tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17173943704955292572024-03-13T10:01:07.999-07:00 Breathing LifeA diary of the second half of life.
A life that includes swimming, knitting, love, hope, faith, grace, humour and depression.
Not necessarily in that order. Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.comBlogger928125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-78968224225364749422023-02-07T14:00:00.004-08:002023-02-11T09:43:18.502-08:00Yop Update Week 32 - Knitting with Handspun<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDErUv3pgSJOlxfZwQ36kPsg0M_tx3o2kLu4aaLPXucKH1Cyi8SEPuUYIRwDuQDoMAIbCYXMVmDyyeqcXwG3gdCIW8GEmKrwKBSrBAOGMHlOwAzCUglKOYE6lDIXtReG6RfMdw4OFmkf_3otAK_smTepLEV9vZ3IQRewhKw0HPMtQBnM8HrL8DhUH/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDErUv3pgSJOlxfZwQ36kPsg0M_tx3o2kLu4aaLPXucKH1Cyi8SEPuUYIRwDuQDoMAIbCYXMVmDyyeqcXwG3gdCIW8GEmKrwKBSrBAOGMHlOwAzCUglKOYE6lDIXtReG6RfMdw4OFmkf_3otAK_smTepLEV9vZ3IQRewhKw0HPMtQBnM8HrL8DhUH/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have two projects on the go using my very own handspun. A Cowichan-style vest, and a toque. I love how the vest is coming along. Here is my progress so far - the back is done!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMzBE1Qoq4zKaZyabFlekYO_Jj0nBjoAjmQARpOBmffnaxblSUuwDqcowVBC93Ol4XounQYs-6yTve0myod3iqAZOa3KGEr2X-f8YLQfhtCP7Wy6z1UPVdC2vWu0xYPzIwT9dL5qtWqmgCS_87zlFfERR0gGAfXgh4PzUWiz_2DRHjA859uCe9Naq/s4032/20230206_111054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMzBE1Qoq4zKaZyabFlekYO_Jj0nBjoAjmQARpOBmffnaxblSUuwDqcowVBC93Ol4XounQYs-6yTve0myod3iqAZOa3KGEr2X-f8YLQfhtCP7Wy6z1UPVdC2vWu0xYPzIwT9dL5qtWqmgCS_87zlFfERR0gGAfXgh4PzUWiz_2DRHjA859uCe9Naq/s320/20230206_111054.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>And my toque is on the blocking mat:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ncTnppKtbnWRgUnT3_fUZc8CgHOtpr3LkXjxbGjct1cRZpHkNiEIr9HlRnHI0IdcYhX_NtNMnI3xmRk0_UBP4plVwPlvnnJSFjb4Pv64bjmzMOacqds3kMctvaphR22yQk9hcp_239BLMn82uPteK-NWIe-c-UNrY67KqwMg7jtUUm6s8PnE-tWb/s4032/20230206_110920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ncTnppKtbnWRgUnT3_fUZc8CgHOtpr3LkXjxbGjct1cRZpHkNiEIr9HlRnHI0IdcYhX_NtNMnI3xmRk0_UBP4plVwPlvnnJSFjb4Pv64bjmzMOacqds3kMctvaphR22yQk9hcp_239BLMn82uPteK-NWIe-c-UNrY67KqwMg7jtUUm6s8PnE-tWb/s320/20230206_110920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Both of these projects are with my handspun and that was one of my goals for myYear of Projects!<br /><p>I have two pairs of socks on the needles, but no more progress to show and I also have started my Night Owl Mitts, but they are lanquishing in my wip (works in progress) basket and I have been actively ignoring them for the time being. </p><p>I have been swimming twice in the ocean since getting home. The ocean temperature is a brisk 6C. Suffice to say I only stayed in 6 minutes each time. </p><p>I also renewed my membership to the indoor pool and have been four times already - it is good to swim some distance in warmish water!</p><p>I took an Introduction to WaterColour Journalling last Saturday and it has been taking up much of my time since then. I am enjoying the step by step approach. Here is an exercise which was to map my paint box:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1hlWfUiptAxoHZuXGFFZjmGhltqXlBKjV9P92RDxDTZeftdq8dmCIIlyCjXl4iaNQm58PE5j2CzrzGd1Qlp6ahlYsKzIZ8ZvYue9imlLM_EAoRGyhZ6bwINTTkR-WlweGWDAIG-3RcM6n1RM8RfIEHgL727FmtA4p_yyf8t1gkinmico0kid36IX/s4032/20230205_111224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1hlWfUiptAxoHZuXGFFZjmGhltqXlBKjV9P92RDxDTZeftdq8dmCIIlyCjXl4iaNQm58PE5j2CzrzGd1Qlp6ahlYsKzIZ8ZvYue9imlLM_EAoRGyhZ6bwINTTkR-WlweGWDAIG-3RcM6n1RM8RfIEHgL727FmtA4p_yyf8t1gkinmico0kid36IX/s320/20230205_111224.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Part of the course was to commit to making a watercolour gratitude journal and to create a small sketch for each day. I decided to make a 'gratitude in a jar' journal. I cut out 30 circles that when finished fit inside a wide mouth mason jar. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUHW7i28lnFECCwoK1551QXDCAsaXYmrZQlNQpX9EfQAoPWEUO0Wky7C-Oh8mFMyKQksxi4mHG0CdvoGLydUdS9R1l9lJU0g0xKiuJDpVKVHpuqAH25ENW3PITXmeunH9KadH00h454wy6wkG6xOD-0PZkhKnlrDSfik788jUYRuzBef_GHlc5VCa/s3105/20230207_135449_HDR_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="3105" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUHW7i28lnFECCwoK1551QXDCAsaXYmrZQlNQpX9EfQAoPWEUO0Wky7C-Oh8mFMyKQksxi4mHG0CdvoGLydUdS9R1l9lJU0g0xKiuJDpVKVHpuqAH25ENW3PITXmeunH9KadH00h454wy6wkG6xOD-0PZkhKnlrDSfik788jUYRuzBef_GHlc5VCa/s320/20230207_135449_HDR_(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Short update this week. Perhaps I will be chattier next Sunday. I will leave you with a picture of my Passerine hat on my head! I have been wearing it quite a bit this cold rainy days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZr3TES6aDEAVA4uzJreQoYZrcCD9Bg1m_gRrxX5imoiNcexof10f4DM5EfAbiinR7DHekTaKQKdoFT8_-cpRTxwYfMUAawG8sMMClM_jYQTkydQTkqi4Nztul3aUTNbyz2XFTcYb-_IeingAv9egKsHolrbyBAKknCE6jv-09vGWafAMkWZWBn9V/s831/20230129_160506_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZr3TES6aDEAVA4uzJreQoYZrcCD9Bg1m_gRrxX5imoiNcexof10f4DM5EfAbiinR7DHekTaKQKdoFT8_-cpRTxwYfMUAawG8sMMClM_jYQTkydQTkqi4Nztul3aUTNbyz2XFTcYb-_IeingAv9egKsHolrbyBAKknCE6jv-09vGWafAMkWZWBn9V/s320/20230129_160506_(1).jpg" width="315" /></a></div> Oh yes, one more update.<div><br /></div><div>Otis was busted for inappropriate mischief the other morning:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Cigv99cdajtFVUnW0w2Z7Xpe6OD1L3s8zP50mxLr1AyakKNbfNzBjNooG0mJlwiNnKyouaDaU2GTty979RpksPTEI7aWQ38E_eIn4PMJnxqCwgGKGMQjGeC_mVHmThRVOWxMIKqXm0-tHOZ3UwtyWeOvID_U_sgHMZ4csgEDAyevikjJJl4Gfh4i/s4032/20230203_093503_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Cigv99cdajtFVUnW0w2Z7Xpe6OD1L3s8zP50mxLr1AyakKNbfNzBjNooG0mJlwiNnKyouaDaU2GTty979RpksPTEI7aWQ38E_eIn4PMJnxqCwgGKGMQjGeC_mVHmThRVOWxMIKqXm0-tHOZ3UwtyWeOvID_U_sgHMZ4csgEDAyevikjJJl4Gfh4i/s320/20230203_093503_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-91188601315665120002023-01-24T09:19:00.004-08:002023-01-26T10:23:04.491-08:00Yop Update #30 - We have our suitcases!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTYFbf0bSRtmbfbtcdDA1xdmhVs2_Tk0BgCzBYOanqZ8MCijN75iopcmCrPfRAh9FBTOvv7bJpQrPYuTf4YFgSP9gHhvWx65lIpBzAXO65oG1-5x-NubCDQX9crbL-VPTjOZQfR0YuKjSU-DCsN_YY60pOrhDWVVdBi0I5D0cLJBWO7oZxhG6Us3J/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTYFbf0bSRtmbfbtcdDA1xdmhVs2_Tk0BgCzBYOanqZ8MCijN75iopcmCrPfRAh9FBTOvv7bJpQrPYuTf4YFgSP9gHhvWx65lIpBzAXO65oG1-5x-NubCDQX9crbL-VPTjOZQfR0YuKjSU-DCsN_YY60pOrhDWVVdBi0I5D0cLJBWO7oZxhG6Us3J/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>First announcement - My husband finally got his suitcase (missing for two weeks) so hurray for that. </p><p>Second announcement - After 25 hours of travel I safely returned home last Tuesday night and miracle of miracles my suitcase arrived with me!</p><p>The rest of the week has been recovering from jetlag. I think I am almost turned around and starting to feel somewhat rested. </p><p>Because I was so worried about lost luggage my carry-on was almost all knitted things - 27 gnomes, my Spice Market shawl and my Birdsong sweater. I was wearing my favourite handknit socks and of course my Dragon gansey. Suffice to say I was never cold on any on the three flights! </p><p>I took a picture of all the things I had knit while away:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAOuDhzW7PJ1P56pgk6yuMA9XS3QX9SJ7S9vQ5FZu6XdKZsb4WV97IS8tu1VZ6zn33F_zogTzwZn6l5uDD0IFwyrfBFU44IzoQ2Pblb8J8V0-OfGq8NddIDHTcLFtyVwP6_l3qykmXjaRQXJMoJLibnn0hLi_wJoMsAJguQY6YaJmKth2Usp8Ab5x/s4032/20230119_084936_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAOuDhzW7PJ1P56pgk6yuMA9XS3QX9SJ7S9vQ5FZu6XdKZsb4WV97IS8tu1VZ6zn33F_zogTzwZn6l5uDD0IFwyrfBFU44IzoQ2Pblb8J8V0-OfGq8NddIDHTcLFtyVwP6_l3qykmXjaRQXJMoJLibnn0hLi_wJoMsAJguQY6YaJmKth2Usp8Ab5x/s320/20230119_084936_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9 gnomes, Birdsong, 24 blanket squares,9 1/2 socks<br />And a partridge in a pear tree!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I arrived home to a number of parcels that had been delivered in my absence. It was like Christmas! A wool order from KnitPicks (including a yarn spindle), some long dpns from Etsy, two mini skeins and a yarn gauge I won during the Year of Gnomes, some fleece lined leggings, a new top and a blanket I had ordered (to keep me warm after my swims), and a present from my sister of a large flannel shirt to also wear after swimming and that is big enough I can put it over my head and change under it so I don't flash the whole beach after my swims!<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7d1nfnFnADW9p_VUiWwefHcrm09rI0uvzZhLfQy6UFNSMxLCVwr8EbBUOkZRDQw-TdMv1zo381A3G-O4knSGYtmK04tih1BaRfHl9Gy4JF-xUkaLTSSjDtfPjBae-dzUiDdYZYwH3eG8E6Est7LRkkIONawa62aF2Nm-iVzJD6BaYu_6MtIso_gl/s4032/20230124_084245_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7d1nfnFnADW9p_VUiWwefHcrm09rI0uvzZhLfQy6UFNSMxLCVwr8EbBUOkZRDQw-TdMv1zo381A3G-O4knSGYtmK04tih1BaRfHl9Gy4JF-xUkaLTSSjDtfPjBae-dzUiDdYZYwH3eG8E6Est7LRkkIONawa62aF2Nm-iVzJD6BaYu_6MtIso_gl/s320/20230124_084245_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarn cake holder - it spins!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>There was mountains of mail to go through, and of course unpacking and three loads of laundry. Chores I was happy to do because it meant I was home!</div><div>My dear husband met me at the airport with a Rainbow Roll from my favourite sushi restaurant since Air Canada doesn't feed you on the five hour flight, and I hadn't had sushi for almost four month! Shocking I know!!</div><div><br /></div><div>In between sleeping and waking cycles I managed to block both my Birdsong and the 24 gansey blanket squares:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDJ7ktjT5ree8TTNRG6zVeCE_R_gnOhvUNdrjy-WjIwRljcGaoQ6BpXAIV-OATXzCUSiwL17O2_boxIlDxQo4l4yHn4xmqi4-T7mHFMWSjdZx0FWeuqqLtZd9xpvBNALEp18CMIwlMKVhbSzv1wYi6xrInwe_0ne06PHPtpei_0x3guW7iGtdwriJ/s4032/20230122_115408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDJ7ktjT5ree8TTNRG6zVeCE_R_gnOhvUNdrjy-WjIwRljcGaoQ6BpXAIV-OATXzCUSiwL17O2_boxIlDxQo4l4yHn4xmqi4-T7mHFMWSjdZx0FWeuqqLtZd9xpvBNALEp18CMIwlMKVhbSzv1wYi6xrInwe_0ne06PHPtpei_0x3guW7iGtdwriJ/s320/20230122_115408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyS_i7DzsxEPxG7PUMPlt3zVqCYx-40Uqwox_kwRtx0yFOj47sS_UrA-6dLwqOh_cvtSPp4uLV4hP0OM5yv9Uml9Jwiu1zzRBimNdg-hCr_crQyWTyisbeWmKLT0M0lCqfITiWAKqjkuTF4uQ-R3ooJjf54ijLJEDXzZa18Ijv6cM-S8RQa-fF4kM/s4032/20230122_115421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyS_i7DzsxEPxG7PUMPlt3zVqCYx-40Uqwox_kwRtx0yFOj47sS_UrA-6dLwqOh_cvtSPp4uLV4hP0OM5yv9Uml9Jwiu1zzRBimNdg-hCr_crQyWTyisbeWmKLT0M0lCqfITiWAKqjkuTF4uQ-R3ooJjf54ijLJEDXzZa18Ijv6cM-S8RQa-fF4kM/s320/20230122_115421.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>On the knitting front I have been working on finishing another sock - Caffe Mocha - I am down to the toe,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPce65hufw0eygJ8BjNDO4VN8douCShk2g8RLLD0BFo2mzcTbYzk1Rebf35yHZGjk9x00KrX1j0jXDCm_yJBg6Ho4Y_KYwue3UcNY6tJehlnRTDCI7CmEUSN4WqFPrFNdK0YKRo7kJvoCoNpW4B4sAJLJ1lwpjqhPUBPO4izIteRCs9LGDv5fK5i54/s4032/20230124_085310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPce65hufw0eygJ8BjNDO4VN8douCShk2g8RLLD0BFo2mzcTbYzk1Rebf35yHZGjk9x00KrX1j0jXDCm_yJBg6Ho4Y_KYwue3UcNY6tJehlnRTDCI7CmEUSN4WqFPrFNdK0YKRo7kJvoCoNpW4B4sAJLJ1lwpjqhPUBPO4izIteRCs9LGDv5fK5i54/s320/20230124_085310.