Can we forget about today?

 Today was not my best day ever.  Cried while I worked my way through the upheaval.  By the end of the day I had a working plan.  That is all that matters.  

Tomorrow will be a better day.  

Weaving Thread

 Just for the heck of it, I spun some linen thread. On an uninformed whim I decided to weave it into the one of a kind scarf that I am weaving for myself.  It has taken over a week to weave that little portion at my current energy and Sjogren’s flare up level. What was I thinking?

Well I started weaving the linen thread before the flare up started.  Also it looks very nice. It is the portion between the blue and burnt orange.  Yes, the very colorful section. However, you have to look at the sock yarn that is woven in on both sides. The sock yarn looks huge by comparison.  Yes the sock yarn looks really big.

Did I mention that when weaving with thread that I had to be very careful. That there were a lot of short rows too. That meant that the up and down heddle frequently changed sides and that is really fun to keep track of  too.

The good news is that I can see the end of the warp.  I also swear that the next scarf will be woven on a 5 dent heddle. I really need a weaving project that will not take a few months for a scarf. Did I mention that it will use up some hand spun yarn too? This scarf does not have a lot of hand spun yarn. I am really looking forward to taking this off the loom.

The 5 Minute Rule

 I used the 5 minute rule in my knitting room today. I can say that I went for an extra 10 minutes and organized my roving basket. Put a few things away too. John even opened the sticky note package for me. I even managed to get on full bag of hand spun yarn off the floor  the stool cleared of everything but shawls   That is another 5 minute project.  

I also managed to wash and air dry my 2 pairs of sleeping mittens. John moved them to a sunny spot outside to dry faster   They were dry by dinner time.  

I think I need some knitting time too. I have a few patterns in progress that really need to be finished.  

 Tomorrow I will try to spend 5 minutes on another shelf.  

Send more energy please.  

Hat Number 2

 Another hat bites the dust, and another ones done. It used up 7 partial skeins of yarn.  A very colorful stash buster project.Yes, I cast on another hat so the needles and stitch markers would not be lonely. 

Working on my PHD

 I am currently working on my PHD in knitting. For those of you who are not knitters, it means projects half done.  I am not going exceptionally fast.  In fact it took me until the end of July to finish my first hat of the year.  I know. Right. I should have been at least my 27th hat of the year.  

I have very little hand time each day which is divided into household tasks and my PHD’s.  That is further divided into knitting, crocheting a blanket for me, weaving, spinning, sewing and any other projects.  It also includes my energy level for the day., which is nonexistent on some days.  So it is slow going.   I also have a lot of PHD’s in the house. 

So without further ado, here is my first PHD of the year.  A hat, the same one as in the 1st paragraph. In cotton for an older kid. 

Accidental Cleaning

 Today my plan was to go to the grocery store and then come home to weave and spin.  What actually happened was I started to put a few things away.  Go through some paperwork. Do a recall for my air fryer.  Before I knew it time had flown by and it was 4:30 pm.  I am not quite sure how it happened.  I was in a cleaning zone.  

Then all of a sudden I was tired and took a nap before dinner.  John graciously assembled dinner. After dinner I did manage to go through a few color changes on the scarf.  It is definitely going to be a one of a kind scarf.  I would be hard pressed to find the yarn to assemble another scarf just like this one.  I can’t wait to see how it turns out.  It will definitely go with everything I own.  

Weaving a Scarf

 This is a small portion of a scarf that I am weaving with bits and pieces of leftover lace weight yarn. I could not part with the yarn without using it. I am using a 10 dent heddle.  That’s 10 threads per inch.  If it was wider than 6 inches it would make a great fabric for a top. So far I have done a good job of transitioning the little balls of yarn. In the picture below there are 3 yarn transitions.  .