Update 8/16: I think I’m calling Stash Dash 2017 good! I’m at my goal, so YAY!!!!!!! I’m listing off all of my finished objects for this KAL!!
Total Yardage: 16,976
Total Meterage: 15,522
We have a Hashtag now! Use #stashdash2017 around the social Mediums, just like I will be! 🙂
Start Date: May 26th
End Date: August 20th
For Your Ease Getting Around the Large NUMBER of projects I’m planning to do, I will include shortcuts to the
different categories of items I will be doing:
Shawls: (a Total of 17, 801 yards Predicted before the beginning of S.D.)
It’s a Flaming Winged Axel! :)”: “Wingspan” by maylin Tri’Coterie Designs.
Yarn Used: Gynx Yarns: “Girl on Fire” and “Axel”
Started: 3/15/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = As far as I can get: Calling it good 5/24…
Completed: 7/12
All This Red Is Knitting Up Like Butta: “Color Affection” By Veera Valimaki.
Yarn Used: Dream in Color Smooshy, “Butter Peeps,” “Miami Red,” and “Lipstick Lava”
Started: 3/28/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = 1st Rotation of Last Section: 4/24
Completed: 6/9
Brainy Dance: “Yowza Weigh-It Shawl 3” by Susan B. Anderson
Yarn Used: Yowza by Miss Babs, “Zombie Prom”
Started: 7/25/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = As far as I’m able to get: 5/24
Completed: 6/27
Zombie Moons: “Yowza Weigh-It Shawl 4” by Susan B. Anderson
Yarn Used: Yowza by Miss Babs, “Zombie Honeymoon
Started: 8/1/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = As Far as I’m able to get: 5/24
Completed: 7/14
This Space Be Poppin: “Wizzpopper Shawl” by Laura “LaLa” Linneman
Yarn Used: Lucky Violet Yarn Company, Betty Base, “Lumpy Space”
Started: 8/9/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = 4 rows, then the applied edging: 4/10
Completed: 7/11
Frozen Bowties Are Cooler: “Bowties Are Cool Shawl” by Jennie Santopietro
Yarn Used: Dream in Color Smooshy, “In Vino Veritas” & Supernatural Yarns Siren Sock, ” Frozen
Started: 8/19/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = 2 Rows, then B/O: 2/1
Completed: 5/28
Elementary, My Dear Doctor: “Brickless” by Martina Behm
Yarn Used: Knit Picks Felici, “Time Traveler,” “221B Baker St,” and “Wizard”
Started: 5/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = As Far as I can: 5/24
Completed: 6/4
Bringing The BOOOM!: “Copper Boom” by Scrappy Daisy Knits
Yarn Used: Red Heart, “Peruvian Print”
Started: 10/3/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = As far as I can get: 5/24
Completed: 7/18
KetterDance: “Ketterdam” by Laura “LaLa” Linneman
Yarn Used: Unwind Yarn Company, “Let’s Do The Timewarp Again!”
Started: 10/25/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Lacy Section at the End: 4/9
Completed: 5/29
Burning The Blue: “Ashburn” by Melanie Berg
Yarn Used: Yummy by Miss Babs, “Denim,” “Sipriz,” & “TARDish”
Started: 11/7/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = The Third Section: 5/24
Completed: 8/3
Lorel Eyes Binge MKAL: “Lorel Eyes” by Christopher Salas
Yarn Used: Lorna’s Laces Shepard Sock “Lorel-Eyes” and “Denim”
Started: 11/25/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = As far as I can possibly Get: 5/24
Completed: 6/4
Bella Coffee: “Coffee Date” by CC Almon (JavaPurl)
Yarn Used: The Plucky Knitter Bello, “Putty In My Hands,” The Plucky Knitter Plucky Single, “Give A Hoot,” & The Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering, “Enchantment”
Started: 12/31/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Last Garter Section: 5/24
Completed: 6/19
Hundred Acre Razzle: “Hundred Acre Wood” by Helen Stewart
Yarn Used: Leading Men Fiber Arts Soliloquy Gradient, “Razzle Dazzle #5”
Started: 1/11/17
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Last Two Rows & B/O: 2/6
Completed: 5/28
Dreamy Love: “Yowza Weigh-It Shawl 2” by Susan B. Anderson
Yarn Used: Yowza by Miss Babs, “You Gotta Love Me”
Started: 3/18
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Lacy Section: 5/20
Completed: 6/2
Later Gator!: “Yowza Weigh-It Shawl #2” by Susan B. Anderson.
