Well it seems that fried eggs are permanently off my menu. It seems that frying 2 duck eggs in 1 teaspoon of butter along with a teaspoon of butter for my toast is just to fat much for my system. Can I tell you how much I really hate my low fat diet. It’s strange because I can manage 2 hard boiled duck eggs with no problems.
My body was not really happy with me after breakfast.
A little yarn destash has never hurt a knitter. The yarn I am destashing today knit up well for a super wash wool. However after about the 5th time through the washer and dryer. Which this wool was supposed to handle with ease, it started felting and getting that burnt nylon crackle.
I will not be replacing this yarn with any other yarn. Instead I will diligently work through the yarn in my stash. Once I am down quite a few projects, let’s say in the few hundreds I might consider adding more yarn. Well I might get a skein here or there after all it’s yarn.
With the return on time invested on my last destash sale, I will be skipping that this time. Now that I have had a few minutes to rest and have some water. I am loadings the three 64 gallon bags and the smaller 2 shoe box bag ( about 6 cubic feet of yarn in total) into the back of my car. Then it’s off to Goodwill.
If I have the energy I might just sneak into Target for some frozen vegetables and almonds on the way home.
No sooner than I repaired the last cut 5 minutes ago, I found yet another deliberate act of vandalism on my shawl. I really hope that I do not run out of Sulky 100% viscose/rayon thread in color 943- 1019. Sighs.
Just when I think that I am making progress on the shawl repair, I found yet another piece of yarn with a deliberate cut. This one will be easier to fix because it is near the top of the shawl and I have less space that needs to be stabilized before and after the repair.
The single double pointed knitting needle is pointing to the last patch repaired. The 2 double pointed knitting needles are at the my latest find of Deliberate damage to the Shawl. I think I’m going to have to go over the shawl inch by inch to make sure there are no cuts because I almost missed this cut. This brings the number up to 6 repair’s that are going to be needed.
I found that walking after each repair helps bring down my stress levels. I find this whole situation unnecessary and stressful. This is even more stressful than caring for a sick child. I can not spin my way out of this
As an artist, I truly think the people who destroy other peoples art need to be severely punished. I have more feelings on this subject but they are truly not fit for the printed word.
After hand washing the shawl I blogged about yesterday in Soak Wash. I went to block the shawl. As I was laying it out to my absolute horror I found another deliberate cut in the lace work. So all attempts at blocking were stopped. I found 4 more holes in my shawl. Two of the holes were side to side. As you can see by the double pointed knitting needles I did my best to stabilize the area’s. I will also have John look over the shawl to see if he can find any other areas.
Thankfully I did not have time to put the thread away yesterday. So it is ready to go when the shawl dries. It will be a little harder this time because the washing brought up a beautiful halo in the mohair. The halo will also hide the repairs very well.
About 10 years ago I finished a one of a kind shawl with the mohair spun by Kathy Withers. I did not have a chance ro wear it before one of Eric’s aides took a scissors to the beautiful lace. Less than 24 hours after completing the shawl. It was placed in a canvas shopping bag to wait the needed repairs. In his opinion all I was allowed to knit in my own home was hand knit items for kids in need. This was the first but not the last thing he cut up or outright stole.
Well he is long gone.
Fast forward a few years and I could not get anyone to mend it for me. No matter how much I was willing to pay. I did however get some pointers. I was really scared that I would ruin it.
Fast forward to today. I finally got the nerve to do the repair on this hand spun mohair lace yarn spun by Kathy Withers’s and a pattern designed by me. Really I just wanted to clear my backlog of repairs, UFO’s and long ago purchased projects. I pick out the right shade of thread. I did not have any yarn leftover, let’s just say I won at yarn chicken. I secured the thread and trimmed the end. I started weaving everything together. I was so tense that my shoulders throbbed. I carefully did tiny French Knots to gather the tiny clipped yarn. I did the final thread tie off and clipped the excess thread.
Tomorrow it will get washed in Soak. Then blocked. It should be ready to wear this weekend.
Below is a picture of the repair work. The picture below that is halfway through the repair work. I know it’s not perfect. I did my best. You can also not see it from 5 feet away, which is my gold standard for knitting boo boo’s.
I tried a new recipe for a farrow salad. I followed the directions including the dressing. I came to 2 separate conclusions on the recipe.
1. The recipe calls for too much salad dressing. The recipe made a 1/2 cup and I used less than half. John and I agreed that it was still too much salad dressing. I personally think that Americans in general use too much salad dressing. I really want to enjoy the flavors of the salad and not some greasy concoction. Most of the time I do not use salad dressing at all
2. I need to go back to California Olive Oil and not the store brand which has a greasy texture and flavor. My preferred brand was not available for a while for home shopping during COVID19. I don’t use much oil on a low fat diet. I need to pick up a bottle next time I am out shopping. Along with red wine vinegar. Don’t ask.
By the way it was so bad hat I will not share the recipe. John will not eat anymore than the taste he took. I have it sitting over night in the fridge. I hope that this settles the flavors out a bit otherwise you do know where it is going, don’t you?
