Today is the 1st day since I got sick in November that I walked over 10,000 steps. I also picked out and ordered 2 pairs of new glasses. Seriously it took less than an hour to choose both pair. Got my 4th COVID19 booster. Was not tired most of the day. Walked up hill without having to stop to catch my breath.
What more could I want except being able to knit again.
Today I felt like I did when the kids were little. I had 2 doctors appointment’s, did 2 errands and was so tired that I skipped the last 2 errands of the day. I was too tired to cook dinner, so John took us out to Cafe Ole for their wonderful Chicken and rice soup with a salad.
After dinner we took a walk to LeeLee’s and found some duck eggs. The perfect end to a busy day.
I packed up the last bag of hand spun yarn, even some of my art yarn today. It is heading to the Flagstaff Wool and Fiber Festival, which is the first weekend in June. Merino y Vino will have it in her booth. This is a rare opportunity to get some of my hand spun yarn. Most are one of a kind. Combined with Merino y Vino’s yarn you can knit, spin, crochet or weave a one of a kind creation.
There are going to be a lot of classes and demonstrations. A lot of local crafts people and fiber artist. For more information go to the website for Flagstaff Wool and Fiber Festival. This will have something for everyone.
Of course if you can’t wait Merino y Vino has a shop on Etsy where you can find her small batch dyed yarn. She can work with you on special orders and customize yarn. Merino y Vino is the dyer of my Square Dance scarf pattern on Raverly. If there are no kits in the shop she can make one for you in the color of your choice, please allow extra time for dyeing the special order yarn.
Thank you for supporting local hand made items.
I had an early Mother’s Day. It was nice sharing brunch with the adult kids over face time. Happy Mother’s Day to all he mothers out there. I had a great day.
Package B that was supposed to arrive on Monday arrived tonight. Package A that was supposed to be delivered today will arrive tomorrow. So my Mothers Day present from John will arrive on time.
In other news my body and I are not on speaking terms today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
If you recall I had a problem with a ChaioGoo knitting needle. My local yarn store owner let me know that ChaioGoo guarantees their product. All you need to do is bring it in to where you bought it and they will replace it. On a very busy local yarn shop day Vicky exchange the needle for me. This is the first time that that has ever happened with a knitting needle in 22 years of knitting. I do tend to wear out knitting needles with high usage. I was very surprised and grateful. A special thank you goes out to Vicky of Grandma’s Spinning Wheel here in Tucson.
This week we decided to clean out under each sink in the house. 5 cabinets in all. So Tuesday I emptied all of them into laundry baskets. 2 baskets for the kitchen and one for each of the other cabinets. I think this should be done more often than I currently do it. I found empty containers, half filled bottles and boxes, and more than a few cleaning rags. This afternoon we put everything back. John volunteered to do the kitchen,By the way he is great at organizing things. We each did 2 cabinets. That leaves the 5th cabinet. While emptying the cabinet out I discovered that the towels felt crunchy, like they were put away wet. Not in this house. Then the towels started sticking to the wood. Not a good sign. Then I got to the bottom of the cabinet and they were hard to pull out. Underneath all the towels was discolored wood. Apparently the sink had been leaking and we did not notice because of the almost 2 foot layer of towels. Being one to divide up chores I took washing the 3 loads of towels with bleach and hot water. Then I got to fold them. I know that I could probably pin point the leak and try to fix it myself, but not this week. So John it going to tackle the leak and clean off the wood. Then I can put everything back together.
As of Monday afternoon I am on a temporary knitting hiatus again. My right elbow is giving me trouble. Next week will involve a test to see where we go from here. Because of all the cleaning of the past 2 days I have not gone through knitting withdrawal yet. I have been too busy. I did however ask John if he was really sure if he wanted me to passenger without my knitting. He was very brave to let me in the car without my knitting.
I am trying coloring in a coloring book to keep me distracted when I want to knit. I am doing really well with my left hand. I am staying in the lines. Playing with colors. Dropping a few colored pencils under the couch. I will pick them up when I have dropped a few more so I have plenty of colors to play with. I am going for abstract in the picture I an currently working on.
Well it has been a long week and it’s only Wednesday. So I am calling it an early night.
After a bad morning dealing with getting older and still feeling very trapped by COVID19. I resorted to binge cleaning after lunch. I did a pretty good job. I filled the green rollout recycling bin 1/2 way full and added one trash bag to the garbage rollout. That made me feel a little better.
After dinner I finished the same gloves I made a few months ago in pink. The picture is below. This time I kept copious notes and they were 1/2 inch too short. So doing my thing, I will rewrite the pattern to suit my needs. If they turn out good, I will type the pattern up. Wish me luck.
