Month: May 2022

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The Button Legacy

This is the Button Legacy. A local artist passed and her sister held a three weekend craft estate sale. Crafting material filled the basement. I saw these buttons on the Facebook page and knew I had to have them (including the basket.) I also knew she was a knitter. There was a ton of yarn and I managed to leave all of it there. There were some circular needles but I was fascinated with the wood needles.

But those buttons. It was the buttons that touched me. I love buttons. At another estate sale years ago, I purchased a huge box of buttons. I have used some but I have about 95% of them left and there are hundreds. There’s a fair amount in this basket as well. These buttons are more artistic than the others. I’ve already used one. I recently purchased some Wool Ease and this is one of few times I’ve used yarn as soon as it arrives in the house without needing it for an order. 

The button legacy will have chunky hats and scarves and this is a simple ribbed brim beanie. I really enjoyed it. It was quick and the tweedy look of the yarn is classic, modern and works well. Almost any of the buttons would have worked. There were lighter browns and oranges. I mean, just look in the basket. I’m looking forward to making more hats and the cowls and scarves that will have Parv’s buttons on them. I look forward to using the big needles she has. They are handmade birch needles. The smallest may be a size 9. 

The hat will go in the shop. Which is semi opened. It has a couple of items in it and this will be added to the list along with a few other hats I did for orders, discovered I really liked and want to add them. This is a blessing that is coming together right before my eyes and I am grateful for the part this beloved artisan has played in it.

 

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Works In Progress

I have a few works in progress. Here are all my project bags. Yep. I’ve got something going in each of these. This is what it’s like in design mode. I start a set of projects – there’s also a digital project that resides on the iPad – and when the amount of WIPs get overwhelming, I pick the first one and start on it in earnest.
So what project is earnestly being worked?

Two panels of the Boho Petal Afghan are complete. I thought there might be four panels but I think five is more likely. I also thought this might be ready in about 10 days but I’m not sure about that, either. This will be going into the shop on Go Imagine as ready to ship. I don’t think it will go onto the Etsy site.

 

What else is in the bags? There’s a two toned stocking cap, a lite cotton scarf, another BoHo piece; this one a prayer shawl, a triangle shaped scarf and maybe something else I can’t remember at the moment. Most of the yarn came straight outta the stash which explains the boho themed items. That means as I pull yarns out of the bins and into the WIP bags, more yarn can go into the bins. This is why the range free yarn looks a little less wild. Not quite domesticated but that’s fine.

In face, the domesticated yarn doesn’t mind in the least. They are behind the doors in the privacy of their sanctuary and are happy to let the free range yarn do all the work.

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Just a Little Change

Just a little change. OK, so not the best picture. I’m not used to taking selfies and I don’t know that I want to get good at it. But here they are. The photo on the left was taken Sept 2021 and the one on the right Feb 2022. Probably about a 40lb difference. I don’t know. 

I know there are people who write about their weight loss and they have a lot to say. Probably I do, too. But not just yet. I’m at a weird place. I’ve lost a lot but at the moment I am at a stall. With a stall, it can go up and down and generally mess with your head if you’re the head messing type. I’m not quite but there’s something going on up there. I’m perfectly willing to believe that my mood and the yo-yo for the past week is due to taking Provera. I have read it can have an effect on weight and hungar and mood. Also because I have significantly less weight than when I started it, the dosage could have more of an effect on me before. We will see shortly because I have two more days on this course and then the levelling should begin. The next update may tell us something.

Back in the knitting world,  I take better photos of  yarn than I do of myself. This is Paintbox yarn and I guess I bought it two years ago. It seems longer. I know I got it when we were at the house and the picture is taken on the back porch. But it seems longer. This beautiful yarn is somewhere in new place. I just don’t know where.

I ran across the photo and wondered where it is. I am fairly certain it is not with the domestic yarn behind the closet doors. My guess it’s with the free range bunch in one of the gray bins. Not gonna look, though. I’m just curious. Though, now that I think on it. There is a project it would be great for.

Gonna have to give this some thought.