Okay my body and I are at odds. I spent a lot of time sleeping. I did fold yesterday’s laundry and clean out a Fibber Maggie and Molly worthy cabinet that has been on my list for while. I was to tired to knit tonight so I binged on jigsaw puzzles on my iPad. I finished 5 tonight, some were partially done.
A blog about my life, my fiber arts and pictures of my finished work. I will also throw in the very occasional recipe or shopping tip.
Friday, November 19, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
Ta Dah
Charity blanket number 6 of the year.
And the bowl of ends.Friday, February 26, 2021
One Blanket Down
I finally finished knitting one blanket. It will get washed and blocked tomorrow. I am a third of the way through the next blanket in the basket. I have 2 inches to finish knitting on the first strip. Then I will start the next strip. This is the first of two blankets with 3 different size 8 inch blocks. Yes, I have another one of those too. We as knitters either have to standardize what an 8 inch block actually is or all use the same rulers. My take on an 8 inch block is 8 inches wide by 8 inches in length. On the next 2 blankets I have six different sized 8 inch blocks. So I will be knitting a lot of strips. Sewing them together. Then adding Crocheted boarders.
I also started spring cleaning today. I started in the kitchen. I cleaned for 1 1/2 hours and napped for 3 hours. I am sincerely hoping that this is still the surgery recovery process. If it’s not I might have to admit that I am not 30 anymore.
I need to get a good nights sleep. Tomorrow we will be hunting down tree killing mistletoe and removing it. Since we have a dumpster bag we will also get some junk out of the garage. The word of the day tomorrow is Zenning.
Sunday, February 21, 2021
The Mission is Finishing a Whole Lot of Blankets.
Ok, this started out really simple. I found a basket with four unfinished blankets, I decided to finish them all so I could have the basket back. Well nothing is simple around the Karobonik household. Today I found two more bags with at least four more blankets that were in progress. Time to finish a whole lot of blankets, I found a new way to Zen the house
I used to knit a lot of baby blankets, when Eric was with us. There used to be a lot of aides who were either pregnant or had a family member who or was pregnant, so I was always needing baby blankets to give as gifts. After we lost Eric, I put all these projects aside. Well I need the space now. So the only solution is to finish knitting the baby blankets up and turning them into lap blankets. I will try to donate them to the Assisted Living for Seniors where John’s dad use to live. I will also try to give them a few shawls, I think I have more than enough for myself. After all how many shawls do I really need?
On to blanket assembly and knitting. I will share finished blankets here.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Doing Better
I am feeling better than I have in years. I have started knitting again and have to active works in progress. I almost got to 10,000 steps today with a total of 9,729 steps. Not bad. At lot was just picking up around the house and putting things away.