“Valpaca”
Beloved Son gave me a Valentines Alpaca!
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Warm Thanks Dept:
Yolanda H/Some Frills and Zoe Juniper for some delicious ko-fi.
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished:
Rose Ohm Shawl—eight years in the making and I am SO glad that I finished this! It is so lovely.
In Progress:
Wild Lettuce Shawl: newest lace project
Twinface’s vest (still in transit)
Temperature Blanket— Brava acrylic yarn from Knit Picks in 2 sets of the Hue Shift blanket kit.
200 Fair Isle Motifs by Mary Jane Mucklestone
Purchased:
Bulky from Knit Picks in Wool of the Andes in “currant”
Because who wouldn’t make a sweater for $43? Arrived!
I’m currently wearing...
Socks: scrap socks recipe:
Top dow.
2” 1x1 rib in color one.
1” stockinette stitch in each of 5 other colors.
Make legs of each sock match like identical twins.
Do waste yarn on one side for afterthought heel.
On sock #1: Use unloved color #1 for foot of sock #1.
Do heel in unloved color #2.
On sock #2: Use unloved color #2 for foot of sock #2.
Do heel in unloved color #1.
Maxed out on knitware: socks as above, rikke hat, mitts, clapotis shawl, Agnes sweater
And the dress is handmade
Dizzy Blondes:
No spinning action currently, but awaiting my latest Electric Eel Wheel
No spinning action currently, but awaiting my latest Electric Eel Wheel
Strategy:
On to ACCEPTS: how to self-distract when distressed, skills overlap.
E is also for self-care to manage your emotion.
P is for push-away-the brief mental break
Replacing the Romertopf
Gratefully swiped from Williams Sonoma site
Aw Shoot!
30 minutes per day; back to the Fitbit! Tracking eat-sleep-exercise
30 minutes per day; back to the Fitbit! Tracking eat-sleep-exercise
Something I Really Like:
Mobiscribe—a cross between a Rocketbook, a reMarkable and an Android tablet
Blather:
Re-vax scheduled
Windstorming and power shut-off coming
Libsyn issues
Adding upcoming projects to my queue to use up yarn leftovers
Valpaca!
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