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> picking up my son's gansey (I have done the shoulder straps and I am now on the first sleeve), </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyk80hQeXM9vzj-OsLP2hnh4OKvHquTeCeki2iFfAIVqP92xe2W6Qzg2d2Uf-qn2cOX3GZiRCdseFJo4P8IWbC34bGgjq8O4lnrjr9v31hPWfGRccCmzSipcj7vQ3-l356qbimyqw3mqTb4YBWEY5WmGhMOXy07V-VjALlnA0GTqfi__sDQKS23jy/s4032/20230124_084221_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyk80hQeXM9vzj-OsLP2hnh4OKvHquTeCeki2iFfAIVqP92xe2W6Qzg2d2Uf-qn2cOX3GZiRCdseFJo4P8IWbC34bGgjq8O4lnrjr9v31hPWfGRccCmzSipcj7vQ3-l356qbimyqw3mqTb4YBWEY5WmGhMOXy07V-VjALlnA0GTqfi__sDQKS23jy/s320/20230124_084221_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>and I started the Passerine toque to go with my Birdsong sweater. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv3C0IVyjDVGNvu3ac9x-3JyQZekoXeMSG1VnWTSMPVn1aMt3PcPVQZ1iB9qDVTKsxKMCoDkfTUe4IAOmita5V7a4oatqrqi3z_kQ_AsbU6cqtVO7X1RwhHZm7rxrlTQhJKfFnt2Q4JacG3ez8bjEziio9prZVsNftvR_owPT_UClL-nWbPDkRKWx/s4032/20230124_084140_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv3C0IVyjDVGNvu3ac9x-3JyQZekoXeMSG1VnWTSMPVn1aMt3PcPVQZ1iB9qDVTKsxKMCoDkfTUe4IAOmita5V7a4oatqrqi3z_kQ_AsbU6cqtVO7X1RwhHZm7rxrlTQhJKfFnt2Q4JacG3ez8bjEziio9prZVsNftvR_owPT_UClL-nWbPDkRKWx/s320/20230124_084140_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow I am going for my CoVid booster and flu shot. I have a To-Do list literally a mile long of things to do and people to contact now I am home, but I can't seem to do more that one thing on it per day. </div><div>(Okay it isn't a mile long - but there are 29 line items and it takes a whole page of my bullet journal.) </div><div><br /></div><div>I haven't got back to the ocean yet, but I did get out for a nice forest walk a couple of days ago. It has been cold and rainy here but I found a window without rain to go check out my local duck pond and re-acquaint myself with the beautiful trees in the woodland trail. (Note to self - wear a toque and gloves next time - it is not like you don't have a LOT of them).</div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of a lot of knitted things - I think I have to stop knitting socks! Either that or join some Sock Knitters Anonymous group. (I mean a real SKA 12 step group because the SKA group on Ravelry just encourages you to knit more socks!) I have a drawer full of hand knit socks and it is overflowing with at least fifty pairs. Many of them I have never worn as I tend to have a few favourites and I just keep recycling through them. I am thinking maybe I should get a table at a spring craft market and sell some of them but it is like asking me to sell my children - I am so attached to them all! Stay tuned - calmer heads may prevail. </div><div><br /></div><div>So that is all for this week. I am two days late with this post already, and I am blaming jetlag. I think my etheric body is somewhere over central Canada at this moment. I am hoping for it to catch up with me very very soon. </div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpQamRwTQC6Ymo7I8ekWT3VxGxwU53IqhsvsZvxXTmvdWnmpm0GvVvmhyK-iVbr_m1hxR3cAAkj0jwVOfVGql-6404D1asdWKsRIuPgN9omO0XYMzen6nXYfRKhVCBLxwpB775FtzThqeBCIpkUfjpqPObGA57SNljcJ6r8ljEzqWP5TGdRZe2ah3/s3840/IMG-20230122-WA0000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpQamRwTQC6Ymo7I8ekWT3VxGxwU53IqhsvsZvxXTmvdWnmpm0GvVvmhyK-iVbr_m1hxR3cAAkj0jwVOfVGql-6404D1asdWKsRIuPgN9omO0XYMzen6nXYfRKhVCBLxwpB775FtzThqeBCIpkUfjpqPObGA57SNljcJ6r8ljEzqWP5TGdRZe2ah3/s320/IMG-20230122-WA0000.jpeg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been living under my new sloth blanket as I sloth-out on the couch!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Oooo. I forgot I have a pair of socks I can show you because they aren't part of my test knits. These were such a fun knit, and great for using up leftover sock yarn. I do love mosaic knitting!<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOnmagpfEuel8F8z1bbQySzeWpYhawTPt6b71-21-Ugb1YpBj32QHJu62vZJ731FqJ_BEDceZAzqFjS4risZyXVKKkuThk08MFubqVXV-CgFTISf8bzjUUKurFXA5_9KYHZtRuiiFVeFZgdK3aiJf-xDCjXpux2Sy1XAiFcKA49k6LuGbEdmcVBs6/s4032/20230111_214538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOnmagpfEuel8F8z1bbQySzeWpYhawTPt6b71-21-Ugb1YpBj32QHJu62vZJ731FqJ_BEDceZAzqFjS4risZyXVKKkuThk08MFubqVXV-CgFTISf8bzjUUKurFXA5_9KYHZtRuiiFVeFZgdK3aiJf-xDCjXpux2Sy1XAiFcKA49k6LuGbEdmcVBs6/s320/20230111_214538.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leftover1">Leftover1</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Dear Readers, I hope you are fairing well through this winter. And take heart, my daffodils are peeking up out of the soil. Spring is coming!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP1WEjFDuMGSzPNJHZWe90VbOMiF5wX8TmNt0yUf6-HdenOkXj71uL2lSQtIEAcnLzfvAvGjf7h7N9VafGMpmggf2IGa22uMt8426anUA8gImShT-75CziOsACz_jqBQh3qyluo0cXBVOTI433oF5416aWVLMaDKCr5IJRK0XNO54jew3o5kCtx7O/s4032/20230124_091658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP1WEjFDuMGSzPNJHZWe90VbOMiF5wX8TmNt0yUf6-HdenOkXj71uL2lSQtIEAcnLzfvAvGjf7h7N9VafGMpmggf2IGa22uMt8426anUA8gImShT-75CziOsACz_jqBQh3qyluo0cXBVOTI433oF5416aWVLMaDKCr5IJRK0XNO54jew3o5kCtx7O/s320/20230124_091658.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-14591586986462021442023-01-15T08:35:00.001-08:002023-01-15T08:35:46.589-08:00Yop Update #29 - When in doubt cast on another sock<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPGKAnlu8wUFPDfX57hfwX4ddsQaOuFDOX-D7UlZMSda2tYZe-KgP2UYa9Yw-gPLCGlSKad2-AnZdJZNz0LdagO1FKO05ljZQv0dMTIgYQ3bR59nmmfKsa3-gIOcZeGgzwLwZK_b10qZB7qRfi1p9qaXdfE52XT0Qkm-a57zxCir5I62SPGGteGo9/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPGKAnlu8wUFPDfX57hfwX4ddsQaOuFDOX-D7UlZMSda2tYZe-KgP2UYa9Yw-gPLCGlSKad2-AnZdJZNz0LdagO1FKO05ljZQv0dMTIgYQ3bR59nmmfKsa3-gIOcZeGgzwLwZK_b10qZB7qRfi1p9qaXdfE52XT0Qkm-a57zxCir5I62SPGGteGo9/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Well, first the big news. My hubby's suitcase finally showed up (only two weeks late). So that is a huge relief. Other travel news is I have an appointment tomorrow morning at 8am to sort out my visa issues. Cutting it close to the wire as I leave 24 hours later. Hopefully the appointment goes off without a hitch (or two, or three). </p><p>I am mostly packed and I have made a list of everything I am trusting to the airlines. I had my last swim yesterday so that all my swimming stuff is dry for packing. It was a glorious swim. Water temp was 12C. Air the same. The sun was shining and there was a wind blowing so there were some waves to swim over. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkUXoKvjftxnPhABuwUp-EFvEJNxJvR4tWidDQShJyK2P7bRQ9rTs2OmkaLQERd3yMChOXEmImkOClz1bKaIHryax-k4jGv30CYAPA2YPNC6kuPiTwZYV1X--iny1lHSRfB6x8j4ZGUOwnzwaH-OynXtt22YPjukfi254lT-MWstdYhZA1XaUvUD3/s4032/20230114_120226_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkUXoKvjftxnPhABuwUp-EFvEJNxJvR4tWidDQShJyK2P7bRQ9rTs2OmkaLQERd3yMChOXEmImkOClz1bKaIHryax-k4jGv30CYAPA2YPNC6kuPiTwZYV1X--iny1lHSRfB6x8j4ZGUOwnzwaH-OynXtt22YPjukfi254lT-MWstdYhZA1XaUvUD3/s320/20230114_120226_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I finished a test knit, and started another. The testknit I am working on is very fiddly with lots of right twist and left twist cables and I have already broken two needles trying to cable without cable needles. Argggg. So to compensate for my frustration I cast on a lovely sock designed by my friend Lia. It is called <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/caffe-mocha">Caffe Mocha </a>and I am enjoying it immensely. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzedUApmYKYXXY4PeX4-W4nKh-dKsLJ3SGtOjpxGqbMNZgWJA_Q-8TutiN6bjYMzkQBhX2kfBaeadf6DMBCxB6Y5kEjKOpkUcMvqf9qvpdNt20Cz7ok8iQrIN6npO4VK2kcwPS7F6sHgWEYH8wjnjO_6pj-ecZNLliF9rX-lg5u39HCvs6x2N_rg0/s4032/20230114_211948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzedUApmYKYXXY4PeX4-W4nKh-dKsLJ3SGtOjpxGqbMNZgWJA_Q-8TutiN6bjYMzkQBhX2kfBaeadf6DMBCxB6Y5kEjKOpkUcMvqf9qvpdNt20Cz7ok8iQrIN6npO4VK2kcwPS7F6sHgWEYH8wjnjO_6pj-ecZNLliF9rX-lg5u39HCvs6x2N_rg0/s320/20230114_211948.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">just what I needed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Other than knitting socks and swimming I have gone for a couple of long walks. There is a labyrinth built into a field about a mile from where I am and yesterday I walked it. Very meditative</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiiQyntr-xdPED_MxcnugJ7Z4fzqJPgwQ59hGfdhLlBTMf7PtX-2dbREUunGUBVERAaTQGfxzwsJzk-DtkTFi6X6X8DW5bm1z2dcHNjlvcGsYP8HdQcXJ7PrMl8Ii8dbhB3JIlvdE_64farbVBgo3F5348oajtDivuxNngR94F9goeLvueK6YFRLv/s4032/20230114_141812_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiiQyntr-xdPED_MxcnugJ7Z4fzqJPgwQ59hGfdhLlBTMf7PtX-2dbREUunGUBVERAaTQGfxzwsJzk-DtkTFi6X6X8DW5bm1z2dcHNjlvcGsYP8HdQcXJ7PrMl8Ii8dbhB3JIlvdE_64farbVBgo3F5348oajtDivuxNngR94F9goeLvueK6YFRLv/s320/20230114_141812_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">path lined with lavendar plants</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I have taken quite a few pictures in these last few days to remember the nature I was immersed in for the past three months</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zPpxXCzeP3JwvVyD219xs6UWqrnwE4IA7CGQw8Clz16BoNliAZ49Txwmay7OfOlOlHDWllgscYPWayUnAEFN4rDU9Rzv-ffONHfjY4ZYxoQmfq15rFVzyp9MHmGjCnhTwc9eOkmFNu9UXh40-6J4Bo10qNmxzMvWDribDwFz9XtG5X8k1cNVUs0M/s4032/20230114_144352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zPpxXCzeP3JwvVyD219xs6UWqrnwE4IA7CGQw8Clz16BoNliAZ49Txwmay7OfOlOlHDWllgscYPWayUnAEFN4rDU9Rzv-ffONHfjY4ZYxoQmfq15rFVzyp9MHmGjCnhTwc9eOkmFNu9UXh40-6J4Bo10qNmxzMvWDribDwFz9XtG5X8k1cNVUs0M/s320/20230114_144352.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my private swimming area</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVsCjQ73RglF5uWy5A1VMM6IOPu8KtvlSJ6kbSPbQZhj2bLOAznbB_qbK2pQ7aqcY1nlnHriGDEkKrT_4mI64tlM0NWl9KM-YbS7UKNM3ucdB25dI-Pro8ilHoqNfwwmgX32QPSNR_HLw93Qe4RBZ_U0c6H06ev0bcHsmvUNjO5ySyD8SzEdplMrC/s4032/20230111_151228_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVsCjQ73RglF5uWy5A1VMM6IOPu8KtvlSJ6kbSPbQZhj2bLOAznbB_qbK2pQ7aqcY1nlnHriGDEkKrT_4mI64tlM0NWl9KM-YbS7UKNM3ucdB25dI-Pro8ilHoqNfwwmgX32QPSNR_HLw93Qe4RBZ_U0c6H06ev0bcHsmvUNjO5ySyD8SzEdplMrC/s320/20230111_151228_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the seagulls often on this boat watching me swim </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKofrCu894vRanrdNRU-vnzz82L0Uz79lwAXNXvPpSXg9hog9Yvx3a3piDqPt9TeSN5QUlZHBaUmsdf0mUwUuYROL7oZ9uvcwGYNsiPiQxqDVEV0vzmYKYvmltLgsrKfOeFnrQW0IRxeT66YlYESaP7Exg9gF2RpYU3ybpYnZy8OxAvnPdJBnpIYgN/s4032/20230111_150823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKofrCu894vRanrdNRU-vnzz82L0Uz79lwAXNXvPpSXg9hog9Yvx3a3piDqPt9TeSN5QUlZHBaUmsdf0mUwUuYROL7oZ9uvcwGYNsiPiQxqDVEV0vzmYKYvmltLgsrKfOeFnrQW0IRxeT66YlYESaP7Exg9gF2RpYU3ybpYnZy8OxAvnPdJBnpIYgN/s320/20230111_150823.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And even got a shot of one of the many feral cats that come to our deck hoping for a treat.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-q9hCyvkzHMMBeT3Wk-gDQ5tgVCJLCuQ7vs0Cog8oWnN2H1aSkvpMclBDFYmZeigQuQ7QfwbcVmNoGtkmigNZLTFrltrOzJ23myRbjzqSrxtLHqvaKGHLEXgOnjAuFllRDk8_0FmL1KPN_T-DUuJrLrx8hCbOggUFROCuVSj4dXrm1gISo8TRVL6/s4032/20230110_132936_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-q9hCyvkzHMMBeT3Wk-gDQ5tgVCJLCuQ7vs0Cog8oWnN2H1aSkvpMclBDFYmZeigQuQ7QfwbcVmNoGtkmigNZLTFrltrOzJ23myRbjzqSrxtLHqvaKGHLEXgOnjAuFllRDk8_0FmL1KPN_T-DUuJrLrx8hCbOggUFROCuVSj4dXrm1gISo8TRVL6/s320/20230110_132936_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was making chicken soup and no she didn't get any...