Gratitude Sunday

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Today:

  • I’m feeling: some sad, some happy.  Happy for the religious celebrations of the day and what they mean.  Sad for the passing of another loved one last Friday.
  • I’m listening to: songs of my faith.
  • I’m thinking: of the resurrection of Christ, its victory over death and what that means for my life. ❤
  • I’m looking forward to: church and brunch today with my cousin.
  • I’m learning: more patience.
  • I’m enjoying: watching my herb garden grow.  Relaxing and reading.  The weekend’s spring weather  hoping there’s no more snow, ice or winter frost like we experienced this past week. Winter Snow Showers in Spring
  • I’m creating: several knit and crochet projects.
  • I’m grateful for:  a successful open enrollment session — it was enjoyed by both the staff and the presenters, a ride from a friend to pick up some items from Ikea, a reminder from my mother to enjoy this life since time is not promised to anyone, a lovely text conversation with my cousin Anita, the nutritious and life affecting goodness of juicing, a psoriasis attack that’s put me back on the path of looking after myself better than I have been recently.  All negative experiences are really life lessons in disguise.
  • Around the house are:  the scent of my new candle burning, clean rooms and Spring breezes.
  • In my kitchen: more muffins, juiced meals and grilled salmon.
  • I’m planning later in the coming week to: solidify my crafty, yarny W.I.P. list for the year,  start working on covers for my yarn bins,   start exercising,  go to the Dr to find out why my surgical scar since October still isn’t healed. :(.
  • My quote/verse for the upcoming week is:

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  • I’m wishing you: the very best of Sundays and a wonderful week ahead.

 

WIP Conundrum

Nicky19 Comments

Okay, so I have a problem.  I kinda know what I want to do but your input would be nice.   It’s my mood blanket.  The thing is gargantuan now.  What’s even crazier, it’s that I’m a few weeks  😳 behind.  No excuses but you know … I’ve been having some life curve balls.  I want to be fully caught up by the end of this month so I decided to measure it according to the size of my bed.  Errrr … lemme show you my problem …

Mood Blanket 2014

It’s not much further on from the last time you saw it in February but that right there is my problem.  I’m eight weeks behind and the square is almost off the sides of my bed.  If I add another 32 rounds to this it definitely will be.  In the long term, we have 38 more weeks in the year.  If I multiply 38 * 4, I get an additional 152 rounds on this blanket.  Which means that it would be trailing on the floor around my bed as opposed to being the comfy blanket / spread I envisioned if I keep making it in it’s current style.  In other words — it’ll be toooooooo big.   Too big to be practical and too big to even wash in the largest washing machine in my building’s laundry room.  So what’s a girl to do?  I kinda know already what I want to do, but I need your help.

 

*cue music and insert poll*

Obviously, the last option is a joke … but the other three are viable ones.

Like I said, I kinda know what I want to do but it’ll mean so very much to me if you can help me out.  I think I set the poll to allow comments so feel free to offer up other suggestions if you think of any.

In other news, my Flax sweater.  Oh dear God in Heaven!  When I’m done this sweater, I’ll be wearing it!  Even if it’s summer.  The swatching is adding grey hairs to my head and I just can’t!  😀   So what had happened was … I swatched this thing … again … for the third time.   This time I went down a needle size.  And guess what?  The unblocked gauge is off by gazillions.  Okay … slight exaggeration … but my unblocked swatch is 17.5 stitches, 26 rows over 4 inches instead of 18 stitches, 22 rows over 4 inches.  I’m just waiting on the swatch to dry to see what kind of mods to make.   Sweater making divas, I need you when I come back with that blocked swatch okay?  Please and thank you.  😛

To cheer myself up … no, that’s a lie.  Because of my love for all colours bright and beautiful, I succumbed (I was weak Opal  😀 ) to magnificence of Knitpicks Stroll Neon sock yarn.  Yes … I did.  I got these:

Neon Gems

I picked myself up some eye searing neon.  Now I’m off to pick up where I left off with socks since I frogged this one:

First Sock

Yep.  I’m off to grab those 9 inch needles and finally finish my first pair of socks in screaming neon blue — aka  Razzleberry!   I feel some subway knitting coming on.

That’s all folks!  Nothing else to see yet!  😛  I look forward to your responses re my blanket.

Toodles.  Hope you’re having a crafty good Spring.  😀