Rumors Abound

 There are some very disturbing rumors going around that I may have too many unfinished projects scattered around the house. This may or may not be true depending on how you determine if there are too many or too few projects that need to be completed.  

Once completed that will lead to different problems, such as too many empty project bags and baskets.  Drawers overflowing with knitting needles, Tunisian crochet hooks, crochet hooks, bobbins for spinning wheels. Hanks of newly spun yarn needing to be washed and dried. Then woven and distributed. Where to put all the drop spindles?

This may also lead to off schedule donations. A fire place that can actually be seen. Clear counter tops with no baskets overflowing with unfinished projects.  

This will then lead to the question, do I have too many knitting needles and crochet hooks.  There are too many empty project bags.? Do I have too much yarn? Should I limit the amount of projects that I have going at a time.  Some projects are big that require a table or a couch in the winter to finish, but they all started off as little projects and grew. Some projects are small enough to put in my purse or a small project bag.  Should I carve extra double pointed knitting needles into hard to obtain Tunisian Crochet Hooks?

I can tell you with the upmost confidence that all my stashes are smaller than at the beginning of COVID19. I can’t remember if I gave 2 or 3 loads of fabric to Project Linus, Eric would have liked that all his favorite fabrics went to help other sick kids.  50% of my fiber stash was divided between two friends.  Lastly there is very little yarn left in the garage, it used to be stacked to the ceiling.  One truck load went to The Old Pueblo Knitting Guild in Tucson.  I lost count of how much went to the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona.  Some went to my students and friends.  The empty boxes are still in the garage to transfer things in the storage room to clear boxes for easier identification and access.  

One thing that I know for certain is that I am going to be spending at least 20% of my work time on projects for myself.  After 26 years of knitting hundred’s of projects for charity, I need a few items for myself.  Below is the 1st of 2 Quick Knit Mittens by Jen Hintz.  I love this style of mittens for knitting and eating out in the cold.   Any useful advice will be looked at.  

Not as Planned

A little more house cleaning got done today. John found a glitch in the Comcast cable connection for the new cable line we are using.  He managed a patch that should work until we can schedule a service appointment. I did laundry, cleaning the craft room and taking care of Eric.  

I look forward to an interesting week. Eric has some kind of bug with a low grade fever and a wicked cough. The house should be finished this week. Although I do have to ask the contractor why one kitchen panel is not beveled and the color is not like the rest of the doors and drawers. It looks like it is from someone else's kitchen.  The replacement bathroom sink was not the same model so the drain we ordered did not fit. A replacement will be here Wednesday, so that is when the guest bathroom will be done.  

I can't wait until I start putting everything away. There will be major changes.  The old pantry will now be a storage closet. Eric's smart vest machine will no longer be in the middle of the floor. Formula will have its own storage place.  The box clutter will be gone, so will the temporary plastic storage container we have had for a decade.  

Bone Tired

I now know what bone tired actually feels like. After a busy week of cleaning and a full day of play yesterday I was very tired today. I had decided to attack the last bastion of clutter in the house any way. The craft room. My plan was to work for 10 minutes and quit for the day. 2 hours later I called it quits.

This was after I filled 2 1/2 boxes of tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charity project that Eric is working on. They will be delivered in October and I felt that they did not have to hang out in the craft room when there were shelf's free in the garage. I also pulled out 2 blanket designs that were going no where very slowly. So John and I tinked them. Both bags of yarn will be used for preemie blankets for a local hospital. I have the 1st preemie blanket that I started today about 25% finished. They do go really fast. Every bag and box is being gone through. Projects that I want to finish will go into 1 pile. Finishing work will go into another pile. I will also continue to tink projects that I really don't went to knit any more. I will also fill a bag with yarn, patterns and books that I don't want anymore and share it with my fellow knitters. I think a month of at least 10 minutes a day should get this done by the end of September.

This brings me back to what bone tired feels like. After lunch I went to sit with Eric and do a little knitting. Very gradually my legs just started to hurt, which gradually built up to the bones in my lower legs hurting. I told Eric that mommy was to tired to sit and watch T.V. with him and went to lay down. I think I would have slept until morning if I had not been called to help in the house. 3 hours of sleep seemed to make my legs feel a lot better.

Then what am I doing up after 10pm, when my body is so tired. Well even though I did 5 loads of laundry this morning and being caught up on laundry. We had a formula spill tonight. Which means that Eric's bed needed to be changed for the 2nd time tonight. So I have 2 more loads to at least start before bed time. I am sure you are not aware that formula smells really rank if left to sit over night on the sheets. Plus it is also harder to get out and stains. Once the second load is in the machine I can call it a night. The second load is now in the washer so it is time to call it a night.