Good days

It only a chair pad made of yarn and colours I don't particularly like but it gave me the same deep satisfaction that any finished object gives me.

 I think the next one will be the blues.  There are a couple extra blue bits and pieces that may or may not be used in the blue chair pad.  I want to put them to use in the mixed pad if I can so the mixed colours will wait.

Once that was finished, I felt so good that I put the pedal to the floor (it is a race weekend), and finished this. 

The body is not quite complete.  This is only the back but that long garter section is done.  The front will only be five garter ridges so it won't take too long to do.  One good day of work and the body will be complete.  This is so exciting.

I felt so good by the end of the day that I celebrated by going to bed early.  Because that is the way to cookie crumbles.  

Today's chores are the usual.  Laundry and dishes but you know what?  I'm rather pleased to have the energy and the mental capacity to do it.  It's going to be a good day.

Good enough for me

So close.  So very close.

This is all the yarn that remains to be used up for my third chair pad.  

I.  Am.  So.  Glad. It's almost done.  

As I was starting this chair pad, I picked out and sorted yarn for the next couple of chair pads.

One in green and gold and 

One in a mix of blues and an assortment of dark greys and blacks.  

I really don't want to work on these colours.  Maybe on the blues but I couldn't work on those greens and gold if it killed me.  I just don't have the heart for that right now.  

What I will do, I think is start one in the bag of left overs and assorted colours.  

So long as there is 400 grams in here, a pad will successfully be made.  Though as I paw through things here, maybe I should do the blue first.  Just not the green and gold.  

I am so happy that it is September.  Summer was a blur of pain and disorder and I hope that fall and cooler temperatures will work magic on me.  I also hope I get my house back in order and clean again if I have the energy.  Not feeling good made it so hard to keep up.  I also find it difficult to write when I am not feeling good. Ah well.  I feel good today.  Surprisingly good.  I will take it as I find it.

So today I will finish this third chair pad and then I will knit on a sweater.  I don't know which one but one of three or four.  And that will be enough. 

  

So far so fair.

You can see which way my wandering needles took me.

This is my new yarn from Australia's Bendigo Woollen Mills.  This is the Classic line and I can tell you, it is really nice.  

The sweater I am making takes all of its inspiration from the Sock Monkey Cabin Blanket.  I am startingbwith a European shoulder for a nice casual fit so the deep ribs can relax rather than open up.  

So far, so fair.