My goal is to be pretty much unpacked by today, a week from the commencement of unpacking, so we’ll see how that goes. While I’ve done the bulk of it and am mostly working on details now, I’m also making sure to take knitting and Netflix breaks from time to time! On today’s list is the last touches on the stash reorganize, as I found the bins I wanted at the dollar store, as well as sorting out the knits I want to keep, and the ones that can move on.
I’ve been working from the kitchen back, and spent a good chunk of time Sunday organizing my books so I could put them on my bookshelves. Unlike a lovely friend of mine who makes her bookshelves into art by organizing by color, I tend to organize by genre and how much I love the book. I enjoy the process of sorting and shelving, just like I greatly enjoyed processing books when I volunteered at the library this summer. While I did that I removed books that I no longer had to have in physical form so I could take them to my favorite used bookstore. I also remembered that I have another box or two of books coming from overseas while I was in the midst of sorting, and quickly realized that I was going to need another bookcase. So, I went to Walmart today and got another of the 5 shelf bookcases, and did a bit of work on Libib removing the no longer needed tags and deleting the books I’m culling. The question is, how long will that bookcase last me?
In the midst of all the moving crazy, I have some finished objects! While on my big trip to the ACCS conference and to visit both sets of Grandparents, I finished my McGonogal socks. I can’t wait for the weather to get cool enough for me to enjoy them! I didn’t mean to order the twisty sock base, but I loved the texture and will absolutely certainly consider buying it again!
As it’s still Stash Dash, the huge project I really wanted to finish was the car seat poncho. I found that using the percentage method to adjust the stitch counts worked quite well, and rather to my surprise I had enough to not only complete the hood, but also to do the ribbing! I had only a tiny ball of yarn left, and was rather pleased that this particular game of yarn chicken went well. I kind of want to get the same yarn and do this again, but with a different stitch pattern perhaps, and I know I want to change the short row shaping on the hood a bit. I wasn’t wild about that visible line of decreases, and I’m pretty sure I know how to fix it.
In the continuing sprit of Stash Dash, and because I have a childish need to whack the fuzzy pom pom on the crown of the finished hat, I’m trying to finish my re-knit of the Color Dipped hat out of my alpaca handspun. Fisherman’s rib is delightfully squishy, but I find I burn out on ribs pretty fast. So, now that I’m in my own place, hopefully I can get this finished up and ready for the next time I encounter some cold weather. Wow—I’m going to have real seasons again!
On of my projects this weekend was to get my Non-Euclidean Heel socks past the heel turn so I could work on them during my planned movie date, Spiderman Far From Home on Tuesday. That part went fine, but then I apparently dropped a stitch right off the bat, and had to laboriously ladder it back up once I got home and had proper lighting. Oh well, I know the risks!
I've been doing some baby things because a) they are fast, b) great way to stash-bust, and c) I like to have some gifts on hand for deserving babies. I just need to sew the pom-pom on this hat I started during LU's graduation and it's ready to,
And I'm working through the ribbing on another Baby Vertebra. I'm doing two color ribbing; still not sure it was brilliant or a mistake, but I'm committed at the moment!
And, while it hasn't recieved much love lately, I did work quite a bit on my Hasukai cowl while I was traveling in June. I'm going to love it once it's done!
I'll write a bit more about some cooking efforts later, but for now I'll close out with this picture of my handsome little ging- he can be a real butt, but I'm enjoying his company!
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