Friday, October 15, 2021

Episode 49: Petting the Alpacas



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What's On My Hooks and Needles:

Finished:

Handspun Mad Skills Brick—and it's exactly right! About petting the Pacas, though...

In Progress:



Wild Lettuce Shawl: on the knitted on lace edging, on the last edge—progress made
Twinface’s vest (restarted in smaller size) Not yet, but soon. And also, the Thanksgiving Socks:
Temperature Blanket—Caught up to October 4.





I’m currently wearing...  

Socks! 
My new sweater! My latest shawl!


My Two Favorite Resources:


Webs for supplies--I bought more size 9, 40 inch Addi needles--arrived!

Dizzy Blondes: 

Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com
3rd bobbin (sigh), but no progress

Strategy: 

Managing anxiety—breathing, timing

Put a Lid On It: 

Adding 1 tbsp almond flour to chaffles for oil absorption 

Aw Shoot!

Fitdesk mileage: 

zilch


Rock climbing: 
2x this week--finally topped out on the scariest 5.6 for me with Son screaming encouragement
Fluffy Books:

Ambush or Adore--finished
By Gail Carriger

Miss Seeton Sings—a comedy of misinformation--finished
By Heron Carvic

by Jessica Berg

Something I Really Like:

Masterclass on Calm app--Dr. Adam Alter talking about screen addiction
The general trend towards online adult classes (Masterclass, Skillshare, etc.)

Blather:

Embroidery project: no progress yet
Is it boredom?



And Minerva gets the last word: dogs and cats












1 comment:

tinyshinythings said...

Hi Gemma lovely to hear from you again. It’s like a visit from a (sensible) old friend. I so look forward to it. You come across as an amazingly strong person which you must be to have progressed so far through life’s travails. You strategies help me greatly, and others too I’m sure. Please keep doing your thing and sharing it with the world. Much love. Sally. X