Not much to share this time, but a craft update: I started Avena pullover with two cotton colors I had in my stash. The beginning made me very happy.
And the back side, aka the floats (the yarn that connects various colors) looks very regular:
That’s all for today, take care!
As my last post of 2022 I wish to share the overview of this year’s crafting, mostly knitting with some crochet items. This activity makes me particularly happy and proud, because it calms me, progresses slowly but visibly, and very importantly, progress is stable. I learned a few new techniques and gifted some items to friends. I made wearables that properly fit me and are comfortable.
For 2023 I want to keep knitting and crocheting, and have many projects in my queue already.
So, goodbye 2022, wishing you all a great start in the new year!
Again, busy weeks, and this sweater progresses quite fast. I must admit that I set all other WIPs aside…
Until next time, take care!
No filter from my camera, but from my window and the rain 🙂
I have no sorted thoughts to share and am still quite overwhelmed. Take care you all!
Back to baking! Here is my last bread, decorated with the college S:
I enjoy baking for a variety of reasons. Eating it is not the most important 🙂 I find baking, and especially leavening, a process that demands respect for its timings, in exchange for minimum requirements (flour, water and cozy ambient temperature). I mix the ingredients and I know that in a few hours the dough will be ready. There is no way to make it faster (apart from raising ambient temperature, but still) but from my side there is not even such intention. I bake only when there is enough time. I actually try to follow this principle for everything, which is sometimes clashing with expectations around me – either I get pushed to act faster, or worse, I am expected to push others. The result is that I get really uncomfortable (in both situations), and the task gets delayed or derails completely, which is not better than letting me complete the task at my pace.
Apart for the metaphorical considerations, bread #174 tastes delicious 🙂 Till next time!
Hello everyone!
Since my last post in April a LOT of things happened, and each one deserves more than one sentence and a link in this post. Overall, I’m in a significantly better place than six months ago. Still lots of work-in-progress in many domains, but I can say that I have found help and I am cautiously confident about the near future.
Wishing you all a good start in the new year! Take care and stay safe 🙂
This time only pictures! The crust came out really crispy. I baked it on Wednesday and there is not much left 🙂
I’m trying to complete a summerly project in time to wear it this year, but my chances are getting slim… nonetheless, it’s a very pleasant project to knit and to see developing 🙂 The pattern is called Cloudesley and is available on Ravelry. I hope I will have enough yarn, I have used one skein already…
Speaking of autumn, I bought a small set of four seasonal plants that now adorn my windowsill. I hope they will get enough light and not too much cold. Next to them are some of the summer’s flowers, still green and cheerful!
In the park near my house there is an enclosure with a dozen goats. They can stay in a little wooden house and roam in a space with plenty of rocks and some shade under the trees. There are some older goats that walk slowly, a few youngsters and a few who will give birth soon. They seem content and with enough to do to have a pleasant life. Here is one that looked quite satisfied:
A black goat was resting in a convenient spot to be drawn so I took my sketchbook and gave it a try:
I would like to visit them more often but there is always quite a crowd around, and there are not many sitting spots (just one bench). I get tired quickly of the distractions from the flow of people, just the same as in the zoo, but there even more because there are no other animals to visit. I almost wish I were a goat and had the chance to stay in the enclosure, maybe in a quiet corner, and take all my time to contemplate, eat, jump and sleep 🙂
A few days ago I had the unrealistic plan to go buy one new magic loop cable and a second set of 2mm DPNs at my favourite wool shop, and of course I came back home with a few more things:
The shopping generated a peak of new-project-enthusiasm, and without hesitation I started a new pair of socks with the grey striped wool from a previous raid, and a cabled scarf with the purple-grey-green wool. The yellow linen sweater is almost finished, and I will make sure I will finish it before starting a new large project:
Here is some more progress on the cabled scarf. The wool is very soft!
And here are the finished socks from previous update. They are not as pink, the camera is doing its own color balance:
That’s all for now, stay tuned for more knitting pictures 🙂
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