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Works (still) in Progress

I know I shouldn’t let it get to me, but I am always uneasy when I have too many projects hanging out unfinished.

Don’t get me wrong- The Stashbuster Raglan is going well,

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Quite well, actually. That guy is the least of my concerns.

I still have ends to weave and zipper to install in the Huey/Franklin Oregon Vest…..

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It’s lovely. And I want to wear it. But there’s that dang zipper to sew in.

And diving back further into project history is the PREVIOUS stashbuster raglan!

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Dag. I love this sweater too. Its just hard to get back in the groove with that colorwork on the sleeves.

Then there is the “never was a clearly defined project in the first place, but I ought to turn it into something” category-

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Its about 38″ long, 9″ wide strip of brioche stitch. I’m taking suggestions what it might want to be.

And also a bear without a face.

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These little guys never look like much until they have eyes and a nose.
Then I have to do a little White Sox logo on his sweater.

Wish me luck.

Out and About

Pups in motion-

Go Walla, go!

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Fetch, Sadie, fetch!

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Good girl, Sadie.

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And sheep at rest:

Handsome Frank (sporting an almost all white face these days. Weird, eh?)

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Edgar on the rocks (with a twist?)

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Snuggle sheeps getting their chin schritches

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Chone trying to nibble my earlobe

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Egger portrait

Stashbuster top-down raglan sweater marches on-

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I really like how it’s coming together, but it’s becoming apparent to me that there is not going to be enough of the darkest color to finish up the sleeves, so I went back to the stash to formulate a Plan B-

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I think I’ve got enough of Mariah, (of Little Country Acres) to pull me through
And it’s an amazingly close match for the Border Leicester I used at the neckline.

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Long live the stash!

Bits & Pieces

Oregon Vest:

Zipper has arrived!

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Installation to commence as soon as I can squeeze it in.

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Stashbuster Top-Down Raglan:

Passed a major milestone this week- finished the raglan shaping and put the sleeve stitches on hold.

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The rounds go so much faster now that there are about 1/3 fewer stitches on the needles!

Spinning:

First skein of Chone! (Sadie inspecting)

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You can tell it’s him by the persistent little veg bits sprinkled throughout. That’s my little Pigpen. 🙂