I just am downloading all the clues and will play catch up after the pencil sock is complete.

Crochet

• finish the lace tablecloth I began in 1997
• finish Sundance Throw finished 7/9/23
• Sophia dish towel finished 7/19/23

Weekly Update: I finished the Sophia dish towel. It went quickly since I did not have enough of the yarn to crochet it to the pattern length dimensions. I mostly just wanted to try the pattern. I believe I will crochet another using the other 4 balls of cotton I have left and make the next one very striped. It will work as a kitchen towel even if I did not follow the pattern with fidelity.

Cross stitch

• finish Tower of London card
• finish Mom project I began in 2000 (this will be the hardest to complete. I was working on this project when my mother passed away)

Weekly Update: I am so close to finishing the Tower of London project. Probably about another hour or so left on the project (just the outlining). I will then have to decide how to display this very small piece.

Cricut

• 12 pairs of earrings
• 2 engraving projects
• make 6 cards
• 1 balsa wood project
• 6 vinyl projects
  • line up number spots 7/12/23
  • long sleeved shirt 7/19/23

Weekly Update: I was searching my shirt stash for something else and came upon a long sleeved tee I could use to make a quick shirt.

Canning (canning meals in jars)

1. Vindaloo Curry 7/21/23
2. pork ribs
3. beef stew
4. beef stroganoff in a jar
5. corned beef & potatoes
6. white chicken chili 7/6/23
7. chicken gravy
8. watermelon lemonade concentrate (originally chicken a la king) 7/10/23
9. marinera sauce
10. can 5 pounds of sweet potatoes
11. pulled pork barbeque
12. Ham-Bean soup

Weekly Update: I used up some of the sale pork I purchased to make a canned meal in a jar curry.

Sewing

• complete 2 hoodies
• sew 6 dresses
• sew 6 bags
  • Hudson 7/10/23, 7/17/23
• sew 4 pairs of pants
• sew 6 shirts
• sew 4 woven (fabric) patterns
• sew 4 knit (fabric) patterns

Weekly Update: Another update on the Hudson is noted above. I have also been working on a pair of pants (one of the hardest items to fit in my opinion), a dress, a few hoodies and a pair of undies. I am waiting on some sewing supplies, notions really to arrive to finish some of these project.s

Overall Goal: enter at least one item in my county fair.