Yarn Used: Miss Babs, Yowza “Gator Bait”
Started: 7/3
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Lacy Section: N/A
Completed: 8/9
Socks: (a Total of 3,040 Yards Predicted before S.D)
Benilla Llatte Socks: “Vanilla Latte Socks” by Virginia Rose-Jeanes.
Yarn Used: Gynx Yarns, “Belle”
Started: 3/2/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to toe: 4/19
Completed: 5/26
Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Socks Para Mi: “French Vanilla Cappuccino Socks” by CC Almon. (JavaPurl). Pattern WAS going to be a Toe-up Sock pattern, but I changed my mind…
Yarn Used: Into the Whirled Pakokku Sock, “Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey”
Started: 5/20/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to ribbing: 5/18
Completed: 5/27
Watermelon <3: “Toe-Up Socks With A Difference” by Wendy D. Johnson.
Yarn Used: Gale’s Art Single Knit Sock Blank, “Watermelon”
Started: 6/29/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to ribbing: 5/4
Completed: 5/27
Christmas Tree Socks: “Toe-Up Socks With A Difference” by Wendy D. Johnson. This was my Christmas Eve cast-on. My family was a bit wierded out/impressed at the concept of a sock blank…LOL…
Yarn Used: Gales Art Single Sock Blank, “Christmas Tree”
Started: 12/24/16
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to ribbing: 5/24
Completed: 6/19
Where Are You Leading Me Mario? Where you lead, I Will Follow: “Where You Lead I Will Follow” by CC Almon (JavaPurl). It’s a Gilmore Thing…
Yarn Used: Inner Yarn Zen Superwash Fingering, “The Old Muddy River Bridge Knitathon”
Started: 4/11
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to ribbing: 5/24
Completed: 6/28
Darunia Loves Hot Chocolate With Green Marshmallows: “Hot Chocolate With Pink Marshmallows” by CC Almon (JavaPurl). From the new book.
Yarn Used: Knit Picks Stroll Tonal, “Mountain Pass”
Started: 4/14
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to ribbing: 5/20
Completed: 5/26
It’ll Give You WINGS!!!: C.C’s Vanilla Cappuccino Socks” By CC Almon (JavaPurl)
Started: 2/25
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = Second sock to ribbing: 5/24
Completed: 5/27
Other: (a Total of 6,560 Yards Predicted before S.D)
May Washcloths: “Grandma’s Favorite Dish Cloth” by Ruth Slate
Yarn Used: Miscellaneous. I’ll be using stashed cotton. I’ll update as I go. I’m planning on making 1 each week. (3)
Started: 1/1/17
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = NONE. See the description to see why…
Completed: 5/31
June Washcloths: “Grandma’s Favorite Dish Cloth” by Ruth Slate
Yarn Used: Miscellaneous. I’ll be using stashed cotton. I’ll update as I go. I’m planning on making 1 each week.
Started: 1/1/17
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = NONE. See the description to see why…
Completed: 7/1 (9)
July Washcloths: “Grandma’s Favorite Dish Cloth” by Ruth Slate
Yarn Used: Miscellaneous. I’ll be using stashed cotton. I’ll update as I go. I’m planning on making 1 each week.
