Yopping Update #36 - a little of this, a little of that

Well, first things first.  I did get out my spinning wheel, and finished some spinning I started last summer.

2 bobbins spun to go with the 1 spun last summer.

3ply - 160 yards, 95 gms

Prior to the spinning I got another sink cloth pattern called sinkmates.  It starts with an i-cord and then you pick up the stitches from the i-cord to complete.  Thereby getting a nice i-cord loop to hang the cloth by.  I made two with some cotton I had in my stash.

And then I thought it would be cool to have one in hemp.  I had some hemp I had spun last year and so voila!

homespun hemp Sinkmate for the win!

I love this pattern.  It costs $2.00 and all proceeds goes to the special Olympics.  The designer has donated over $7500.00 so far. 

I was at a loss as to what to knit next - but then settled on this:  Can you guess what it will be?  Tune in next week for the reveal. 

hint:  joni mitchell song

Then, still at loose ends I started to look at my queue.  So many crochet items and the one I really want to try is Wrapped in Jamie CAL, but it looked too complicated for my cold-addled brain.  So, I started on this adorable little Dumpling kitty.  I still have to crochet the bottom before stuffing it.  I don't have any polyester stuffing and I can't go out right now to buy some so little Kitty will be on hold for a bit yet. 

this pattern starts at the ears and works down.  

So all in all I got some crafting done despite it being a sh&*^y week in other ways.

On Tuesday the specialist advised me NOT to travel to visit my daughter because of the Covid-19 outbreak.  She is concerned because it is still not clear why my heart isn't pumping as it should be. 
As you can imagine there were lots of tears as I told my family.  Sigh.  On top of that news the specialist the specialist is sending me to I probably can't see for two months. We had our flights reserved and after the doctor appointment we were going to pay for them, but instead had to cancel.  Very upsetting. 

Then on Wednesday night I started to get a sore throat.  You guessed it - by Thursday I had a cough and cold.  It worsened each day and today I still feel crappy.  Arggggg! 

So this week I had to miss all my fun things: tai chi, croatian, CoDa meeting, HOpe Centre meeting and the pool.  I did go down to the seawall for two short walks on Thursday and Friday.  I used my walking poles and it seemed to ease my hip a little. 

So there you have it.  My arm is still sore, my hip is still sore and I have a cold.  Whine whine whine. 

Last week, many of you commented on one picture that I seemed to have forgotten to post.  I won't forget this week. 

Rainy day fort - Look at all those bears!

Stay well everyone.  (Are you listening, Mary-Anne?)