It’s official, I will not die with the biggest quilting fiber stash. I told John today that I would make face masks until we no longer needed them or I run out of fiber. After listening to Bill Gates speak on television tonight it might be as long as 18 months. So much for traveling in our retirement.
Tomorrow marks the lasted change in our life’s. The proposed craft room will be a long term temporary pantry complete with a small freezer. I am sure we can convince the fiber to get along with the pantry supplies.
I have a big day of sewing and remodeling planned for tomorrow so it’s time to get some sleep.
Friday, April 3, 2020
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Wondering
I am wondering if this is how my grandmothers and great grandmother’s felt as they were knitting socks as part of the war effort of their generations. No, I am not knitting socks but rather sewing face masks for a local Tucson non-profit.
I am using the material that I had purchased to make quilts some day and some sheets destined for another project. The material went through the 4 1/2 hour sanitary wash and a very hot dryer. I will make the first one and then if all goes well I will mass produce them a dozen at a time. If the first pattern does not work there will be others to try.
I am not sure if this will help with the current COVID-19 crisis. I was asked and will do my part and hope it helps. Using the old biblical adage “ If you save one man, you have saved the world”. Now I am off to pull the dried fabric from the dryer and iron it before I cut the material.
Additionally these are my prototypes. I will make one change tomorrow. I will have a different fabric on the back. For these I just used a sharpie pen to mark the back.
I am using the material that I had purchased to make quilts some day and some sheets destined for another project. The material went through the 4 1/2 hour sanitary wash and a very hot dryer. I will make the first one and then if all goes well I will mass produce them a dozen at a time. If the first pattern does not work there will be others to try.
I am not sure if this will help with the current COVID-19 crisis. I was asked and will do my part and hope it helps. Using the old biblical adage “ If you save one man, you have saved the world”. Now I am off to pull the dried fabric from the dryer and iron it before I cut the material.
Additionally these are my prototypes. I will make one change tomorrow. I will have a different fabric on the back. For these I just used a sharpie pen to mark the back.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Today’s Hat
May I present hat 13 - 2020. I am almost out of this grouping of purple yarn. More colors to come. Also don’t worry about the knitting needles or stitch markers, hat 14 - 2020 has been cast on and is 2 1/2 inches in. I go to 7 inches before my decrease begins.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Day 17 of COVID19 and Counting
The dress I wore today is 2 inches longer than the last time I wore it. I don’t think it can be classified as an Empire Waist dress anymore either, you guessed right that seam is a good 2 inches below where it needs to be.
On the knitting front I have decided that I need simple knitting that I can do in my sleep. I am just so stressed by the uncertainty and people not doing the right thing. So I pulled out this basket of yarn which will be made into hats and maybe a few scarfs. I want to finish it before the end of April, yes we will still be home for all of April too. I will show each hat as it is finished. I really hope we will be able to go out by mid June.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
I Am 3 for 3
Today was a puttering kind of day. Over breakfast I found out I could get my favorite Trader Joe’s snack food from Amazon, at a slightly higher price. I justified it because Trader Joe’s does not deliver.
I got laundry, walking and cleaning done in dribs and drabs. Yes, John’s polos came out wrinkled, but I did it so I can’t complain about. I honestly can’t quite remember when the last time it happened, but I think Teri was in preschool. Since John is working from home I am the only one who is going to see the wrinkled shirts.
My fiber crafting was quite scattered today also. I spun 2 ounces out of 16 ounces which means that I have 4 ounces on the bobbin. I can’t decide if I want to get a bright hot pink silk to ply it with or just ply the yarn back on itself. Twice as much yardage or the regular 2 ply yardage. Then it was off to the modular baby blanket after dinner. I finished 1 square and found a mistake in another that needed to be fixed before I could continue with the blanket. I fixed the mistake and moved on. I am decreasing stitches on the current hat. Since we are not eating out at all or going for car rides not a lot of hat knitting is going on. So I worked on 3 projects and finished none some that is how I am 3 for 3 today.
I got laundry, walking and cleaning done in dribs and drabs. Yes, John’s polos came out wrinkled, but I did it so I can’t complain about. I honestly can’t quite remember when the last time it happened, but I think Teri was in preschool. Since John is working from home I am the only one who is going to see the wrinkled shirts.
