Diary of a Mad Fabri-Holic

Wordless Wednesday: A Fairly Fine Day

 

 

Old habits are hard to make

I have so many excuses, but the truth is, I've fallen out of the habit of sewing.

While my neck was healing (and I'd say I'm about 90% there, down to just occasional twinges if I make poor choices/get jolted), I did next to no sewing.  It hurt too much.  I filled the time with knitting, crocheting, and watching SyFy original movies while hopped up on pain killers.  (Yes, they ARE much better that way.)

Then I started to slowly feel better, right when the days were getting lighter and summer fun was arriving.  The kids could stay up later, and there were so many neat things to do.  Knitting is just so much more portable...it goes easily to the water park, the soccer game, the baseball game, the water park, and even just the backyard.

What does all this mean?  I seem to have lost the habit of sewing.  Now that is doesn't hurt so much, I've stopped making time for it in my life.  (And the fact that the sewing room is totally and completely trashed isn't helping.  Just being in that chaos totally stresses me out.)  (And yes, I know the solution for that particular problem, but I need more time in the day.)  I need to start scheduling sewing time for myself, and forcing myself to stick to the schedule, until it becomes habit again.  That may not happen until after the kids are back in school...summer is too crazy, chaotic, and sometimes even fun to manage a sewing schedule.

But today, I  did make a tiny bit of time.  I knocked out a few more modern cross blocks. 

I'm trying not to take it as some sort of evil omen that I managed to burn my underarm on the iron partway through.  I will persevere, darn it.

 

Wordless Wednesday: My Own Private Stitch N Pitch

Halfway There!

Tomorrow will be the 7th meeting of my once-a-month-for-a-year afghan crochet class at The Fancy Tiger (ps they've kindly scheduled thier 5th anniversary party for the same day, lucky me!)- which means I'm halfway there!  I have completed 6 months of crocheted afghan squares, some more successfully or happily than others...  The class started out HUGE- we had to bring in extra chairs- but has dwindled down to 6 or 7 key members.  We're getting to know one another, which is fun, and my fabulous friend K brings tasty treats every month.  Total win win.

I thought I'd show you May (granny square) and June (puff stitch), mostly because I borrowed my mom's backyard (in between crazy rainstorms) and staged a little photo shoot last weekend...

Tomorrow we're learning the technique to make squares a la Babette Blanket!  That's the pattern that started my crochet yearnings years ago...  Whee!

Wordless Wednesday: I Love a Rainy Night

 

A shawl for all seasons, or at least, locations

I'm still finishing my second Orange Pekoe sock from the Cookie A club June shipment, but the problem is, I have to actually pay attention when I'm knitting it.  The chart is super simple and very intuitive, like all Cookie socks, but I still have to think while knitting.  D'oh.  Not so good for work, or poolside.

To solve that problem, I cast on a simple but gorgeous shawl, Different Lines.  It's all garter stitch with some simple short row shaping- perfect for tossing into my bag and taking anywhere.

Like Pirate's Cove.

Or a Rapids soccer game.

I'm working it in Colinette Jitterbug, all from the stash...

I may have to go one stripe shorter as Jitterbug is a slightly shorter skein- only time will tell.

 

Wordless Wednesday: Up, Up, and Away