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div>I won a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/go-big-or-go-gnome-hat">pattern </a>from Imagined Landscapes for the Year of Gnomes event. It is a toque pattern called Go Big or Go Gnome. I couldn't resist. One can never have enough gnome patterns. Am I right?</div><div><br /></div><div>So I fly on Tuesday. Honestly I am not looking forward to the 21 hour journey home especially with worries about missing suitcases. </div><div><br /></div><div>Next week I will fill you in on my adventure. </div><div><br /></div><div>But now it is time to have a birthday dinner with my daughter. Thirty-Four today....where does the time go?<br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-29542120711351474812023-01-09T06:19:00.004-08:002023-01-09T06:29:56.079-08:00Yopping Update #28 - More things I can't show you<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTGcEwSYruZ_CRQ62h6uE2HTWDSvunYGMG3ZSEC6nsyLcnSzkMGWiaI0OqPFYlLRSg8t3h3Ku1tiVT8YROcQ_V-Ym6r-I3YLLeVm_RWpPvV8-xFdTvV7sqd6JBWyqSgu2QRjwXSd70eL0qFLbe13BQY8549meRN_4BQcvUBpvYHq1mgqsv60FibGk/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTGcEwSYruZ_CRQ62h6uE2HTWDSvunYGMG3ZSEC6nsyLcnSzkMGWiaI0OqPFYlLRSg8t3h3Ku1tiVT8YROcQ_V-Ym6r-I3YLLeVm_RWpPvV8-xFdTvV7sqd6JBWyqSgu2QRjwXSd70eL0qFLbe13BQY8549meRN_4BQcvUBpvYHq1mgqsv60FibGk/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This past week I mostly spent researching different gansey motifs for the next twelve squares. I settled on Hearts, Diamond, Tree of Life and Scottish Flags:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mHfN02ylvNdCPH6lAaxjzhKY4O0LtNzMB4enrMqgmHgFPph7s9w5dBtZE1sppflXMmn7oz84YI5Dpq1ONOrH4oNQOTrEXFOePb-V9QNGMWasLSFge25wD9Pms8C-lad_g8jm4E6kWtx5FILaKwoh_Ov7az1lmCD378mmRRhLBGNKVDnF_5USqk4v/s2953/20230106_163230_HDR_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2953" data-original-width="2891" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mHfN02ylvNdCPH6lAaxjzhKY4O0LtNzMB4enrMqgmHgFPph7s9w5dBtZE1sppflXMmn7oz84YI5Dpq1ONOrH4oNQOTrEXFOePb-V9QNGMWasLSFge25wD9Pms8C-lad_g8jm4E6kWtx5FILaKwoh_Ov7az1lmCD378mmRRhLBGNKVDnF_5USqk4v/s320/20230106_163230_HDR_(1).jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiTO2EGf9UeGAgLHANklX6h5VFHDeU0DdWPqIblKao0VxrPtpkp_HTTeLpXNdG68PNBpFdHrI8WFK4L0U1XYtL-LY9D3pg-fRjBmiUT_dY74uP3R3dA25Rj-UBYeZo6WiTQfnKfFscumOE5jTcNpon7hXoIi3TUxsxyVg-MdV4O43HQ3skEzAaKce/s4032/20230106_095605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiTO2EGf9UeGAgLHANklX6h5VFHDeU0DdWPqIblKao0VxrPtpkp_HTTeLpXNdG68PNBpFdHrI8WFK4L0U1XYtL-LY9D3pg-fRjBmiUT_dY74uP3R3dA25Rj-UBYeZo6WiTQfnKfFscumOE5jTcNpon7hXoIi3TUxsxyVg-MdV4O43HQ3skEzAaKce/s320/20230106_095605.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGvNM919pNmumz-q2Z9zvdxdFMI994E-mntRLdRcWaDIVLRCFtirCB5nkKelKaJRyiQFEgC3nw32Zq_FJ2edgNZgeOcyy_EAzuGR8ffWJ0dwciqcPybDxEpNXMvCnyRa0SRmzODAvZ5st8mRizZ0w8pYubmZRNrtUzZDE72fjbutyvbdQTDr4805p/s4032/20230106_095524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGvNM919pNmumz-q2Z9zvdxdFMI994E-mntRLdRcWaDIVLRCFtirCB5nkKelKaJRyiQFEgC3nw32Zq_FJ2edgNZgeOcyy_EAzuGR8ffWJ0dwciqcPybDxEpNXMvCnyRa0SRmzODAvZ5st8mRizZ0w8pYubmZRNrtUzZDE72fjbutyvbdQTDr4805p/s320/20230106_095524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9v7wQ2xRyAbLsOA8bE1qqDiO00xRkfhTiZsWUI3FPztJOmOhwQjGOQC5xxbzQLgdK1x13TXruTLQuSZvvxgkjF8UWHcgWdn8iZZvo1OuUJzziS0VME3mifq9r6dvECldoK_elvgHtmhUXjoxbaNabqrHFd6BlzQYK5qDwob9Q2TFlc7MpVOh-8hI/s4032/20230106_095502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9v7wQ2xRyAbLsOA8bE1qqDiO00xRkfhTiZsWUI3FPztJOmOhwQjGOQC5xxbzQLgdK1x13TXruTLQuSZvvxgkjF8UWHcgWdn8iZZvo1OuUJzziS0VME3mifq9r6dvECldoK_elvgHtmhUXjoxbaNabqrHFd6BlzQYK5qDwob9Q2TFlc7MpVOh-8hI/s320/20230106_095502.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I finished another testknit sock which was quite enjoyable. I am just making one of each sock, but creating fraternal pairs by using the same yarn for two different socks. I will be quite the fashion forward I think. <div><br /></div><div>My husband's suitcase is still lost somewhere between Croatia and Vancouver. It has been twelve days so there isn't much hope that it will surface. Upsetting to say the least and now he has to go through the hassle of a) making a claim, and b) replacing the missing contents. So annoying, and of course now I am fretting about when I fly in a week because most of my luggage are things I have knit while I have been overseas. Luckily my husband and I swapped carry-on bags before he left and I plan to stuff mine with knitted things plus wear both sweaters and the shawl and maybe two pairs of socks. I will look like the Pillsbury Doughgirl, or the Michelon (wo)man - suffice to say I will be warm. The gnomes (all 27 of them) are already packed in the carry-on. I have my priorities straight!</div><div><br /></div><div>I did manage three more cold water swims this past week, but not today because it is very stormy at sea and there are warnings about thunderstorms so I am staying in safe and dry for the time being. (Well, I do have to go out to get some milk and tea, but I am hoping the rain will stop shortly so I can dash out and back without becoming the proverbial drowned rat.) </div><div><br /></div><div>After I finish this post I am going to cast on another sock - actually a match to one I made last week - I can't just have fraternals in my carry-on. </div><div><br /></div><div>I fly home in eight days. The time has gone by too fast and I am still trying to get my overstayed visa issue worked out. The woman I originally talked to doesn't seem to be working this past week so tomorrow I have another name and number to call. Fingers crossed I won't be thrown out of the country and become persona non grata. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have entered all my blanket squares into the Harry Potter House Cup Challenge and the toque and mitts I want to make as part of a KAL with a dear friend are not to be started until January 21st at which time I will be home (and hopefully so will my suitcase). </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope the new year is treating you gently. We have all been fighting (and mostly winning) against the cold that arrived at the end of 2022. Not the funnest way to start a new year I can tell you. </div><div><br /></div><div>(I know funnest isn't a word - but this cold doesn't deserve proper vocabulary!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-72434989526994537142023-01-01T09:37:00.003-08:002023-01-01T09:37:31.950-08:00 Yopping Update #27 - A sock I can actually show you<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuhAWDqkVB8A77f89PHYnGAWdaTeD96Ol8V9ex9gix7F0vSzqYm0vXjvk5l5aGWPR3fisGEv_0JuYnDxOFKJjCaz56h67o31Ozp54pmNEzfmrLdZtEDgSjF8ZKQ47Yt2a9g4FAApCdUcfV3NP_pnNoPF8mxShOR8_l2_sLvjJvkX7QD0K-Q5GlN_i/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuhAWDqkVB8A77f89PHYnGAWdaTeD96Ol8V9ex9gix7F0vSzqYm0vXjvk5l5aGWPR3fisGEv_0JuYnDxOFKJjCaz56h67o31Ozp54pmNEzfmrLdZtEDgSjF8ZKQ47Yt2a9g4FAApCdUcfV3NP_pnNoPF8mxShOR8_l2_sLvjJvkX7QD0K-Q5GlN_i/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I finished a testknit sock this past week, but it is top secret so no picture. But...I did finally get around to knitting my second Wetlands Gansey sock and I finished them on New Year's Eve and they have been on my feet ever since. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu4fMm3ZU-hU7pLROwXc69F7RwJmhcF7wIh-oc3DVpCek-CBLxCZs4PxQOyAaVV5XKYhfqzET1MIe379uUgTNErhKOgYVsvtXW57YUgs7xNlMAPYsq9gjAesYJ3lRf_3wWoCNEAqTx9m0_wYzjtHJpKTAVploH2x9vQwmifpj9hkdRMblMqUAm-pQ/s4032/20221231_163112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu4fMm3ZU-hU7pLROwXc69F7RwJmhcF7wIh-oc3DVpCek-CBLxCZs4PxQOyAaVV5XKYhfqzET1MIe379uUgTNErhKOgYVsvtXW57YUgs7xNlMAPYsq9gjAesYJ3lRf_3wWoCNEAqTx9m0_wYzjtHJpKTAVploH2x9vQwmifpj9hkdRMblMqUAm-pQ/s320/20221231_163112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>It is almost time to put away the Advent gnomes and Saint Gnicholas until next year, but I couldn't resist one more picture. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr4AEVvGj_e3NrQRbNzc9RDHvDvHCFUqZuXIKKFT3NvdNIMbMcmX4texQ_7yS6mrUdXc3sySL7FiFy5eiiocrV3cBADwHW0w6OFi3mQM6QUEO8frb9qxcK_VPhZXIDfyXQWGnBT4iPCUmsBbLhsVHflxZU74YdhIAzT6jfUaC7qwzvvmQ_Pn_D3Y7/s4032/20221231_164635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr4AEVvGj_e3NrQRbNzc9RDHvDvHCFUqZuXIKKFT3NvdNIMbMcmX4texQ_7yS6mrUdXc3sySL7FiFy5eiiocrV3cBADwHW0w6OFi3mQM6QUEO8frb9qxcK_VPhZXIDfyXQWGnBT4iPCUmsBbLhsVHflxZU74YdhIAzT6jfUaC7qwzvvmQ_Pn_D3Y7/s320/20221231_164635.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My dh flew home on Friday. He and I both have a cold and I know for him flying while feeling rotten is just, well, rotten. He is home now, safe and sound (although he is still waiting for his suitcase). <div><br /></div><div>Otis is glad to have someone home with him once more:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRRpCXWrPZzdyY9OMptQTgYJLZ-tWSSnb_AeQCbLEGQuH1vJVK6gHaN-nOG8X4Rw7brzvrtoJeVnOMu0weo556A9baK9LBBM4679ycw8ZjYMa387gmYHB4VyHBE6Tq4e375Ty4f8POnB3OKYZL5Ud3qvMuSxXzS8I-wXY6cvb8hk8SblpXuzcLS--/s1600/IMG-20230101-WA0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRRpCXWrPZzdyY9OMptQTgYJLZ-tWSSnb_AeQCbLEGQuH1vJVK6gHaN-nOG8X4Rw7brzvrtoJeVnOMu0weo556A9baK9LBBM4679ycw8ZjYMa387gmYHB4VyHBE6Tq4e375Ty4f8POnB3OKYZL5Ud3qvMuSxXzS8I-wXY6cvb8hk8SblpXuzcLS--/s320/IMG-20230101-WA0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I have started another testknit sock and the next term of the Harry Potter Knitting/Crochet House Cup has begun so I am plotting more gansey blanket squares and I think a<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/passerine-hat"> toque</a> to match my Birdsong. </div><div><br /></div><div>After seeing my husband off at the airport early, early Friday morning I got to witness this amazing sunrise on the way home. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf_zntrem0oWnNK5hp3rpIqPtOaeoEyaEbE_x8QmfEFWt3inRX8G_TIU4if39s1I5CQIerQOknm_Tt0dO6XC-qJoXs2dRZkTIE_dLZ4mmWiKplexLUPGVVXZy0bhiDjH3emj7xEKetLqYeNV3n212j0FSnFMi39bb8rdvwZsYuKOtfpm6C_y-Fx44/s4032/20221230_071102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf_zntrem0oWnNK5hp3rpIqPtOaeoEyaEbE_x8QmfEFWt3inRX8G_TIU4if39s1I5CQIerQOknm_Tt0dO6XC-qJoXs2dRZkTIE_dLZ4mmWiKplexLUPGVVXZy0bhiDjH3emj7xEKetLqYeNV3n212j0FSnFMi39bb8rdvwZsYuKOtfpm6C_y-Fx44/s320/20221230_071102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I did get into the sea for my polar bear dip today, New Year's Day. The sea temp was about 9.5C and I managed two minutes before coming to my senses and heading home for a warm bath! It was Ccccold.</div><div><br /></div><div>It will be a few months before we are all together again, so I am glad my husband had us all pose for a selfie the night before he left. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyKvxjNAZBIOqZFoPbPEyFm30lQXr-b78z_JwZz6WO1aOVEAgsVany8Q6I51Dn8FKDnpYWxys--0-g6qNXpMBDb7Bx3r0apO9KKMlDQwQ9CYVTdE2xu3UM8mgMxEezx_FZZmQkgJ9VlLHjNI2PbtNuqLaRasRSuzM4e1bTrFsNDC8e8WfIuehJIwi/s3264/20221229_201806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyKvxjNAZBIOqZFoPbPEyFm30lQXr-b78z_JwZz6WO1aOVEAgsVany8Q6I51Dn8FKDnpYWxys--0-g6qNXpMBDb7Bx3r0apO9KKMlDQwQ9CYVTdE2xu3UM8mgMxEezx_FZZmQkgJ9VlLHjNI2PbtNuqLaRasRSuzM4e1bTrFsNDC8e8WfIuehJIwi/s320/20221229_201806.