End of March Update

 WIPs (new ones are bolded)

Ten Stitch Blanket, Caron Cakes (started 2019)

Sockhead Slouch Hat, Wandering Cat Yarns Solo Cat (started 2019, frogged and restarted 2024)

Oranje, Estelle Yarns Andean Heathers (started 2017, frogged and restarted on smaller needles 2024)

Liesl, Cascade Yarns Color Duo (started February 18, 2024)

Ceciliana, madelinetosh Tosh Sock, madelinetosh Twist Light (started March 19, 2024)

The Bee's Knuckles, Andre's Alpacas Sock (March 22 - 24, 2024)

Hibernating

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace (started 2015 - oops)

Daughter of Thrain MKAL, Crystal Palace Yarn Lace (started 2017)

End of month yarn stats:  42 entries, 65 skeins, 21,666.20 yards. (7 entries, 5 skeins, and1934.10 yards less than February.)

March 2024 mini-achieve goals:

1.  Continue to not buy yarn.

2.  Finish something?  Like Liesl?

3.  Sharpen the reed knife and work on a reed.

Okay, so, I did the third one.  Briefly.  For like, one evening.  I did buy yarn on March 23 for a planned project (and I needed another needle - for realz!).  I also started and finished a small project (intended for a race, but didn't finished in time).  Despite the yarn purchase, I think I did alright.  I also binned a few smaller partials I was holding on to for no reason.

 

April 2024 mini-achieve goals:

1.  Seriously.  Don't buy any more yarn.  Even for planned projects.  (Unless the project has a strict deadline).

2.  Since I've started Ceceliana, maybe try to get to the halfway point.

3.  Work on a reed again.  Maybe do that once a week.  Especially because the reeds I ordered haven't shipped yet.

4.  Bonus:  Finish Liesl?

Thought #3

 Why does this cake of yarn have five ends?

Thought #2

 Why does that one hair growing out of my boob grow faster than the hair on my head?

Thought #1

 Have you ever heard a song on the radio and gotten almost violently thrown back into a memory?

It almost hurts sometimes, that feeling.  Every time I hear 'Paparazzi' by Lady Gaga, I'm tossed back to 2009, working at that donut store, dipping flower-shaped donuts in white fondant.  (That was a dark time, which is why it probably happens so consistently.)

When I hear 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams, I'm back on the cruise ship.  I'd never been on a cruise before (haven't been since, either, but I'm not dead yet).  At least that's a happy memory!

'Eight Miles High' by The Byrds has me back on a Sunday morning, listening to records with my Dad.  It's a good, calm memory.

I've heard of this happening with smells, too, but music is way more powerful for my brain.

End of February Update

  WIPs (new ones are bolded)

Ten Stitch Blanket, Caron Cakes (started 2019)

Sockhead Slouch Hat, Wandering Cat Yarns Solo Cat (started 2019, frogged and restarted 2024)

Oranje, Estelle Yarns Andean Heathers (started 2017, frogged and restarted on smaller needles 2024)

Liesl, Cascade Yarns Color Duo (started February 18, 2024)

Hibernating

Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace (started 2015 - oops)

Daughter of Thrain MKAL, Crystal Palace Yarn Lace (started 2017)

End of month yarn stats:  49 entries, 70 skeins, 23,600.30 yards. (No change.)

February 2024 mini-achieve goals:

1.  Continue to not buy yarn.

2.  Eliminate (by using or donating) two more skeins of yarn.

3.  Knit up to the sleeve section again on Oranje.

4.  Resist casting on a new project - maybe knock out the hat, first?

5.  (Bonus) Upload pictures from camera's SD card - there are pictures from last summer in there.

Um, regarding #2, I realized that this would only work in conjunction with #4 if I finished the hat and succeeded with #3.  Didn't matter, though!  I was not able to resist.  (Actually, I think I was starting to get a little bored with the current projects, and a new one is the best way to avoid frogging everything.)

Ooh!  Also, I remembered to make the projects links so that you all can see what the pattern will (maybe one day) look like.  But I'm not sure if Ravelry links can be viewed if one doesn't have an account - let me know.

March 2024 mini-achieve goals:

1.  Continue to not buy yarn.

2.  Finish something?  Like Liesl?

3.  Sharpen the reed knife and work on a reed.