Wednesday, 30 September 2026

No crochet yet.

I am fed up with all the stuff sitting beside me.  There are 2 buckets, formerly ice cream pails, filled with the appropriate colours for the current chair pad.  There is a large container with the rest of the Palette yarn awaiting being turned into chair pads.  There is a mess of project bags and charging cables, my needle case, and a couple books on the sofa, tumbling down into that container.  It's a mess I live with until I can't anymore I I finally tidy up.  This is different because I don't want to put the big container in the yarn closet.  That might feel like giving in and thinking of the Palette as stash again.  

No.  No.  No.

I tried crocheting yesterday but it was a no go.  The small movement from crochet are still exacerbating my arm pain.  On the upside, I figured out what I am doing to cause the pain and I am working hard to get it healed up.  

I can still knit, thankfully.  I hardly move my arms when I knit so no pain.  I got a fair bit of knitting in yesterday too.  



See how nice that slightly wider edge on the shoulders looks?  

I will continue working on this today.  I might also pick up some socks.  I could use a few more pairs of socks this fall.  There is a Musselburgh I would like to finish up too.  

Lots to do.  Lots to make.  Lots to dream on.  No matter the troubles in the day, it is a pretty good kind of life.

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

It will block out

I made my bit of a goal.  Though it wasn't really a goal.  It was more a faint hope but i got a fair bit of work done yesterday.



Front 1 picked up.  

The edge on the back yoke seems to be a bit too tight but I am sure it will block out properly.  

Isn't that what we all say?  Cross your fingers for me.


Monday, 28 September 2026

The yoke is on me.

I am so slow these days.  It is taking forever to get anywhere on my knitting.  

I got this done on my Sock Monkey sweater.  



I measured and I have about an inch and a half to knit from the white marker before I can start the front yokes.  I'm happy about this but I sure wish I could get more done in a day.  Ah well.  What was is not how it works anymore.  I can't knit 8 hours a day, though, oh how I wish I could.

I also pulled out my Shalom.  



I did a couple rounds on this last yoke colour section.  There are 4 more colour rows to go before I start the body.  

I am going to work on the Hiraeth this morning.  It looks like this.



Also on the yoke.

I have three active working on it sweaters.  All of them are on the yokes.  I kind of wish I could get one of them on to the body or sleeves just for some variation.  

I guess the yoke is on me.