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Happy New Year to all my dear readers. May 2023 bring us some peace and kindness, health and most of all Love. <br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-66257863385457371032022-12-25T01:52:00.001-08:002022-12-25T01:52:17.679-08:00Yopping Update #26 - Merry Christmas from Gnova<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeawuRdGplka1d45PhNay_hndd-Dacs0ZKOrG3wUGbf_q9xGShh4KJhzJJr_MtRy9I1IrGSV3u47QhBshicgGrndV38eMr_C2zEW8wZP-sUgz4y0ZBuW5uKUhPsDCkW-0iwlXuO16s94pwXgo1yV_NqVaUlu79_8rXunQcgc7gkI8bzW2LhOUCCzW/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeawuRdGplka1d45PhNay_hndd-Dacs0ZKOrG3wUGbf_q9xGShh4KJhzJJr_MtRy9I1IrGSV3u47QhBshicgGrndV38eMr_C2zEW8wZP-sUgz4y0ZBuW5uKUhPsDCkW-0iwlXuO16s94pwXgo1yV_NqVaUlu79_8rXunQcgc7gkI8bzW2LhOUCCzW/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /> Yes, all twenty-four Gnomes have come out to play. Because Christmas is here!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWCj7ijgMjuvm23aG9GuRq6o4RN73-vLiUuckRolqFmNXZD84NYoCoaVDnSP-NUyOAdauUVM2Q7liXtXpM4ZMH2Csw08xPChmO93feaKe7qPAX0c-cZwK1WFTNhrGSy5lPUXu8axlNO6hnjcGYu3WsKxuvqWirmjuaT1bPbntfWHSykli8wTZx_qE/s4032/20221223_214255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWCj7ijgMjuvm23aG9GuRq6o4RN73-vLiUuckRolqFmNXZD84NYoCoaVDnSP-NUyOAdauUVM2Q7liXtXpM4ZMH2Csw08xPChmO93feaKe7qPAX0c-cZwK1WFTNhrGSy5lPUXu8axlNO6hnjcGYu3WsKxuvqWirmjuaT1bPbntfWHSykli8wTZx_qE/s320/20221223_214255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Last night, Christmas Eve, we went to see a life nativity performance in the village square, or brce as it is called here in Kastela Kambelovac.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP9NVRAktBoXHBnD5x6cUEsoDexNWM2INhAkW3HQloUSFGtfSenJELOlWIichwKkxQw_4AXzx5iwoN4edZWN88OWTJ1VR7lOlvBlb3gugd1K1fILTWFG85YTzSii6iFLn7neB8s6XruoebQDm435Z0v9Z3TKCLbyGuQA5KKLPmWwMP8qMYvX3Rba2/s4032/20221224_173007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP9NVRAktBoXHBnD5x6cUEsoDexNWM2INhAkW3HQloUSFGtfSenJELOlWIichwKkxQw_4AXzx5iwoN4edZWN88OWTJ1VR7lOlvBlb3gugd1K1fILTWFG85YTzSii6iFLn7neB8s6XruoebQDm435Z0v9Z3TKCLbyGuQA5KKLPmWwMP8qMYvX3Rba2/s320/20221224_173007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Mary arrived on a lovely donkey, and there were many shepherds in the crowd. It was very magical. </p><p>This past week, besides swimming in 11C water, was finishing up the Imagined Landscapes' Gnome KAL. </p><p>Meet Gnova - she has interchangeable hats!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYQLIVw9YaB1OUgebaA9LgDTVWA-w-x7QERotpmk5E8a68A7TNSLUi7A_eK2RWZKpNtFZGri90rVHfbEPiCMl5kr07kExscqsqdXfrJw2iT41gOsKXKUsXocFXBofUO7oN5Rp_TygOEbhImPk759lsqGCQQFXOKSngvAZbuBS9JadwSerN6zrkLPv/s4032/20221223_161934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYQLIVw9YaB1OUgebaA9LgDTVWA-w-x7QERotpmk5E8a68A7TNSLUi7A_eK2RWZKpNtFZGri90rVHfbEPiCMl5kr07kExscqsqdXfrJw2iT41gOsKXKUsXocFXBofUO7oN5Rp_TygOEbhImPk759lsqGCQQFXOKSngvAZbuBS9JadwSerN6zrkLPv/s320/20221223_161934.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilonYBU_UaPbepAzViZVTDZ3ZcceNe1IZgrKbOcjPnhU7Y3Wm1paZcufxy0PYZzfIqBaauiCisyPNb4VdBJDSPrSXA23j-3Sf1VwpKH7j9cYzuXqwxm4196yY8V4W1AHVwQV7IcEeq9gQLLbYaso2MuwwRRi1OcknbQPSYr2trHl4UW0CyIWE2Z_NM/s4032/20221223_162020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilonYBU_UaPbepAzViZVTDZ3ZcceNe1IZgrKbOcjPnhU7Y3Wm1paZcufxy0PYZzfIqBaauiCisyPNb4VdBJDSPrSXA23j-3Sf1VwpKH7j9cYzuXqwxm4196yY8V4W1AHVwQV7IcEeq9gQLLbYaso2MuwwRRi1OcknbQPSYr2trHl4UW0CyIWE2Z_NM/s320/20221223_162020.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgeooeZE62T6LCh2SJDe2rgiWT42XcxKNtF9y2aHjsYkeXEUcSemST5r23E83FvC44cv0J1-JuLGAxbZrNjxBEeJ4FHEzxWdLtynQk90_kaGn7xv22OwDpERXKhRZA7AZGhPERIkq2JgkqpeNQZgoM87v_j1GH79769AG2lQJnzRwKfA7uCLznSKM/s4032/20221223_162051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgeooeZE62T6LCh2SJDe2rgiWT42XcxKNtF9y2aHjsYkeXEUcSemST5r23E83FvC44cv0J1-JuLGAxbZrNjxBEeJ4FHEzxWdLtynQk90_kaGn7xv22OwDpERXKhRZA7AZGhPERIkq2JgkqpeNQZgoM87v_j1GH79769AG2lQJnzRwKfA7uCLznSKM/s320/20221223_162051.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love her messenger bag</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I finished twelve of my gansey squares and I won't cast on anymore until I source some new motifs and besides I have two different socks on the needles that need my attention. </p><p>We hung our stockings last night. Three were handknit. Guess who used a rather used sport sock?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmuO88jP1v7uy4eWRzCfuzNPyEBYO03O67cVQbMqWKGNdilLH1fMZPili_EUyz2uPSnkQ6HvdXjAJBwXEO-5vF_G8mKcas-YJHcz-kUgG57EwQ8F3FJqoAuVAhXkE7kM-dOtY9LpeEyCBevqN-mHNU9yMOYOIJUuLGpAvdJJX7Kcz5SU2sy3csUUN/s4032/20221224_190519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmuO88jP1v7uy4eWRzCfuzNPyEBYO03O67cVQbMqWKGNdilLH1fMZPili_EUyz2uPSnkQ6HvdXjAJBwXEO-5vF_G8mKcas-YJHcz-kUgG57EwQ8F3FJqoAuVAhXkE7kM-dOtY9LpeEyCBevqN-mHNU9yMOYOIJUuLGpAvdJJX7Kcz5SU2sy3csUUN/s320/20221224_190519.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I will leave you a picture I took last week. If you are familiar with Norse mythology then you will know of the three Norns that weave the past, present and future. I imagine they look just like this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAoFsrY6Lmff7aQkH8t_J_uLqy4cVbjwwEP8ZUg7BL50AXQDtV9BulgW-J1RyBeSp0aakKEuq7hQRFttaQtpbvPxif3NJgfxiibthsmSX0foHOenCayxiXXPO4-onAR9hoC7wL0EtJiSUohTuoU--zJ5_CkWHV1lRvmJ7IOrkFtXBUBa0IyaW5Iwn/s4032/20221223_142245_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAoFsrY6Lmff7aQkH8t_J_uLqy4cVbjwwEP8ZUg7BL50AXQDtV9BulgW-J1RyBeSp0aakKEuq7hQRFttaQtpbvPxif3NJgfxiibthsmSX0foHOenCayxiXXPO4-onAR9hoC7wL0EtJiSUohTuoU--zJ5_CkWHV1lRvmJ7IOrkFtXBUBa0IyaW5Iwn/s320/20221223_142245_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Merry Christmas from my heart to yours and may your 2023 be full of wonderful crafting moments, time with family and friends, and good health. </p><p>Oh yes, and world peace would be great too!</p><p><br /></p>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-61639063803575702862022-12-22T08:10:00.001-08:002022-12-22T08:10:09.622-08:00Yopping Update #25 - A little of this, A little of that<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzzciZoxNAUEkWfmlxLvHX8nb_2sxrORa1Bz77NSYDfTym6kQrULxLVuJDCM-EircL_yFmPGVdoAVr5l9LpvUftQVUN17r9FQcgDOy56j0kzlTSYLirpw6lP7JZwbcW33IjyL45r2lHpH-ARhpp73QWHtWp88yYFqbQ1af9rOpAzpjBKL9OByhAqJ/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzzciZoxNAUEkWfmlxLvHX8nb_2sxrORa1Bz77NSYDfTym6kQrULxLVuJDCM-EircL_yFmPGVdoAVr5l9LpvUftQVUN17r9FQcgDOy56j0kzlTSYLirpw6lP7JZwbcW33IjyL45r2lHpH-ARhpp73QWHtWp88yYFqbQ1af9rOpAzpjBKL9OByhAqJ/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I am keeping up with the Imagined Landscapes KAL for the wee gnome Gnova. I should be able to post pictures of her in the New Year. I am also working on a testknit sock - and since it is a secret I can't post a picture of that either. </p><p>I have knit ten gansey squares now and they are proving to be quite addictive so I am sure I will be knitting more that the required sixteen. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q_g_mFM8u6aF3EwZlesdwidKfXaPh-WQAPh6qTGNmprjbIBP9ch-HymJmItI1UwE-vgmrKl_NESPgnHx3OBbpICn9cf9gWKM0EwXdSMUh7g2eEwwUcD2x70EDbxBua_NcDRYS_gu2E2cKjk2fUpNA7-oMZRKneXq5KYOES0LSrs9PYVj4_7GaXai/s4032/20221221_152106_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q_g_mFM8u6aF3EwZlesdwidKfXaPh-WQAPh6qTGNmprjbIBP9ch-HymJmItI1UwE-vgmrKl_NESPgnHx3OBbpICn9cf9gWKM0EwXdSMUh7g2eEwwUcD2x70EDbxBua_NcDRYS_gu2E2cKjk2fUpNA7-oMZRKneXq5KYOES0LSrs9PYVj4_7GaXai/s320/20221221_152106_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Other than that I have been swimming more days than not and the water is getting colder each day it seems. Yesterday and today it was 11 degrees Celcius and it felt very cold, but I stayed in ten minutes. </p><p>The gnomes are still helping us count down the days until Christmas - only three to go as of this morning. When all twenty-four are strung with Saint Gnicholas I will post a picture next week. </p><p>Yes, a short post this week, but hopefully next week I will have some finished projects to post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-84601888054367362162022-12-11T07:06:00.001-08:002022-12-11T07:06:23.194-08:00Yopping Update Week 24 - It's finished!<p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3qoZ-64IFItMyOwPzv1n6FUr1wCOs2xLCgM2B2q6704vbkmjKyx6e9T2SSa5w4ymqTBX2Qdq2Qlwe13h9lF8Esm9b85gigV86xpZhHmhduz3NwTFWZQ7jWy3CuDLzT-xpDLa9qFobpySFQjyR1if_JPafqKbwVFRhixeP9U6XIEH9ZJPzV6aJaQ3/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3qoZ-64IFItMyOwPzv1n6FUr1wCOs2xLCgM2B2q6704vbkmjKyx6e9T2SSa5w4ymqTBX2Qdq2Qlwe13h9lF8Esm9b85gigV86xpZhHmhduz3NwTFWZQ7jWy3CuDLzT-xpDLa9qFobpySFQjyR1if_JPafqKbwVFRhixeP9U6XIEH9ZJPzV6aJaQ3/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Well despite having to rip out all of the bird chart the first time round, and then rip out all of the three inches of two colour ribbing at the bottom and re-knit in a single colour I am happy to report that.....drum roll please.....Birdsong is finished! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3vITXHTUhdb-yLgZHiEEmggmqxJswrBjKuWkmidG2PWwjoyLPn2J8QwaFk4Tqa52tiKFevGDr01EGyWT_7HRfh5pa-9W62lGmTt-IIzY9ptWYtkkch5DD5Sex2AjYMWcemtqr5UYosDs0CfZ8k5x9x0_xqQB1jl3wTbPXiD53pdPUtfAh43X650Q/s3310/20221209_092105_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3310" data-original-width="2045" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3vITXHTUhdb-yLgZHiEEmggmqxJswrBjKuWkmidG2PWwjoyLPn2J8QwaFk4Tqa52tiKFevGDr01EGyWT_7HRfh5pa-9W62lGmTt-IIzY9ptWYtkkch5DD5Sex2AjYMWcemtqr5UYosDs0CfZ8k5x9x0_xqQB1jl3wTbPXiD53pdPUtfAh43X650Q/s320/20221209_092105_(1).jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta-Da!</td></tr></tbody></table>It hasn't been washed and blocked but I will do that once I get back home. I have worn it outside already and I am very happy with the fit and with the warmth. A perfect autumn sweater.<div><br /></div><div>I then got down to business and finished my December Gnome. The pattern is called Oh Gnome you Didn't, and I named her Oh yes I Did! (She is a Gnome without a beard - very rare indeed!)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtezjP5APVh2Bwu7pxOCdcb4UOxGLiW2wd04jEpQ2OFigzDoFlGWqrzZVe_aMmUrm_HvAqlBYNa6Xhpp3SYtnBtCYXeBsp6HYp9zYAGJ-HhAnUlsdnb8GHEOmyMHmTAvc7Fu34i6J2cv9ikd1JcFm5ZX3vkXtc4mesfJZwYcycABxRp9W_3gqta2sr/s4032/20221209_221110.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtezjP5APVh2Bwu7pxOCdcb4UOxGLiW2wd04jEpQ2OFigzDoFlGWqrzZVe_aMmUrm_HvAqlBYNa6Xhpp3SYtnBtCYXeBsp6HYp9zYAGJ-HhAnUlsdnb8GHEOmyMHmTAvc7Fu34i6J2cv9ikd1JcFm5ZX3vkXtc4mesfJZwYcycABxRp9W_3gqta2sr/s320/20221209_221110.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she is mine - a keeper for sure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I wasn't going to join in on Imagined Landscapes December Gnome KAL, but seeing the posts I definitely was suffering from FOMO and then my dear friend sent me the pattern as an early Christmas present. I am going to start knitting today now I have chosen the yarn from the stash I have with me. It is hard to pick colours for a mystery knit a long, and I mostly chose from leftovers that were big enough to manage the project. