Yarn Along - What's on my needles?

I have lots of WIP's this week, which, hopefully, I will make inroads into this week.
Firstly I have my Hitofude - which is still on the arm section but is coming along and I am nearly done with this bit.

Then my sock club socks - Whitby, I have just started the chart, so hopefully, they will seem to progress faster now.

I made Daniel some spidey mitts last week which he loves but has left at after school club, so no pictures.  Thomas then wanted some, but just plain ones - I have finished one bar the thumb and now making progress on the second.

I am finally making Daniel his sunhat and hopefully, it will be finished by summer when we are sure to have lots of sun ;-).

And finally, what am I reading?  Well nothing high brow I'm afraid, but I took possession of this book on Monday and am looking forward to making my way through the patterns.

I had seen a pattern from Rachel Coopey and found that it was from this book.  It is as described socks knitted from top down, toe up and other ways and each has something novel about it.  I am very excited about this book, I have knitted a number of socks over the past year and really enjoy doing it, but now I feel I can branch out and try some new techniques.  I want to try the Mirror socks, Bertha, Cleave, Cumulus, Crossfade, U turn, Smokey Zick Zacks, Seedbeds and square socks (which is pretty much most of them).  But first I really want to try Mitered triangles by Kathryn Alexander.  I have been thinking about what will make up my Year of Projects for next year and I think this book may form the basis of it.
Linking with Nicole and Ginny

A Year of Projects Update - week 33

Yay we made it to half term!  On the bad side I have been struck down with the lurgy the last three days and then last night I was up most of the night with Thomas.  Hopefully, we will get it out of our system and will enjoy the rest of the week!
I have finished a few things this week - the sunhat for the stall, the spidey mitts and vianne.
Now Daniel has worn the spidey mitts every day and now has left them at his after school club and I haven't taken any photos!  So we will retrieve them when we go back to school next week and take photos then.
I have completed my modification of Vianne and now I am pleased to report that I will wear it now and the colour difference isn't noticable in real life unlike the photo!  Next time I decide that I will try a cropped top stop me!

I am still making progress on Hitofude and my sock club socks, and by next week I hope to have some progress photos.

Since we are feeling under the weather today I hope to do lots of knitting today and indulge my latest obsession of podcasts.  I hadn't seen or heard one before this week but now I have been converted a sit means that I can knit and listen and the boys can do their own thing.

If I feel up to it later I may finally get round to doing the soap I have been looking forward to doing.  I don't think I will get to the sewing today but I'm sure I will in the week.

I have signed up for another KAL with Katya Frankel.  I am going to knit Bracken in some of my stash Mellifera yarn.  

On that note, I have been doing very well using my stash - I have not bought any new yarn since December.  However, in chatting in the Anything Goes KAL thread I noticed someone had some yarn from Coldharbour mill which is about 5 miles from my mum and dad, I looked it up to find they are still trading and sell their own spun yarn.  So when I go to visit mum and dad at Easter I shall be taking a visit to the mill!!  It will be my birthday so I will be allowed to treat myself!

Anyway back to the knitting!  To see what the others are doing click here.

A Year of Projects Update - week 32

Ah another week of lots of little bits of progress!  No FO's this week but I have good feelings about next week!!

I have done some more to the second spidey mitt.  This is the closest to being finished, I'm nearly to the decreases.

 I've done a little more to my sock club socks - Whitby by Rachel Coopey.

I have made some progress on Hitofude.  The pattern is lovely and I am really enjoying it but it is taking forever!!  I have only done 6 pattern repeats and need to to do 15 on this portion alone!  No worries, it is coming along.

I have done a few more rows on Vianne - two more button holes, so I think I am pretty much there with that, now to see if it is more wearable now.  I also started work on a few more things for the craft stall in April - some sunhats to begin with.

Only one more week until the half term break and I can't wait - although we have so much planned I wonder if we will fit it all in!!
To see what the other YOPpers have been doing, click here