The last post I wrote, had on the “things to do” for this week. I had down to work on a batch of wip’s that are stored right next to my chair at sit at while in the living room. I’m feeling like I’m being taken over by projects bags. Had 6 bags of started projects, most of them are very close to being completed. Laying these out you can see just much I’ve done already. Out of the 6 items I’ve decided I’m not wanting to finish #6. I’m just not feeling it for this shawl and I could use the yarn for another pattern So Monday night I went ahead and frogged it. Then the Mitts #4 they were done and need to have the thread tails woven in ✅ The weather has turned bitter cold and these will be used often in the near future. The pattern is a free one by Purl SoHo Then yesterday I was able to finish #2 Sockhead Hat by Kelly McClure. The yarn is finger weight merino that I dyed in 2020. I used the skins of yellow onions. Ju
I had intended to write before this but a lot have happened since then. First thing was Christmas Eve we had a water leak in the kitchen and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. So we were not able to fix it and needed to just turn the water off to the house. We have a well and creek so we had water for the toilet and drinking. Being Christmas there was no way we were going to find a plumber let alone be able to pay what someone would want. Finally Tuesday, 4 days later we had water inside again. We were also supposed to have 2 of my daughter’s come last weekend for a late Christmas but decided to reschedule for a couple months from now. I went through emotional up and down for a week. Have to say the house looks good. Thank goodness I didn’t do a lot of holiday baking before hand. “The Man of the Place” birthday was the 31st. We never go out because he doesn’t like to on his birthday. The first day of the new year I was able to spend time with fellow bloggers from all p