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpWuWTaxvIzbgIowMklCcsYsfAmUkXWN7D2PBlzEwpnjqN2LaFHsYOcXLigfWPyJJsWlREDVHyu-5iioTDxF2q6yqsO1N_y4ZAP98Pho3uTC1Ey35aRvDXCCVKJs1Os1qfruqjAN57NzfcmsUUypltm91gKaE3-TcrRL1YsepdRkB1CfLB0YV6s4j/s4032/20221210_111933.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpWuWTaxvIzbgIowMklCcsYsfAmUkXWN7D2PBlzEwpnjqN2LaFHsYOcXLigfWPyJJsWlREDVHyu-5iioTDxF2q6yqsO1N_y4ZAP98Pho3uTC1Ey35aRvDXCCVKJs1Os1qfruqjAN57NzfcmsUUypltm91gKaE3-TcrRL1YsepdRkB1CfLB0YV6s4j/s320/20221210_111933.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also have some gold and brown that may find their way into the fray</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I have also started a gansey lap blanket. It too was a KAL earlier in the fall, but Birdsong was taking all my energy so I saved the four motifs, bought some suitable yarn and waited until Birdsong was on my back rather than on my needles. I have one square done....only fifteen to go! </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWWGjnT2UHQTyhyPHHnHQxTKmvuggZBhqXZBfPFQGDw3sYgFi9t8ENTwfWVHTQs5hNozbl4gb53f6KSUmOFKgj2dQieDdckWrIfAK3VKK9tQGXldT3DaSHyBWd8smGnfEswJ9lEQSYC_jnGxjciNR5yM9k1sC9-2ByEdgEkIaF8_HyQr1hxSa4U_-/s3280/20221211_145531_(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2915" data-original-width="3280" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWWGjnT2UHQTyhyPHHnHQxTKmvuggZBhqXZBfPFQGDw3sYgFi9t8ENTwfWVHTQs5hNozbl4gb53f6KSUmOFKgj2dQieDdckWrIfAK3VKK9tQGXldT3DaSHyBWd8smGnfEswJ9lEQSYC_jnGxjciNR5yM9k1sC9-2ByEdgEkIaF8_HyQr1hxSa4U_-/s320/20221211_145531_(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathaniel Colby Motif</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUT7rbR4PEixmpehakpwDO6x8QCPDl5mURhEYR1nO9RHoh_krEHO0vdByI7BqSkQ-pMy2FoKBevaNUMlbsc83L9qOoXKraN04DlRO7ZpiBxBj79NzXOLlw7PK79e_PScyquYv799Wg2ntU4f08KfigyY4W2gBx0Jzu0B6gJHFKOTcdH3x2nzm5JqU/s4032/20221211_155647_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUT7rbR4PEixmpehakpwDO6x8QCPDl5mURhEYR1nO9RHoh_krEHO0vdByI7BqSkQ-pMy2FoKBevaNUMlbsc83L9qOoXKraN04DlRO7ZpiBxBj79NzXOLlw7PK79e_PScyquYv799Wg2ntU4f08KfigyY4W2gBx0Jzu0B6gJHFKOTcdH3x2nzm5JqU/s320/20221211_155647_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">gansey lap blanket colours</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>After a big project like BirdSong I am happy to have smaller ones. I bought some yarn on Friday for a number of socks I am test knitting for next summer's Supersock World Championship.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnvG7I-sgrR68SSiV8NJdBqcGrW5Zp7ZRopgCWk3XQQBw-RRVM-IExu5PbExHhxs4wp7S-QLgEFyBTLxDxoyPChk5hBuyoO-OZXbHleGIaTLzk32cE042N1CKd-FBIWgMbPyZb2kPAUogNnNQQCCY9leAG8BIcVqY783S3A-rXj-gnOOoak7zgQIu/s4032/20221211_155535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnvG7I-sgrR68SSiV8NJdBqcGrW5Zp7ZRopgCWk3XQQBw-RRVM-IExu5PbExHhxs4wp7S-QLgEFyBTLxDxoyPChk5hBuyoO-OZXbHleGIaTLzk32cE042N1CKd-FBIWgMbPyZb2kPAUogNnNQQCCY9leAG8BIcVqY783S3A-rXj-gnOOoak7zgQIu/s320/20221211_155535.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clearly I was in a neon kind of mood :)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>I still have yet to start on my second Wetland Gansey sock. So many socks in my future. But today it will be a gnome kind of day.</div><div><br /></div><div>I went swimming today. The first swim in three days as we have been having fierce rain storms with thunder and lightning. Definitely not suitable weather for swimming. The sea has been around 14C which is Ccoolldd, but I managed 15 minutes of breaststroke. Kept my head out of the water as wind on wet head is sure fire way to brain freeze. Of course getting dressed and warmed up after takes about an hour or more. And then a hot bath to really seal the deal. It isn't advisable to have a bath or shower right after coming out of the water as it can fool your body into thinking you are warm when in fact your core is still needing the extra attention. I am learning so much about my body and how it reacts to the cold water from a few different online forums with other Wild Cold Water swimmers. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today my daughter's landlord took us to see his olive grove. He has 140 trees and it was so peaceful walking in the orchard, plus the view of the sea and the city of Split was amazing. And yes, I was wearing Birdsong</div><div><br /></div><div>The little advent gnomes are counting down the days until Christmas for us and my granddaughter seems to delight in seeing each new gnome appear every morning. As of today only fourteen more days until Santa comes! Cookies were made last night (and almost all eaten) and I bought some decorations for the tree we have yet to get. We are on the lookout for a live tree, but if not I found a store that sells reasonably priced artificial ones. I have become a huge fan of the store here called Tedi's. It has everything, and for very reasonable prices. I bought a pair of sweatpants last week which are easier to put on after my swim than my leggings, and the week before I bought a long fleece-lined hoodie. Of course every time I leave Tedi's I seem to have a few balls of yarn with me too. My grand-daughter's birthday is a few days after Christmas so we also bought some things for her upcoming fourth birthday. I am so glad we will be able to celebrate with her this year!</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope all my dear readers are finding time during this busy season to enjoy family and friends and perhaps to cuddle up under a warm blanket with an equally warm drink to watch a Christmas movie or two. That's my plan today for certain. Well that, and gnome knitting. And maybe a gansey square or two. And those socks are whispering to me......</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-38143935219967130022022-12-04T10:47:00.000-08:002022-12-04T10:47:09.061-08:00Yopping Along - better late than never<p> <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWmkA3SB5mU_axcm7Sb3-bAJ2_-UH7s5-k1pIXiBLpxdIJgnnKwVJ6ooMNlNBhqlshL1uL9WFNb9twgvJCJ_nx7Vw4SDS_mKebud0lW3SFOeupREPRJ7FNl5Vf4kjDVwQKseiIfrvrPijD7cf3DgRgBvJiqv2DoxQp2zRz9tPzFvX-mwRqMunKiEB/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWmkA3SB5mU_axcm7Sb3-bAJ2_-UH7s5-k1pIXiBLpxdIJgnnKwVJ6ooMNlNBhqlshL1uL9WFNb9twgvJCJ_nx7Vw4SDS_mKebud0lW3SFOeupREPRJ7FNl5Vf4kjDVwQKseiIfrvrPijD7cf3DgRgBvJiqv2DoxQp2zRz9tPzFvX-mwRqMunKiEB/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229"></a></div><br><p></p><div>I am sadly behind in my yopping update and I thought I was only a couple of weeks behind and not a whole month! I am here now so let's get updating. I think this is the update for the 23rd week. </div><div><br></div><div>I finished the last four advent gnomes just in time for December 1st. My granddaughter is enjoying playing with them as we count down to Christmas. 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Two done - ten to go (I am knitting shorty singles just to make sure I understand all the patterns since I will be a moderator once the race begins). </div><div><br></div><div>There has also been a blanket, 2 pillows and a bed knit for my granddaughter's dollies. </div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMMm02aATcputG_xvXCa_QEDzIWVdAK-PkMnVQAWepkGg55JKkPzmu1ni52esiyrKGsbmO1g8dr9O-KtePUc8H8XMWlOBHqnwJ_FOgFZJfQmxob3ysS9CCpoapJJnm5uVMOCZ3jgSvoBTH_3hc7r7d8BFn1cd_ePAf-iLh7zTA2P9OElRW6vrOhaX/s4032/20221123_105622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMMm02aATcputG_xvXCa_QEDzIWVdAK-PkMnVQAWepkGg55JKkPzmu1ni52esiyrKGsbmO1g8dr9O-KtePUc8H8XMWlOBHqnwJ_FOgFZJfQmxob3ysS9CCpoapJJnm5uVMOCZ3jgSvoBTH_3hc7r7d8BFn1cd_ePAf-iLh7zTA2P9OElRW6vrOhaX/s320/20221123_105622.jpg" width="240"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJhkavP7pPzHwkObTsipCVNeOC-QdAFlpb70YC0RZpFQMTjfFhpOSOANc3b-bEwdpC-kFY7ehudZq1vymdsz6QSa0ToWyin_FLk0NPRZffkmLIJJ09QiVPaC7xc_VXnIJQqnugMZuQ3Casb_O_7XNEpVg3lRTzAtyeJ6dc5wLsEkAdhEIF6250K3m/s4032/20221120_191333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJhkavP7pPzHwkObTsipCVNeOC-QdAFlpb70YC0RZpFQMTjfFhpOSOANc3b-bEwdpC-kFY7ehudZq1vymdsz6QSa0ToWyin_FLk0NPRZffkmLIJJ09QiVPaC7xc_VXnIJQqnugMZuQ3Casb_O_7XNEpVg3lRTzAtyeJ6dc5wLsEkAdhEIF6250K3m/s320/20221120_191333.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZvr94_cugW0sujYdumprNW_L7VWvNORRaQ7PnR_iQqF2e4MGXpDaJ-gS9ZOQEUUmf5Nf1nYtgpq3-rM0DAJLgzhJP-014n8Gce82xPV0f_dy_81XUzp1C2QknE_YGw_PZRiJcmod-8qh_oIJUQvZKUGSeTXOWRJmdkfSqsYoqficzgYur5V-LWsE/s4032/20221121_073237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZvr94_cugW0sujYdumprNW_L7VWvNORRaQ7PnR_iQqF2e4MGXpDaJ-gS9ZOQEUUmf5Nf1nYtgpq3-rM0DAJLgzhJP-014n8Gce82xPV0f_dy_81XUzp1C2QknE_YGw_PZRiJcmod-8qh_oIJUQvZKUGSeTXOWRJmdkfSqsYoqficzgYur5V-LWsE/s320/20221121_073237.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV9of0XK_HyB-6D4ZDz9CqXUOiIzsuWm1poGkP4SZqQ-R_Gm2mRXn74wcdaiysfr03D4WxskCYhd_6lpzfxv4f0kNBRwwxDwDMpDamVXKfUqPB9GDlwwLHyoq68ezjaUHWMvs_0VKBkG1R1Kbm_CgGzQG-AM4AAbfyPobBQA3aXTfjsjROI-cvgzO/s3447/20221120_191240_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2167" data-original-width="3447" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV9of0XK_HyB-6D4ZDz9CqXUOiIzsuWm1poGkP4SZqQ-R_Gm2mRXn74wcdaiysfr03D4WxskCYhd_6lpzfxv4f0kNBRwwxDwDMpDamVXKfUqPB9GDlwwLHyoq68ezjaUHWMvs_0VKBkG1R1Kbm_CgGzQG-AM4AAbfyPobBQA3aXTfjsjROI-cvgzO/s320/20221120_191240_(1).jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">side one of doubleknit pillow</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G7OGxmjVLvzX0IipNyI94D5EncQCsOLWIIiEdmpNqYisIqcSlMjHis0F90JtY9WZwt0xZN0_tQMmwi-UE6lkX9y73z-uJv6jfo50UYKsIiHdQeir-SqMDglQ8SDb95mfbA0-l6DpzU7_mKZkur7Abgen3yxhGDsz6rij9eCTc8a_KkJcqKk2DRYp/s3586/20221120_191235_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="3586" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G7OGxmjVLvzX0IipNyI94D5EncQCsOLWIIiEdmpNqYisIqcSlMjHis0F90JtY9WZwt0xZN0_tQMmwi-UE6lkX9y73z-uJv6jfo50UYKsIiHdQeir-SqMDglQ8SDb95mfbA0-l6DpzU7_mKZkur7Abgen3yxhGDsz6rij9eCTc8a_KkJcqKk2DRYp/s320/20221120_191235_(1).jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">side two (what was I thinking)</td></tr></tbody></table><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>BirdSong and I are still trying to get along. I do love this pattern, but it hasn't been easy. I mistakenly did the bottom rib of the sweater in two colours because I didn't read the instructions correctly and I a) didn't like the stiff feeling of the ribbing, or b) how it lay against my hips, so yesterday I frogged all three inches and picked up 280 stitches and started the ribbing again with just the main colour. I am much happier now, but that has set me back a few more days. I have the decreasing done on the first sleeve, and need about 3 more inches for doing the cuff - which is supposed to be the two colour ribbing. </div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVqTqVH9AwITDZnGVkfPeH1i_PwC0fERz2moFMOFcmr9SfiPjVLT9up3qbiIrcZHdOSqtUBjbwJel8yRlPHYu0uBk2ZOVI_9UZ8yQ8TMmlUD26Lu3OvEpEcKvtgbN8NJKzb39vCmqzBg3kjLIrHdu-SBHRNeb9ns0IFDg7eDkWg9RS5n4ytguBeyc/s4032/20221204_105909_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVqTqVH9AwITDZnGVkfPeH1i_PwC0fERz2moFMOFcmr9SfiPjVLT9up3qbiIrcZHdOSqtUBjbwJel8yRlPHYu0uBk2ZOVI_9UZ8yQ8TMmlUD26Lu3OvEpEcKvtgbN8NJKzb39vCmqzBg3kjLIrHdu-SBHRNeb9ns0IFDg7eDkWg9RS5n4ytguBeyc/s320/20221204_105909_HDR.jpg" width="240"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>Note to self - read the instructions carefully and don't blunder on thinking you know what's going on.