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Hello, Internet. How are you? I've been okay. And fairly busy. I made some things! Want to see them?
So the thing about my job is that I have a lot of time for stuff. Not much going on at night. This means I have hours and hours every week to knit my heart out. I'm also getting some good reading done—I'm in the middle of NK Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy. Actually I'm avoiding it a little because I can tell it's going to break my heart into pieces. I have odd avoidance habits. I'm also slowly making my way through Liu Xiaobo's essay collection, No Enemies, No Hatred. It's overall a surprisingly productive time considering how slow actual-work is.
I made this Hemlock Ring blanket (a Brooklyn Tweed adaptation of a doily pattern):
I wear it like a shawl. I wanted something more substantial than a lot of the lace shawl patterns one sees on Ravelry, and semi-circular in shape. This fits the bill nicely, and used less than 2 skeins of Cascade Eco+.
I also made a deer hat. Eee, the little antlers!
Also I sewed a shirt. The fabric is rayon jersey and the pattern is Sewaholic Renfrew. It's extremely comfortable, though the neckline topstitching is weird.
I'm in the middle of knitting a basic sweater out of Berroco Vintage (I love this yarn!). Given how much knitting time I have, and the fact that all it needs is sleeves, I expect to be done by next week. Then I can work on, hmm, socks maybe?
So the thing about my job is that I have a lot of time for stuff. Not much going on at night. This means I have hours and hours every week to knit my heart out. I'm also getting some good reading done—I'm in the middle of NK Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy. Actually I'm avoiding it a little because I can tell it's going to break my heart into pieces. I have odd avoidance habits. I'm also slowly making my way through Liu Xiaobo's essay collection, No Enemies, No Hatred. It's overall a surprisingly productive time considering how slow actual-work is.
I made this Hemlock Ring blanket (a Brooklyn Tweed adaptation of a doily pattern):
I wear it like a shawl. I wanted something more substantial than a lot of the lace shawl patterns one sees on Ravelry, and semi-circular in shape. This fits the bill nicely, and used less than 2 skeins of Cascade Eco+.
I also made a deer hat. Eee, the little antlers!
Also I sewed a shirt. The fabric is rayon jersey and the pattern is Sewaholic Renfrew. It's extremely comfortable, though the neckline topstitching is weird.
I'm in the middle of knitting a basic sweater out of Berroco Vintage (I love this yarn!). Given how much knitting time I have, and the fact that all it needs is sleeves, I expect to be done by next week. Then I can work on, hmm, socks maybe?
