Yopping Update #31 - It's in the mail

Ta-Da!

This went into the mail on Friday (along with a few treats) and I hope to receive a picture of my son wearing it sometime early next week.  Stay tuned.

I then decided I had the perfect wool to make a pair of socks - but it took me a day of looking at my queue and other ravelry patterns to finally settle on simple skyp socks.  The pattern knits up quite quickly and I am happy with my progress.

Prior to starting the above socks I decided to get out my crochet hook and make some Saturday slippers from a pattern I have had in my queue for some time.  These are all done except I am going to sew on some leather soles to make them less slippery.  I am going to start another pair today with some more Paton's decor I have left over.  I am crocheting them with two strands of worsted and a 6.5mm hook, which seems to get gauge whereas the pattern calls for super bulky and a 9mm hook.  I didn't have the right yarn or hook in my stash but it all worked out in the end.  These were a quick make - about an hour and a half - including the embroidery!

I haven't told you dear readers about Charlotte.  She has been happily living in my kitchen window for about two months now.

she is on inside of window, feeder on outside

I don't really like spiders when then surprise me, but she seems content to make her web and hang out in the window.  She has even caught a few winter flies.  I am kind of hoping she will have babies - and when they start to parachute out I will scoot them outside.
Not much else is new.  I wore the heart monitor all day Tuesday and turned it in on Wednesday afternoon.  The tape they used to secure the electrodes left a terrible rash on both sides of me, but it is slowly healing.  Sigh.

I did get to the pool a couple of times, but on Wednesday \\\I had quite a dizzy spell in the change room so I am sticking to Tai chi and yoga at home until I talk to the doctor on Tuesday.

I did label and put away some handspun that has been hanging in my craft room since....August.  oops.  I hope to get out my spinning wheel this coming week because that is one of the main things left on my YOP list for 2019-2020.

I have joined the KnitPicks stashdown this year and have committed to no fibre purchases (I have so much to spin already), and also to knit up  or give away at least 13,200 yards of yarn.  I managed just  3300 yds already to date so I think this is doable.

I am committed to more reading this week.  A good friend got me a book called Knit Two, by Kate Jacobs which is a light and enjoyable read, and last night my great-nephew gave me his copy of The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.

This week I am also planning to edit one chapter a day of my Novel.  At that rate I will be done the edits by the end of February (and maybe sooner).  Then I will be ready to start sending it out to publishers.  Big step. 

Snow is predicted this week coming - we will be ready with the car on the main street, and lots of coffee in the cupboards (after last month's fiasco).

I will leave you with this angel.  Have a good week dear readers.  Be kind. 

sleeping like a baby