</i></div><div><br></div><div>I hope to be done by Christmas - maybe sooner if no more hiccups arise. </div><div><br></div><div>I am knitting myself another Gnome. I didn't joing the KAL this month but decided to make another<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oh-gnome-you-didnt"> Oh Gnome you Didn't</a> for myself as I have given the other two away. By next week I will probably have her done and can show her off. </div><div><br></div><div>I do have plans for a gansey throw - I have the pattern and the wool - and when Birdsong gets too much I will start on the squares. The square patterns were posted on the <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xt0b8zv x1xlr1w8" href="https://web.facebook.com/groups/1590812771213622/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Lowestoft Gansey Project</span></a> on facebook.</div><div><br></div><div>I will be here with my daughter for another six weeks or so before heading home. I have to leave because my visitor visa is only good for three months out of six. I hope to return in May once I am eligible to come back into the country. I have permission from the Police Department here to overstay a wee bit, because flights are soooooo expensive in December. At this point it looks like I can get home for a more reasonable price in mid-January. It is challenging dealing with red tape in a foreign country but so far it is going okay.</div><div><br></div><div>I have been swimming everyday for 15 minutes as long as there are no thunderstorm warnings (which there are yesterday and today). The sea is about 14C but I am layering up my bathing suits, and I have my neoprene gloves and silicone cap which makes it quite doable. </div><div><br></div><div>My dh has joined us now so we are both on the same timezone. Makes chatting much easier! </div><div><br></div><div>I will try to not let another month go by before posting my next update - I really don't know where the time goes!</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to follow other Yoppers their updates are on the top righthand side of my blog. I am sure anyone that crafts for Christmas is racing the clock to get their projects done before the 25th. If that is you - I wish you smooth crafting and no frogging. (That goes double for me!)</div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-26467632186459078752022-11-08T00:09:00.002-08:002022-11-08T00:09:15.678-08:00Yopping along - Update #19 - All about the stitch markers<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: right;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: right;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86dIfafTWAEoSBsUNgvSPpSW2MxJmdA5_AgQiJOGwXF2vlQTiLK5x2ehhirb8dzCOPWPM_upYzzilc69RPebQEEox9u98cCtkl_HKKvrKV8NHvQd3mY4EcmR0tt0fLgsSUFRIqb2hqd03wqM1QKeyeVX7DR8w6rcEJgBS1bhkL3wOgPCeKfaZiQpj/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86dIfafTWAEoSBsUNgvSPpSW2MxJmdA5_AgQiJOGwXF2vlQTiLK5x2ehhirb8dzCOPWPM_upYzzilc69RPebQEEox9u98cCtkl_HKKvrKV8NHvQd3mY4EcmR0tt0fLgsSUFRIqb2hqd03wqM1QKeyeVX7DR8w6rcEJgBS1bhkL3wOgPCeKfaZiQpj/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p>My crafting week has revolved around starting my second testknit sock - so no pictures, and re-knitting the BirdSong Chart - next week I'll post pictures of that. </p><p>I did knit a dress for Fancy - my own design even.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwPVELh_rBxhGY09lb9-6Tn0kyWSOwjytkmz9PkCgHv2VVvDG-DizoyNwDlGdQVOItID5_670Qfxoq-Gy2yP9J6BKLjXy5druth0hOaJc79xlPJalwN3dDFgNWqJfc-LwazyA6GWeEOkjYUYSx-uv-vSeEObBynSeHXQNIOSAPNLy1lxbVaYrw1cw/s4032/20221107_150520.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwPVELh_rBxhGY09lb9-6Tn0kyWSOwjytkmz9PkCgHv2VVvDG-DizoyNwDlGdQVOItID5_670Qfxoq-Gy2yP9J6BKLjXy5druth0hOaJc79xlPJalwN3dDFgNWqJfc-LwazyA6GWeEOkjYUYSx-uv-vSeEObBynSeHXQNIOSAPNLy1lxbVaYrw1cw/s320/20221107_150520.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">doesn't she look fetching</td></tr></tbody></table>We had two stormy days here - lots of wind and rain so swimming was put on hold as there were thunderstorm warnings and I felt it was too risky to be out there bobbing in the sea.<div><br /></div><div>Of course what do we do on rainy stormy days - well Grama buys some dominoes of course. I am impressed with how quickly she learned to match the dots and she has won more times than not against me. Smart Cookie this one. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmvJgKOpbX5d3QpCEDZx8b1z0eRKLkwg1vuSSg2UdvkL7pRLORl6Mk-ZjTzGAzs19T7kjnpO5A2HpAc8GK9IsC_XTDSCn7ZxDApYoaQ81MIJouD-8qQhKmCE2h8zABQh1oVz7OwSBIW2MWfMzkE3zVvhZv7vVivrfc5TO4GJFtjoXcGdcEjpche4X/s4032/20221105_130957.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmvJgKOpbX5d3QpCEDZx8b1z0eRKLkwg1vuSSg2UdvkL7pRLORl6Mk-ZjTzGAzs19T7kjnpO5A2HpAc8GK9IsC_XTDSCn7ZxDApYoaQ81MIJouD-8qQhKmCE2h8zABQh1oVz7OwSBIW2MWfMzkE3zVvhZv7vVivrfc5TO4GJFtjoXcGdcEjpche4X/s320/20221105_130957.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she loves setting them up and knocking them down too</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I did finally get into the sea the past two days. The water temperature is dropping, and even though not as cold as when I left BC, it feels cold and I stay in for about 15-20 minutes. Very invigorating I must say!</div><div>It is hard to believe I have been here over a month now, and likely will be here at least until the new year, and maybe, if I can get my visa extended. even longer. It is such a gift to spend so much one on one time with my daughter and granddaughter. My dh will be joining us soon. He contracted CoVid as soon as I left and is mostly recovered except for a nagging cough. He is over the fatigue though and getting things done readying the house and cat before he flies to us. </div><div><br /></div><div>Believe it or not, I didn't bring enough stitch markers with me for my knitting projects, and so I simply HAD to go buy some more. I found a package for the equivalent of three canadian dollars. Guess how many? </div><div>ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY! Not only are they useful for my knitting and crochetting but my gd finds lots of ways to play with them, not the least of which is making bracelets and necklaces. I have always believed one can NEVER have enough stitch markers, and proof they also make great entertainment for almost four year olds is reason enough to keep buying them. I wrote about my addiction to stitch markers a number of years ago. <a href="https://mary-mann.blogspot.com/2015/05/kcbwday4-is-there-sma-stitch-marker.html">Houston we do, in fact, have a problem. </a> It has only gotten worse. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyLOu1ajvPKkQC5nYT0pg0W7p5i0GApjDQNAxMY_ogx895PusRPqbqqaM29ysUyg6sHIMNKKDAn4-OQlzLsQqlNoLw_jbrMdYmdw5VNzuHSWlNekNhBwKpPlCoYSY0mvfbN5snVMKtA91ugTvwMu4dO3Xt8EP_0v4Q7pj8-W2gr9scZRjzRSdPETu/s3773/20221108_084329_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="3773" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyLOu1ajvPKkQC5nYT0pg0W7p5i0GApjDQNAxMY_ogx895PusRPqbqqaM29ysUyg6sHIMNKKDAn4-OQlzLsQqlNoLw_jbrMdYmdw5VNzuHSWlNekNhBwKpPlCoYSY0mvfbN5snVMKtA91ugTvwMu4dO3Xt8EP_0v4Q7pj8-W2gr9scZRjzRSdPETu/s320/20221108_084329_(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My granddaughter turned a blanket I had knit for her Peppa Pig stuffie into another dress for Fancy. And yes, it is held together with three stitch markers. You see, they have a multitude of uses!</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBg5Ha4-K9EezBRHB6PLQQaVO7xSgkF2rUPx6chx5uJu3oAg6D_mTqX5rQCgMiRnFuNRdNeEX8euYeFZEMDstXQfLOXTEnTb4qj784q4AZ--8YtSIU-DfM1YJEOr4Ly0aBQWU9XdfSzyzFXW6mpNqlggROiFjbx6I4HTwxbgYrq9jnZmZVSsViinZ/s4032/20221108_085605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBg5Ha4-K9EezBRHB6PLQQaVO7xSgkF2rUPx6chx5uJu3oAg6D_mTqX5rQCgMiRnFuNRdNeEX8euYeFZEMDstXQfLOXTEnTb4qj784q4AZ--8YtSIU-DfM1YJEOr4Ly0aBQWU9XdfSzyzFXW6mpNqlggROiFjbx6I4HTwxbgYrq9jnZmZVSsViinZ/s320/20221108_085605.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>We watched the sunset last night as we did some chalk drawings on the seawalk. And then we had a lovely dinner on the patio watching the sky in all its glory. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8j7qVCqA7taLzM2kNedExenrq3SYnZQRMFh2Tv2C9LcmhCAqLPcCtXxKuiCPFlOX96qcwotT2AQHU_iI0Pfu0olSUTgTcRyineY3kESr0UUK87LRe7d78Wslo1uoz2XQladrrmpeUNJMXQfhljm2Ux4fdG9CnUt7Q3tRrCOBvDa-EjiFfuxawGJg/s4032/20221107_173237_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8j7qVCqA7taLzM2kNedExenrq3SYnZQRMFh2Tv2C9LcmhCAqLPcCtXxKuiCPFlOX96qcwotT2AQHU_iI0Pfu0olSUTgTcRyineY3kESr0UUK87LRe7d78Wslo1uoz2XQladrrmpeUNJMXQfhljm2Ux4fdG9CnUt7Q3tRrCOBvDa-EjiFfuxawGJg/s320/20221107_173237_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My swimming place</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The hills behind us remind me of the interior of BC. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYV0_ba9l9lyTw5M-9vZW1KMCr-IQiz_RPjP2tgB_NUMWmxzO7hu8exwGM9tGhDovM9fUD4MUbncahN3PzsloAqwyHpZpgx6e1113ZbnPWgIJUQx2EC6n-DPny1VGCQN-g4M-D68xf2vXQNfDboxD3a5LrS6_DHkcGlczFGQqoy7LKNZpQS_4ijge/s4032/20221106_102351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYV0_ba9l9lyTw5M-9vZW1KMCr-IQiz_RPjP2tgB_NUMWmxzO7hu8exwGM9tGhDovM9fUD4MUbncahN3PzsloAqwyHpZpgx6e1113ZbnPWgIJUQx2EC6n-DPny1VGCQN-g4M-D68xf2vXQNfDboxD3a5LrS6_DHkcGlczFGQqoy7LKNZpQS_4ijge/s320/20221106_102351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Nestled between the mountains and the sea I feel very safe. </div><div><br /></div><div>So that has been my week. Halloween seems so far away I almost forgot to post our pumpkin. Designed by my gd and carved by my daughter. Very s p o o k y!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zgAXAvgOxBPlJiIfP7CC3DkVflzkXcmJVTxVJKx1jvdcydeK5MVUcwCkLxyoWI3kPGAVPtMsrA4XvPOk6OPuv6vDzlOWOIhB8yzBxiPG-Sbk75t-DwmUQoq5a6uDdjq8mbvWUJGjkALQCRq7FTno-juhpj9QpVz5mLULPz1iPdAuO1sbDYMSAapF/s4032/20221031_172607_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zgAXAvgOxBPlJiIfP7CC3DkVflzkXcmJVTxVJKx1jvdcydeK5MVUcwCkLxyoWI3kPGAVPtMsrA4XvPOk6OPuv6vDzlOWOIhB8yzBxiPG-Sbk75t-DwmUQoq5a6uDdjq8mbvWUJGjkALQCRq7FTno-juhpj9QpVz5mLULPz1iPdAuO1sbDYMSAapF/s320/20221031_172607_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Now I am being asked to play dollies. </div><div>Have a good week all. The sun is glorious today and I am sure we will be heading out to the playground soon as well. </div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-90176806072729479782022-10-30T02:01:00.002-07:002022-10-30T02:01:47.631-07:00Year of Projects Update - #18 - Dressing Peppa Pig's family <p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRDmyaTtwuvpE1WWPSflOXDko4NF3WFta2an1K27kV5nvl3T01O5SkZklGRGD30Fpq4tpHTkUx5dqkrEP-0NT3VlFnI8PQBBZS7Pi68WJ-LxZPkKWAsCeteJPASBRFW6f7yEjz8s05N011mP5pKaSKqdj1xQUz3JhUP8yUgosccywR9nYDRQIfZ0D/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRDmyaTtwuvpE1WWPSflOXDko4NF3WFta2an1K27kV5nvl3T01O5SkZklGRGD30Fpq4tpHTkUx5dqkrEP-0NT3VlFnI8PQBBZS7Pi68WJ-LxZPkKWAsCeteJPASBRFW6f7yEjz8s05N011mP5pKaSKqdj1xQUz3JhUP8yUgosccywR9nYDRQIfZ0D/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><p>Okay I think I am back on track now - and with the ten hour time difference from home I might even get this posted while it is still Sunday. Let's go:</p><p>I did frog the Birdsong back to Row 3 It took a while, but I am happy I did it I have knit two rows since then and I am working hard to make sure my fairisle is not too tight and lumpy. I am using my long dpns, instead of a circular needle now, but I forgot to pack my knitting belt - so necessity being the mother of invention I crocheted one out of some handspun I had and stuffed the little egg with some polyfiber I had on hand. