This is my 86th completed project for this year. I really like the colors. The pattern is They Stash Dive Scarf by Summer Lee Designs. This scarf is over 5 feet long. It’s meant ti be folded in half which makes it great for my knitting guild project. It’s going to northern Arizona where it gets really cold. This also brings up the question: can I finish 13 more projects by December 31st? This year I might not make my goal of 100 completed knitting and weaving projects in 2021.
I really don’t know why I am still using a to do list. Lately I am half way through and have no more energy to finish my list. It seems lately that it is wishful thinking that I can get everything done in a timely manner. I think it is more appropriate to call it my wishful thinking list of things that need to be done. I know some things need to be done in a timely fashion and other things not so much.
I know that I am supposed to give it a month or so for my latest life style changes to kick in. Let’s face it, the last change was 3 days ago snd I should in my humble opinion be up to full speed and then some. My family would say give it time. I am just to impatient.
So I am wondering if I should return to setting priorities and ranking items. I will have to think about that. In the meantime I think that I will call it a day.
When a bad body day collides with a highly emotional day there is only one thing to do. Spin art yarn. Why art yarn? Art yarn does not have any parameters. If the yarn is not perfectly balanced who cares. The idea is to have fun. I make bumps. I spin thick and thin. I spun for 2 hours. Yes my new medicine is helping. I make my art yarn batts from bits and pieces. I play with color. I never know how it will turn out once it is plyed and washed. Hopefully it will go with some other art yarn to make a fabulous new shawl for me in a smaller size. I thought that my shawls would still fit after losing a lot of sizes, not so much. So I need new shawls.
I also figured out why my Lendrum Spinning Wheel was acting up, it literally had a screw lose. So rather than get my tool kit for my spinning wheels, I borrowed a pliers and flat head screw driver from John. It took more time to locate the tools than to fix the issue. I guess this means that every so often I should check all the screws out.
I then changed spinning wheels to my Louet Victoria. After cleaning and oiling the flyer I was ready to spin the core for plying the art yarn just because I can get about 10 ounces on the bigger bobbin. Once the white is spun, I will ply all the art yarn that I spun today. From right to left. Pale pink, purple, red and a green yellow blend.
Today was pretty good. I spent some time working on the new pattern. Finished one scarf, pictures to come later. Fix someone’s blanket and taught the difference between leading and lagging legs. If you are a knitter and don’t know what this is we need to talk.
Came home and made dinner. Turkey burgers, yummy. My hands were too tired to do much knitting tonight, but there is always tomorrow.
So I will call it a day.
Not my best day. I let the stress get to me. Although I did manage to reorganize part of craft rooms 1 & 2. Tomorrow will be better.
Today I had more plans than energy. So after an early morning run to get groceries, putting together dinner and putting the rest of the food away it was nap time. I was really to tired to even eat lunch before my nap. So the rest of the day I did small chores in little sprints.
On the good news side, I finished the first 3 sections of my new pattern. Now that I don’t have to do the math for every row, it should go much faster. Yes it’s one of those geometric patterns that I like to walk, talk and knit at the same time it’s easier that way.
We had a good Halloween day. We did just in time decorating. The Halloween decorations were out for less than 12 hours before they were put away for next year. We only had 3 bags of candy leftover, so John agreed to take them to work to leave by the coffee pot. I also found out that kids don’t like marshmallows for Halloween candy treats. They still loved the pencils, pens, animal erasers, bubbles and assorted Halloween toys. We had about 40 kids this year.
I have enough pens, pencils and assorted Halloween toys for next year. All I need to do is buy more candy. Hopefully next year we will be back to normal for Halloween. I really like handing out the candy and treats. I have had enough of this no contact Halloween stuff. This was my Halloween set up for tonight. I kept putting out more candy and bags.
