End of May 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)

Corvin, Estelle Superwash Merino DK (April 19, 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:  44 entries, 70 skeins, 23,356.70 yards.  Looks like someone bought yarn again.  (Look, the buttons were difficult to find and I had to visit a bunch of stores containing yarn and things happen.  Don't judge me.)

Hehe, knitting mojo was down a bit in April.  I'll work on May's knitting and get it a bit more scheduled.  May 2024 mini-achieve goals:

1.  Finish Liesl.  But first, finish Corvin.  For reasons.

2.  Maybe finish the blanket?  For the same reasons?  Or at least make sure to work several inches on it every time I'm at my in-laws' house (because that's where it lives right now).

3.  Keep working on reeds.  I did get my order, but practice is important.

4.  Speaking of practice, make sure I'm practicing several times a week until the concert on the 26th.

Whew, finished the necessary finishing in time (but barely!).  Went yarn shopping with my son and, inevitably, came home with more yarn for projects for him.  He's great at picking out yarns and projects for me.  Maybe a little to great at it . . . .

As for May's goals, finishing Corvin is literally all I accomplished.  I did not practice several times a week - it was an accomplishment if I managed to get one evening in a week!  But the concert was a success.  Next one is at the end of June.  Here are June's mini-achieve goals:

1.  Finish Liesl!  Seriously, there's not a lot left on it.  This is definitely achievable!

2.  Work on reeds.  I made an excuse of not being able to properly sharpen my knife, but I have new stones on the way so that excuse will be out the window.  I wonder what I'll come up with next.

3.  Continue to work on portable projects (socks and hat).  No finishing expected, just work on them.

4.  Practice, practice, practice.  Those pieces for the June concert may look easy, but I was flubbing a lot of the sections last practice.

End of April 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)

Corvin, Estelle Superwash Merino DK (April 19, 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. (No change from March.)

 

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 Ceciliana, 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?

Hehe, knitting mojo was down a bit in April.  I'll work on May's knitting and get it a bit more scheduled.  May 2024 mini-achieve goals:

1.  Finish Liesl.  But first, finish Corvin.  For reasons.

2.  Maybe finish the blanket?  For the same reasons?  Or at least make sure to work several inches on it every time I'm at my in-laws' house (because that's where it lives right now).

3.  Keep working on reeds.  I did get my order, but practice is important.

4.  Speaking of practice, make sure I'm practicing several times a week until the concert on the 26th.

Last Year

 Last year on April 13, I was at work and was suddenly overcome by an incredibly powerful sadness for about 2 hours.  I wanted to cry, I thought I was going to be forced to leave, and it stayed for so long.  When my boss came back to the warehouse, I let him know what was going on because it was so strange!

It disappeared as suddenly as it started.

The next day, my brother's grandmother called to let me know his dad had been in a horrible motorcycle accident and died.

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.