This scarf is my latest charity project off my loom. It is made up entirely from my own hand spun yarn. I used bits and pieces which by themselves were much too small to make anything. I really like how the colors blended so well. I think it was a great stash busting project.
This scarf is destined for the Flowing Wells School District Clothing Bank. It is my hope that the child that receives this scarf will enjoy wearing it as much as I enjoyed creating this bespoke scarf.
If you are eligible for the RSV vaccine I strongly recommend that you talk to your doctor to see if it is right for you. I also recommend making an appointment to get the vaccine or any other vaccines you plan on getting this fall. The pharmacies only order enough for the appointments.
My personal recommendation is to save things like folding laundry for after the vaccine to keep your arm moving. It really helps keep the arm from hurting. By the way I also found that winding shuttles and weaving also help. So it must be a great time to take up weaving, am I right?
Stay healthy and safe.
The second color stripe was finished tonight. The play on textures and colors are just fascinating to me. As you can see from the picture the next shuttle is loaded and ready to go. This will be one of the bigger stripes.
I am really having fun with this one. I just love how the yarn is creating optical illusions on its own. It is very visible in the green section.
This evening I finally got the loom warped for the next scarf. It’s the first time in a long time that I used a multi colored warp. I chose a medium blue and white cotton I am using hand spun yarn for most of this scarf.
The first color of light green looks really good against the darker blue.
It’s nice to be weaving again.
The floor of the knitting room is now cleared of all but one basket. The baskets all have shelve space. The one basket that does not has my Navajo spindle in it. I currently do not have any shelve space in the entire house that could possibly accommodate it. There are also No project bags on the floor. All the project bags are either empty and placed in storage, hanging on a hanger, or last but not least on a shelf.
Rumor has it that a certain robot is willing to vacuum the entire knitting room floor for me tomorrow.
Don’t get me wrong there is still work to do in the knitting room. While cleaning I opened various project bags. For each bag I went through the matrix below.
1. Keep the yarn and pattern together. Then try to find time to finish it.
2. Keep the yarn for another project. Give the pattern away.
3. Prepping the yarn for woven or knit charity scarves (non Superwash wool). Prepare the yarn for knitting charity hats ( Superwash wool or cotton). Some of my hand spun yarn is going into both sets of projects.
4. Put the yarn into the Goodwill box.
I have not gone through all my project bags yet so there is still more work to do. I have enough yarn for almost a dozen hand knit scarves prepared. Also enough for at least a dozen shades of blue and green woven scarfs. Yes while I was organizing things I put the yarn in color palettes for weaving.
Did I mention that I have a huge pile of circular knitting needles to put away too. That should take a couple of hours at a later date. Most likely when I need a certain circular knitting needle and can not find the right size.
I even found time to work on a new knitting design and a few rows of weaving. I was not cleaning all day because I am recovering from the latest sinus infection and the beginning of the….wait for it….post getting sick arthritis flare up.
TTFN. It’s time to call it a day.
I have done enough charity scarfs, both knit and woven that this huge tote bag is now empty. All the yarn has been used. It holds the equivalent of a 30 quart tub. You might recognize the tote bag as one of Eric’s. The one were we carried extra medical supplies for road trips. By the way I did find a few expired pump filters and a spare connector in the pocket. Apparently the pocket was too small to hold yarn.
This is one more small victory on my road to the great yarn destash.
It’s no surprise to anyone who knows me well is that I got really sick after Eric died. Had a lot of different surgeries and have had a very bumpy ride on the road to recovery. Because of that I have not been doing as much cooking as I would like. My kitchen and pots have become lonely.
Today I was experimenting with a sugar free, grain free zucchini breakfast bar. Both my cinnamon and baking powder were expired. I went ahead and tried my experiment anyway. Yes, it does need both cinnamon and baking powder. Those are now on my shopping list.
That is not where I was going with this blog post. I decided to look at all the spices in jars and bottles in my spice rack. Any thing from a store no longer in business is leaving. Any store that I have not shopped at for 2 years is going. Anything past its expiration date is going. So all totaled I have 49 jars and bottles leaving the kitchen this morning.
The liquids have to be emptied and the bottles rinsed out, then sorted between recycling and trash. The jars have to opened and emptied, the jars being sorted between recycling and trash. I figured it will take me an hour to do all of this. I will only add more spices as needed. Not everything will be replaced. For instance, take spices that are used for beef, since I no longer eat beef, except for the occasional bite, the spices will not be replaced. Since we are not using the barbecue anymore, those spices will not be replaced. Yes, the barbecue died while I was sick and since we don’t grill steaks anymore, it is not high on the shopping list.
My challenge to you my readers is to check your spice racks before the holidays. Check for all those expiration dates. Spices don’t last forever. Fresh spices mean a better quality product.
The bonus is that I have 1/2 of an empty shelf in the highly prized prime kitchen area open. I am sure that if will be filled up in no time.
These are all the jars and bottles leaving the house today.