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilefHiy0R_oqaPijlws8jpJrpmLZO2Fx3XPK6uH7JNcBbmLbGmTmQzXY-uLhJ3SxdVGORF6PmPx4d5X3_opn2DsP1sjpbtF38wXCDX99ILm4JGRPQP1VE8C0eLReRrAsO1sVZy3c6_opGaAvxnPnX8g0VnEkmZc6-pB7jMNk0v3d3-hG77jfmA_HC6/s4032/20221027_172222.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilefHiy0R_oqaPijlws8jpJrpmLZO2Fx3XPK6uH7JNcBbmLbGmTmQzXY-uLhJ3SxdVGORF6PmPx4d5X3_opn2DsP1sjpbtF38wXCDX99ILm4JGRPQP1VE8C0eLReRrAsO1sVZy3c6_opGaAvxnPnX8g0VnEkmZc6-pB7jMNk0v3d3-hG77jfmA_HC6/s320/20221027_172222.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It works quite well!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I have almost finished the first sock on the testknit. I have to say I love the way the sock looks, but it is not an enjoyable knit. It is a 10 stitch repeat, but the stitch marker has to be moved every eight rows - but I am almost at the toe decreases so I will keep going. I should have it off the needles by bedtime tonight. </p><p>This week I have three finishes and here they are modelled by their receipients!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5C0qxP_zpG5_8eijfVWVkW_S7atpeztlMpKB3v_LJyxb19ewpToAkyyI2d7xQ-IQd9r9me2fPoTbUuF1r33P28QI5RPfGr7H5jsBW5zTTDTkJR6uo4cbgpad5hjGgwNFq_14YjocU_mAZmKvzF9HcYmBAPJACLxe6yxsEGzKZQFvvhUPDYHwgJIM/s4032/20221028_214110.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5C0qxP_zpG5_8eijfVWVkW_S7atpeztlMpKB3v_LJyxb19ewpToAkyyI2d7xQ-IQd9r9me2fPoTbUuF1r33P28QI5RPfGr7H5jsBW5zTTDTkJR6uo4cbgpad5hjGgwNFq_14YjocU_mAZmKvzF9HcYmBAPJACLxe6yxsEGzKZQFvvhUPDYHwgJIM/s320/20221028_214110.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wendy Wolf's Cloak for riding her broom </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRmpIh5UgtlzdlIS7E8LQmuWIFFC7f5f0FytEtoQakKNT28hYUjSOWxbFSiLfrNyMExIUJnH0GpmnMXH6NpapHYR1VV5Td1ablZuEcWy1MrDdCmY6LiN6Gtd9hXnxyfe4gnilz37mIyjLoqfZjmGGodhh8fJgubIbbx4e5biiiMgDjMgp2Z8RdKyW/s4032/20221027_214844.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRmpIh5UgtlzdlIS7E8LQmuWIFFC7f5f0FytEtoQakKNT28hYUjSOWxbFSiLfrNyMExIUJnH0GpmnMXH6NpapHYR1VV5Td1ablZuEcWy1MrDdCmY6LiN6Gtd9hXnxyfe4gnilz37mIyjLoqfZjmGGodhh8fJgubIbbx4e5biiiMgDjMgp2Z8RdKyW/s320/20221027_214844.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma Pig's Shawl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdZJ6yQAxAGihHuLPbZDRXkeEZcLgJ-KULW7gKJCWcK2bP0Li0VPPoIJnjxU6rwtzJT7PbyzDRONqUt1ObeKz2MK9TYeyI-0UM0yIqiwxzvII8766VVXRS4hi_X3kCZv1iAPrKpTv8-ygCZZ8WzqVipdRyC2NhoRx7do5oEaHqy1ikBUeulDPZWRL/s4032/20221029_200412.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdZJ6yQAxAGihHuLPbZDRXkeEZcLgJ-KULW7gKJCWcK2bP0Li0VPPoIJnjxU6rwtzJT7PbyzDRONqUt1ObeKz2MK9TYeyI-0UM0yIqiwxzvII8766VVXRS4hi_X3kCZv1iAPrKpTv8-ygCZZ8WzqVipdRyC2NhoRx7do5oEaHqy1ikBUeulDPZWRL/s320/20221029_200412.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poppa Pig's Cabled Scarf<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I was excited to win a prize in the Imagined Landscape group for my Gnomes. I have ordered two mini skeins (for future gnomes) and a<a href="https://www.leadingmenfiberarts.com/product/wpi-yarn-weight-gauge-mini-tool/3990?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true"> wooden tool</a> for measuring the weight of the yarn I have spun. When I get back from overseas they should be waiting for me. I do love winning things!</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It is almost Halloween and today my gd and I will be carving a pumpkin and roasting the seeds. We got her costume yesterday which she hasn't taken off since (except for reluctantly wearing pjs to bed).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5u5NwrIwju_p8Hv04sKLa4-tmQsma4a4RxWg5SgkIdshB8_cWKk7wh-IcmtEOlm_glU9FE8nCjXzqX7OgCgmpxBCYk3AqhkWxlko-H0DPTdzOsPfcyPAs7RKexh43mygnr77HI0iyTmuC8dhiJxRSUGCN38YwR6vYshnNAD_W-uF91_3A76p98dPB/s4032/20221029_153553_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5u5NwrIwju_p8Hv04sKLa4-tmQsma4a4RxWg5SgkIdshB8_cWKk7wh-IcmtEOlm_glU9FE8nCjXzqX7OgCgmpxBCYk3AqhkWxlko-H0DPTdzOsPfcyPAs7RKexh43mygnr77HI0iyTmuC8dhiJxRSUGCN38YwR6vYshnNAD_W-uF91_3A76p98dPB/s320/20221029_153553_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My daughter aned I found the wings, crown, jewelery and wand in one store, and while shopping for some socks and pants in another store, my gd walked up to be holding the dress. It was perfect!! A wee fairy princess will be trick n treating tomorrow evening for certain! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy Halloween to all tomorrow, and in a week North America will catch up to the time change that Europe started this morning. Not sure why we don't all do it at the same time, but for a week we will be out of sync, and then all we be back to normal. Funny world.</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-53572517240653694812022-10-26T09:53:00.004-07:002022-10-26T09:53:48.859-07:00Year of Projects Update - Week 16 (I think)<p> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_RlcYs4Lzy7q1EyJ8rvVog2rfy2vqhcSEPxxePpULh8syIdCWUNPZplGWHHOJ0m-bexpNep4ZpIjBeTxaRShbrmlf1BoF9A5fkYIQctqRMyoUNIo3wnI1dKaxWofi2FRT5tvyYD0CkMY3I62sxZc9ufcYz3Vdjlv48zn8wHW2Lnnw1nBO7NqlzSZ/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_RlcYs4Lzy7q1EyJ8rvVog2rfy2vqhcSEPxxePpULh8syIdCWUNPZplGWHHOJ0m-bexpNep4ZpIjBeTxaRShbrmlf1BoF9A5fkYIQctqRMyoUNIo3wnI1dKaxWofi2FRT5tvyYD0CkMY3I62sxZc9ufcYz3Vdjlv48zn8wHW2Lnnw1nBO7NqlzSZ/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>If you read my previous blog you will see why I haven't been posting about my knitting projects, but rest assured I have been knitting. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOAeZQxn79OV3RhIUa-0H8RwULzVr01tIES1d4hcBJHprE8WwnSMgi6WKuVYjmdmGolK08yT9xb4ZnPwUQs8D_KJAbpbQyXBQBThlCnnmRYwWdam9i_HbWe1K7d6B3fooQDnkbIoyImQa4cxfmWNDaRGGpZvvJPzfiL-fIhBDz7tvP4RR5h7Tqibv/s4032/20221003_174607.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOAeZQxn79OV3RhIUa-0H8RwULzVr01tIES1d4hcBJHprE8WwnSMgi6WKuVYjmdmGolK08yT9xb4ZnPwUQs8D_KJAbpbQyXBQBThlCnnmRYwWdam9i_HbWe1K7d6B3fooQDnkbIoyImQa4cxfmWNDaRGGpZvvJPzfiL-fIhBDz7tvP4RR5h7Tqibv/s320/20221003_174607.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">doubleknit heel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi817ypILce2rrqoNI0s9epIZEeT5T77BMPnmINmC87-YsHUmaJRlQSBimkSZEC_GNuD7ZrToeoNvNtyPQVHvdKWO-eME60rQqR4A964lBhvKjdrcYWHahFZ620SxsjaN1vVby46c8OCEU3UrXwc0bEwca4AjwvkpR2Ox8kU2HjxDSif8DPuMPHjR1q/s4032/20221003_174352.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi817ypILce2rrqoNI0s9epIZEeT5T77BMPnmINmC87-YsHUmaJRlQSBimkSZEC_GNuD7ZrToeoNvNtyPQVHvdKWO-eME60rQqR4A964lBhvKjdrcYWHahFZ620SxsjaN1vVby46c8OCEU3UrXwc0bEwca4AjwvkpR2Ox8kU2HjxDSif8DPuMPHjR1q/s320/20221003_174352.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">other side of doubleknit heel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-4tSMdbrBpa3k-wN-ldj_4mOD4gO48T-wqGLYgDaleEE0o1Lj3AMFnAQz82V7e1SJWJXrBy8ZAntO10iGdlr4jB_e_V9KEdZjq1Fa44hZIWS2EOR-nLDN7tFnIALavD8HKkvgmI4lpYjc_iWnTA4h2nIwPHmfdMdBrgs3AVL40Tib9IkKNgHiW5y/s4032/20221003_181633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-4tSMdbrBpa3k-wN-ldj_4mOD4gO48T-wqGLYgDaleEE0o1Lj3AMFnAQz82V7e1SJWJXrBy8ZAntO10iGdlr4jB_e_V9KEdZjq1Fa44hZIWS2EOR-nLDN7tFnIALavD8HKkvgmI4lpYjc_iWnTA4h2nIwPHmfdMdBrgs3AVL40Tib9IkKNgHiW5y/s320/20221003_181633.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">used slip stitches to get blue to "pop" on the sock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I finished the above sock I had designed just before boarding a plane on October 4th, and then while on the plane I started another new design My designs are experiments on how to manipulate colour while using variegated yarns. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgKThDkNFMBGRuD4a1fXBUG5oz572-EKtLakGifWYHzEkF7g_Ppq9W6-aGjBPd08gxEQxgZLGtKuFp1Di3pMb3jI3yQT4aYu1pekqQ-JmbSStdMJWUoWsieCUPoA4HPAZwflCpSgkv6pmBBJkncTyiaK0D2c4bb_X006TrNvprAi9J6IjnsXGTMC-/s4032/20221013_212404.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgKThDkNFMBGRuD4a1fXBUG5oz572-EKtLakGifWYHzEkF7g_Ppq9W6-aGjBPd08gxEQxgZLGtKuFp1Di3pMb3jI3yQT4aYu1pekqQ-JmbSStdMJWUoWsieCUPoA4HPAZwflCpSgkv6pmBBJkncTyiaK0D2c4bb_X006TrNvprAi9J6IjnsXGTMC-/s320/20221013_212404.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">different technique using loops for knitting whenever I came to pink in the yarn</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I have knit my October Advent Gnomes:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmglZRACBXb0-GRMmYwg1SIbHEdwljlxCmn4E4gXuFFGesvD-eMRxxkAHL_Kd1fZjB6GzS3zDmdhQoKdZNpS0P6JQmIabWlJjwNb9rUKVbnPMrdUghKV9CaAnqqizSW43tTorEEMNNUTfzcshh4sPOU697k9tNUVC0yuUDrEi3aD-AvWH6Yq1Cyvya/s4032/20221017_222809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmglZRACBXb0-GRMmYwg1SIbHEdwljlxCmn4E4gXuFFGesvD-eMRxxkAHL_Kd1fZjB6GzS3zDmdhQoKdZNpS0P6JQmIabWlJjwNb9rUKVbnPMrdUghKV9CaAnqqizSW43tTorEEMNNUTfzcshh4sPOU697k9tNUVC0yuUDrEi3aD-AvWH6Yq1Cyvya/s320/20221017_222809.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Q3_ASdj1z2vB1EVA3JP5_0pRn32IFHfuuDEDP7SBUkDcI7fJc-N5y_WVnlYLgF1ldyoQRQHH-9kK66bUShvCzLsuIxbwEA-Tmpi42t8VeAf2kbfz2D3ep5U3-8X--qKidQtrtv9dAkxcgEsamhXbGSl28gwmDIq8HbivqnVJ6ElCX6gHE4EBBo9S/s4032/20221017_222743.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Q3_ASdj1z2vB1EVA3JP5_0pRn32IFHfuuDEDP7SBUkDcI7fJc-N5y_WVnlYLgF1ldyoQRQHH-9kK66bUShvCzLsuIxbwEA-Tmpi42t8VeAf2kbfz2D3ep5U3-8X--qKidQtrtv9dAkxcgEsamhXbGSl28gwmDIq8HbivqnVJ6ElCX6gHE4EBBo9S/s320/20221017_222743.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love her braids</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYB41roAusf8cZukH2JwZeiImoQ0SZmZfHTSUr-ga0QQ1_hn55nGOMlNj9Wt7GJxWjnW8sn8NwzVuaQ8b8YIivVS48iiXZ7weMpMy57uPYbIb0Dqa_4O5P3zLjsFsV4btei44BEK3jo5Dv7ziJOI3zjFqIuks2rGEEz3Ci_tEomrJCZXW9ytBa5bI/s4032/20221018_214711.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYB41roAusf8cZukH2JwZeiImoQ0SZmZfHTSUr-ga0QQ1_hn55nGOMlNj9Wt7GJxWjnW8sn8NwzVuaQ8b8YIivVS48iiXZ7weMpMy57uPYbIb0Dqa_4O5P3zLjsFsV4btei44BEK3jo5Dv7ziJOI3zjFqIuks2rGEEz3Ci_tEomrJCZXW9ytBa5bI/s320/20221018_214711.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween gnome so Orange of course</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo3_spaZMgt5kXhTR2jrzwXtdLtut8fImx6ifQwzpOCvg1gcSm7Tg5BpbleN7Lg0U3dcCLKBQj19KtBjRw5gfXi3LP6z3Mec9vIhbpQcTqGsocTBZMhHqQqq6eVr89l9l7ILgD24U7efhu2e_sQr4QK9tQKO48kfQHAQgg_YxjE5K-dlOdjAbPD-K/s4032/20221018_214643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo3_spaZMgt5kXhTR2jrzwXtdLtut8fImx6ifQwzpOCvg1gcSm7Tg5BpbleN7Lg0U3dcCLKBQj19KtBjRw5gfXi3LP6z3Mec9vIhbpQcTqGsocTBZMhHqQqq6eVr89l9l7ILgD24U7efhu2e_sQr4QK9tQKO48kfQHAQgg_YxjE5K-dlOdjAbPD-K/s320/20221018_214643.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>and since my Advent gnomes wanted a cozy bag for winter I knit them a larger version of my clothespin bag.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgUsChoXE9w8pOZoTzjRtrwEbuvlj4_x2pBk-hRFlTlsr1pTHwi70VwZT3AbSuHShcYWnmxIo-iJ6DAvNIgp_sKzmqdwxBQqqhZ3-SXogv9HvqBN2YpYaDE-qvvOIjXbyTMKZiDeO53HPrk7FkapX_X7ieleYCoEoc0b-qBxeSOb19Sme9hVK6lc2/s4032/20221019_104632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgUsChoXE9w8pOZoTzjRtrwEbuvlj4_x2pBk-hRFlTlsr1pTHwi70VwZT3AbSuHShcYWnmxIo-iJ6DAvNIgp_sKzmqdwxBQqqhZ3-SXogv9HvqBN2YpYaDE-qvvOIjXbyTMKZiDeO53HPrk7FkapX_X7ieleYCoEoc0b-qBxeSOb19Sme9hVK6lc2/s320/20221019_104632.