Fiber Monday - Heading towards the finish line

I've been putting this week between Christmas and New Year's to good use. J. is home and there is nothing on the calendar. My goal has been to clear the decks a bit so that I can head into January with fewer projects in various states of completion. 

I'll start with the finished projects because that feels more optimistic. First is a skein of yarn that needed to be plyed and had been sitting on one of my spinning wheels for a ridiculous amount of time. 


It's the skein on the left. The one on the right I had finished earlier in the year. This will ultimately be a set of four skeins that are a color gradient going from blue to grey. This is obviously the bluer half. 

The other big finish is the green scarf that didn't quite get finished before Christmas.




My friend was correct that went finishing it would soften up the Tencel. It's not a drapy scarf, but has a little more heft. It is a very soft and smooth texture. I'm seriously considering selling this. I already have dozens of scarves and don't have very many items in my wardrobe that this would go with. 

The final completely finished project was getting all of my muslins sewed (as opposed to just pinned). They are now all sorted and stored and I don't need to keep staring at them. 

In the almost done category is the sweater vest I've been knitting all year. I've done everything but knit the neck and arm bands. 


This is what I think I will work on during New Year's Eve. (Do I know how to have fun or what?) I would love to finish it before the new year. 

This is the British School Slipover from the book, Folk Vests: 25 knitting patterns & tales from around the world by Cheryl Oberle. I've really liked this pattern and it is very well written. The only change I made was to shorten the top by 1.5 inches. This is one benefit of my pattern drafting class... that I understand much better how my measurements differ from most standard patterns. 

What's left? Well, this: 


See all those piles? That is my mending pile(s). I need to do something about this because people do need the items that are in them and I am very tired of staring at it. This is my plan for Wednesday during the day. I know that most of these will take little time to repair, so I don't know why I pile it up instead of just taking care of it right then. 

Then once these piles are gone, I will be able to reorganize my sewing area. I think I'm going to store my Viking sewing machine (the one in the taupe case under one of the piles. I haven't opened it since I set it there. It is definitely my backup machine. This would allow me to move the Singer to this spot. This would allow it to be accessible. This would be really useful if I can figure out how to use those feet. I fear there is a bit of a learning curve with them based on my first... and unsucc... attempt at trying to use the hemmer. 

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