Saturday, February 25, 2023

Episode 118: Minerva on my Desk









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Warm Thanks :

Cuteful Christina: Look who's expecting in March!! WOW! Congrats!
Turbogal on seaming the Chains Cardi: "I thought the designer should have given these instructions for seaming: Seam shoulder seams first (she did that). Then, lay body pieces flat, center the top of the sleeve on the shoulder seam, and seam that seam (armhole). Third, lay the body flat as if you were wearing it and seam the last seam (hem to underarm and cuff to underarm). Then there are no worries about fitting into armhole."
DDCKnits for some all-around kindness for my posts
Salpal1--Whole 30 and keto--thanks for the support!
KnittingHiker--hugs

Covid:  

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What's On My Hooks and Needles:

Finished:

Nope.

In Progress:  

Stash toss 2023 (4 in versus 15 out) 

Vest-uary 2023: untwisting the stitches

Lanesplitter Skirt- I’ve turned the first corner and I’m on the straight-away--32 inches along!

Don't Know Yet--a year in blocks-- onward! Seaming experiment:

19 x 19 blocks! 
18(19) squares=361 squares. And extras


















Arranged, photographed, and clipped. Rows 1-7 sewn together, ends woven. Row 8 clipped on for seaming. Row 9 (not shown) short edges to be seamed. That’s 152 blocks out of 361 done!

Reach for the Stars Hat--just clearing my immediate vicinity in my studio.


Lady Eleanor Shawl-- The Next Big Thing. Progress in middle of skein 7/11. 32” long so far.

My Favorite Resources:


Webs for supplies


The Altered Stitch in Valley Village, LA

The Knitting Tree in Airport-land, LA



Latelier on Ventura


Birch and Cider for custom leather tags on Etsy

Dizzy Blondes: 

Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com
3rd bobbin (sigh), but no progress
A fuzz ball of Minerva daily continues: 1 per day
Unboxing the new Nano—not yet

Strategy: 

Interpersonal Strategies: THINK: Think, Have empathy, Interpret positively, Notice, Kindness




Help Ukraine from President Obama
More ways to help from Lovecraft
                                                                                            
Fluffy Books:


A Brazen Curiosity  by Lynne Messina—the Beatrice Hyde-Clare series 


Aw, Shoot!

Stretching and biking

Something I Really Like: 

Dictation technology: Dragon Naturally Speaking and IOS


Put a Lid on It:
Tea tastings:  continue. Debating the Plum Deluxe monthly tea club for a year

Blather:

ASL:   Deaf culture class: being proactive



Pupdate--  Captain and Queenie and Blankets

Dog nose protector for discoid lupus
Hubsdate: great

Calendar:

Grand Canyon: June 5-9, 2023
Sunnybank: August 17-21, 2023


And Minerva gets the last word: 1 year since…















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