My fiber crafting was quite scattered today also. I spun 2 ounces out of 16 ounces which means that I have 4 ounces on the bobbin. I can’t decide if I want to get a bright hot pink silk to ply it with or just ply the yarn back on itself. Twice as much yardage or the regular 2 ply yardage. Then it was off to the modular baby blanket after dinner. I finished 1 square and found a mistake in another that needed to be fixed before I could continue with the blanket. I fixed the mistake and moved on. I am decreasing stitches on the current hat. Since we are not eating out at all or going for car rides not a lot of hat knitting is going on. So I worked on 3 projects and finished none some that is how I am 3 for 3 today.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Bits and pieces of COVID19
Nothing says the house needs to be reorganized more than “sheltering in place” do to the COVID19 outbreak. But I am limiting myself in the amount of time that I am spend. Today the hour before breakfast was spent putting our extra blankets in vacuum bags for John to put up higher in the closet after his work at home shift had ended. This gave me space for things I use all the time at a level that I could reach. Also more baskets and bags off the floor.
Another thing that I have noticed is that I am not eating enough during the day and find myself hungry at night. I did not have this problem before because we ate most of our meals out. Now that I am only eating when I am hungry and not planning my eating times around how crowded a restaurant will be I am just eating less. We are also eating better sized portions and healthier food. Take to day for instance I had only had 560 calories from the time I woke up until after dinner. This meant that I had to eat roughly 700.calories before bed. So my bedtime snack was a toasted cheese sandwich, dried fruit and a breakfast bar.
Even worse this is the time when I would normally be shopping for smaller clothes. Wearing the skirt at the rib cage is uncomfortable. I am a touchy feely person when it comes to clothes shopping, gee it must be the fiber arts in me. I like to feel the fabric before I try on clothes. Today’s skirt was 6 inches above my waist sitting on my rib cage to keep from tripping on the skirt or having it fall as I walk. Real first world problems during a pandemic.
Well it is time to wind down for the night.
Another thing that I have noticed is that I am not eating enough during the day and find myself hungry at night. I did not have this problem before because we ate most of our meals out. Now that I am only eating when I am hungry and not planning my eating times around how crowded a restaurant will be I am just eating less. We are also eating better sized portions and healthier food. Take to day for instance I had only had 560 calories from the time I woke up until after dinner. This meant that I had to eat roughly 700.calories before bed. So my bedtime snack was a toasted cheese sandwich, dried fruit and a breakfast bar.
Even worse this is the time when I would normally be shopping for smaller clothes. Wearing the skirt at the rib cage is uncomfortable. I am a touchy feely person when it comes to clothes shopping, gee it must be the fiber arts in me. I like to feel the fabric before I try on clothes. Today’s skirt was 6 inches above my waist sitting on my rib cage to keep from tripping on the skirt or having it fall as I walk. Real first world problems during a pandemic.
Well it is time to wind down for the night.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Me Over Do It
The quick answer is yes. Yes I did over do it by doing a multi day 2 person job in a few hours by myself. I am not saying that the closet does not look great. I am happy to be sending fiber to a friend. Its what happened 10 hours later that I am not happy with.
The overdoing lead to a really bad fibromyalgia flare followed by a very bad migraine. It's really not fare I really made fantastic progress. So the day was not spent making more progress but allowing my body time to heal.
It was also a bad day for knitting. I had to tink out the blanket square that I started yesterday. Then tink it out again because I screwed up the cast on. There is always tomorrow.
If you talk to me in the next few days my words might be out of order, but listen to the whole sentence and play word jumble. This too shall pass.
Also since we are washing our hands so often I find I must add lotion several times a day. By the way, Fitbits do not like lotion. If you accidentally get lotion on yours an alcohol wipe Followed by a few minutes on the charger will fix the problem.
The overdoing lead to a really bad fibromyalgia flare followed by a very bad migraine. It's really not fare I really made fantastic progress. So the day was not spent making more progress but allowing my body time to heal.
It was also a bad day for knitting. I had to tink out the blanket square that I started yesterday. Then tink it out again because I screwed up the cast on. There is always tomorrow.
If you talk to me in the next few days my words might be out of order, but listen to the whole sentence and play word jumble. This too shall pass.
Also since we are washing our hands so often I find I must add lotion several times a day. By the way, Fitbits do not like lotion. If you accidentally get lotion on yours an alcohol wipe Followed by a few minutes on the charger will fix the problem.
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