Started: 1/1/17
Stopping Point B4 S.D. = NONE. See the description to see why…
Completed: 8/2 (10)
Super Secret Project #1: “Doctor Who Logo Dishcloth” by holynarf (4 total)
Yarn Used: Cascade 220, “Turquoise”
Started: 6/7
Completed: 6/10
Super Secret Project #2: “Bowties Are Cool” by holynarf (4 total)
Yarn Used: Cascade 220, “Strawberry Cream”
Started: 6/11
Completed: 8/4
Good Ol’ Glory: “Grandma’s Favorite Dish Cloth” by Ruth Slate
Yarn Used: Red Heart, Team Spirit “Red, White, & Blue”
Started: 6/9
Completed: 7/3
2016’s Crackerjack: Crackerjack-themed scarf. I kinda made it up, based on two rows of each color to represent wins/losses for the Red Sox. Intended this to be a Holiday present that year. Now, I just kinda liked the striping, so I kept it for myself…
Yarn Used: Lion Brand Pound of Love, “White,” Red Heart Super Saver “Light Blue,” “Royal,” “Cherry Red,” and “Grey Heather”
Started:
Completed:
Cynde Loves A Kit Kat: “KitKat Hat” by AndreSue
Yarn Used: Red Heart Super Saver “Coffee”
Started: 3/12
Completed: 7/17
Zombie KitKat: “KitKat Hat” by AndreSue
Yarn Used: Miss Babs, Yowza, “Zombie Honeymoon”
Started: 7/15
Completed: 7/17
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Older Updates:
Hello Everyone! It’s about that time of year, where I start thinking about Stash Dash again. I’m not going to lie, I was a bit mad when I didn’t make my 15K goal last year. I’ve decided that this will be my redemption year. I’ve been taking steps since the middle of December to ensure that I can keep my goal intact, and maybe surpass it. Honestly, I’ve been working on my WIPs to a certain point and stopping ever since then, to the detriment of the “Silver’s WIP-Down” I was having in my podcast group until the end of 2016. At that point, I no longer cared. I was already looking toward the next big KAL I wanted to participate in. THAT’s how upset I was that I didn’t hit my goal. I think my exact words at the close of Stash Dash 2016 were “Didn’t make 15K, but next year 15K, you’re mine!” Or something to that extent. And I wrote it in my FO (Finished Objects) thread on the KAL Ravelry page. So, yeah. Wish me luck! Hopefully I don’t drive you as crazy as I’ve been driving Emptyeye over the past few months about this issue… LOL. He’s a saint, that one…
I’m going to break down how I’ll keep track of everything as we go along. To get to 15K of yarn, I need roughly 16,404.199 yards. I’ll even show you how far things are right now, etc. So, grab your knitting/craft of choice and here we go!
Quick Update 5/24: A few things to add. I’ve decided that it’s time I gave myself a break before the craziness starts. Taking my time working on things (if I knit at all over the next few days) will help me in the long run. So, in the meantime, here a few things you need to know before it all starts:
Stash Dash 2017 Rules can be found Here!!!!
The Ladies have also provided a video to explain this year’s rules! Check it out, if you want to participate! 🙂
Update 6/20: I’m sorry. I’ve forgotten to update the blog post! So, here goes! I’ve updated most of the section… 16 new items Finished!!! 🙂 Up to 8,928 yards, which is 8,163.76 meters! 🙂
This update includes all of the projects I’ve been working on since the start of Stash Dash. I’ve also moved the bulk of the text from the original post to the end. I’ll continue to do so throughout the course of the KAL. This way you can see what has changed since you’ve been by recently.
Talk to you soon!
-Silver-
Update 7/18: So, since the last time we talked, I’ve finished a total of 10 new items! Up to 13,852 yards, which is at total of 12,666.3 meters! 🙂 I’ve finished a few shawls, a blanket, a couple of hats, and a few long-lingering WIPs, so I’m pretty happy with my Stash Dash progress so far.
Stash Dash 2017 Rules can be found Here!!!!
The Ladies have also provided a video to explain this year’s rules! Check it out, if you want to participate! 🙂
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Thank you for joining indulging in my madness again this year! I hope this will be easy to follow. If not, please comment below, or you can always e-mail me directly at silversdreamlandpodcast@gmail.com. I’ll answer as soon as I can.
Happy Knitting!
-Silver-
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