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20 down, 4 to go</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoPdZw-LwoMdwBUkkcSjnBq9ZwKOEHCxqZJttkJJ9S_ok67rtyv05-9AJkYrkcbH1zdrmM6eB08iSrN9WtBWGU2L7fgxB1Y3XzZQgFSPqJb7dONcNP_zuiEoQQJe5vZnQ2V6uh4a--NkoCdso7SR6Xrclg2av1pNSvBOpscxQQBMyaK7H8FwIRjJX/s4032/20221019_104754.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoPdZw-LwoMdwBUkkcSjnBq9ZwKOEHCxqZJttkJJ9S_ok67rtyv05-9AJkYrkcbH1zdrmM6eB08iSrN9WtBWGU2L7fgxB1Y3XzZQgFSPqJb7dONcNP_zuiEoQQJe5vZnQ2V6uh4a--NkoCdso7SR6Xrclg2av1pNSvBOpscxQQBMyaK7H8FwIRjJX/s320/20221019_104754.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bag o'gnomes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I have mostly been working on Birdsong, and last night I finished the birds but I am not happy with the puckering so I am going to frog back and re-start. Live and learn, eh? Or knit, frog and re-knit in this case. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP6stZj9zjnnzM4Zexz08C8UhA00sEWPuy3I-NHQpgv945zUWMXwoDc7ZZlaxTlrwur72OR_gnEj9hQ3xcvFZpUS6abyqd9QY3LZQJGOqAsFs9Vgrgucw3BpTWeMq6ND6T0WJa9-qRhNix3NJwUYC6nlmTJ5Ip-FTZLcqyUE7lyMjhlNcQp4HM3uP/s4032/20221025_171028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP6stZj9zjnnzM4Zexz08C8UhA00sEWPuy3I-NHQpgv945zUWMXwoDc7ZZlaxTlrwur72OR_gnEj9hQ3xcvFZpUS6abyqd9QY3LZQJGOqAsFs9Vgrgucw3BpTWeMq6ND6T0WJa9-qRhNix3NJwUYC6nlmTJ5Ip-FTZLcqyUE7lyMjhlNcQp4HM3uP/s320/20221025_171028.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pre-frog picture</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I might try knitting this inside out to have more control over my floats. I brought my long dpns on this trip but forgot my knitting belt so I tried using a circular needle but with over 300 stitches it was quite cumbersome as my circular needle wasn't as long as it needed to be. <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have also almost finished a testknit for next year's Super Sock World Championship - but since it is a testknit there will be no pictures. I am worried I will have second sock syndrome with this pattern. It looks cool but it is not an enjoyable knit. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will try to post more regularly. I seem to have my writing mojo back and have spent the last few weeks editting my second novel and hope to have it published by the end of the year. I am going to spend Nanowrimo November entering my edits and getting the final copy pulled together. I have to design a title page as well which should be easier since I am in town where the novel is set and should be able to get the perfect cover photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am still 'wild' swimming although it seems a bit too easy at the moment since the Adriatic sea temperature is between 18C and 21C. A far cry from the 13C-14C I left back home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I promise to spend some time in the next few days catching up on the other Yoppers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I am off to Frog....it is hard, but I won't be happy unless I do. I'll post progress (or negative progress) next week. </div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-82216992741811179022022-10-25T03:05:00.007-07:002022-10-25T03:06:44.594-07:00I wanna see you be brave<p> Sara Bareilles song Brave took me by surprise a few weeks ago. It has now become my anthem of sorts. </p><p>I was sitting at my pharmacy waiting for some stupid mix-up to get sorted and I was crying. </p><p>I should back up to four days before this. My daughter had called and asked me to go with her back to the country where she had lived for five and a half years. That was a Thursday morning. By Friday morning I had booked a ticket for the following Monday. I had called my doctor to okay getting two months of my prescriptions filled for a trip that would be anywhere from two to three months. Alas Friday was a holiday, and the next day, Saturday, was well Saturday. I knew I wouldn't hear from my doctor until Monday but I alerted the pharmacy that the approval would be coming and to have the prescription ready. They said they would. </p><p>They didn't. </p><p>My flight was leaving at 6:30pm. I called the doctor office again at 8:30 Monday morning. Then again at 11am. </p><p>Nothing. </p><p>I went to the pharmacy. They, at first, refused to fill the prescription without the doctor's okay. </p><p>It was 1pm. He still hadn't called. I was scared and alone and in tears sitting in the stupid chair beside the blood pressure machine. I was making a scene. I couldn't help it. I was texting with my husband, my son, my daughter and they were all telling me it was gonna be okay. </p><p>It didn't feel okay. </p><p>And then? </p><p>Then Sara Bareilles song came on over the store's music station. </p><p>"I wanna see you be brave". </p><p>It made me take a deep breath. I texted my daughter of the syncronicity. I stopped crying. The pharmacist decided to fill the prescription without the doctor's okay. By 2pm I was on my way. </p><p>By 3:00 I was leaving the house for the airport. </p><p>Guess who called?</p><p>Yup. My doctor. He was just picking up his messages. He said it was fine that they had filled it.</p><p>So I got on the plane (despite my worries about CoVid). Made the connection (despite an hour delay leaving) and met my daughter at the gate of our connecting flights. </p><p>Here I am with her and my granddaughter for the past three weeks. Sitting in the sun, swimming in the sea, talking with my daughter, and playing Peppa Pig with my granddaughter. </p><p>Sara, you wanted to see me be brave. </p><p>I am.</p><p>Every single day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhEGXiHosYVWnTH-Y3_Xl8bLicWWKMjtzvBZzD40Pau372AI5q7j7Gm1fFvVnd0-SB7hKPqTLMKTi0L5XMAiuL_EmyIW05lrHmlKxpo9a7Z4SiICDBp0Px7lNwEwnPZ4N0ENdBbs37Bc1-4WrN_yZMSQhxrsgTliumSusDJfrfYsgKH5hVdKnug5f/s4032/20221021_133113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhEGXiHosYVWnTH-Y3_Xl8bLicWWKMjtzvBZzD40Pau372AI5q7j7Gm1fFvVnd0-SB7hKPqTLMKTi0L5XMAiuL_EmyIW05lrHmlKxpo9a7Z4SiICDBp0Px7lNwEwnPZ4N0ENdBbs37Bc1-4WrN_yZMSQhxrsgTliumSusDJfrfYsgKH5hVdKnug5f/s320/20221021_133113.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="background-color: #ddddee; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Brave</span><br style="background-color: #ddddee; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: #ddddee; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /></b></p><div style="background-color: #ddddee; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">You can be amazing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You can be the outcast<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Or you can start speaking up<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When they settle 'neath your skin<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Kept on the inside and no sunlight<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sometimes a shadow wins<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But I wonder what would happen if you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Say what you wanna say<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And let the words fall out<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Honestly, I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With what you want to say<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And let the words fall out<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Honestly, I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Everybody's been there<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Everybody's been stared down by the enemy<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Fallen for the fear<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And done some disappearing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Bow down to the mighty<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Don't run, stop holding your tongue<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Maybe one of these days you can let the light in<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Show me how big your brave is<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Say what you wanna say<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And let the words fall out<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Honestly, I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With what you want to say<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And let the words fall out<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Honestly, I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And since your history of silence<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Won't do you any good<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Did you think it would?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Let your words be anything but empty<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Why don't you tell them the truth?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Say what you wanna say<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And let the words fall out<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Honestly, I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With what you want to say<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And let the words fall out<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Honestly, I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I wanna see you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />See you be brave<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you (yeah)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you (oh o)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I just wanna see you</div><p><br /></p>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-18174573359449877412022-10-14T02:48:00.000-07:002022-10-14T02:48:00.820-07:00Longest Labour Ever - Introducing White Rabbit<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnToKAWDFOqJ6PBaLw9R4n2I4rUnyYX-esDk9kN4GPbxFf9syQINMsuYpQXV28W7lBNpXnXnFoLGtnOQ9G4Y8Pc_Tp8OYuZKmreDPD5rAd6ARAtGuVaWSO-9ud84UAhjI6rQbMxxRz-8/s625/whiterabbitcover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="625" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnToKAWDFOqJ6PBaLw9R4n2I4rUnyYX-esDk9kN4GPbxFf9syQINMsuYpQXV28W7lBNpXnXnFoLGtnOQ9G4Y8Pc_Tp8OYuZKmreDPD5rAd6ARAtGuVaWSO-9ud84UAhjI6rQbMxxRz-8/s320/whiterabbitcover.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/White-Rabbit-Mary-Anne-Burton-Taylor-ebook/dp/B09HX1M6NN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12QHGOW87EK69&keywords=white+rabbit+mary-anne+burton+taylor&qid=1644868602&sprefix=white+rabbit+mary-an%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1">Link to Amazon here</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>She is here. Out in the world taking her first breaths.</p><p>It was conceived as a challenge accepted in November of 2015 - to write a novel of a minimum of 50,000 words.</p><p>Then editing.</p><p>And putting it away.</p><p>And pulling it out. </p><p>And re-editing. </p><p>Finally by the summer of 2018 to start to hand it out to beta readers. </p><p>And to edit again. </p><p>And to put it in the drawer again. </p><p>Finally in the late summer of 2021 to be encouraged to just do it. </p><p>And I did. </p><p>In early September I tackled setting up an account with Kindle Direct Publishing. </p><p>I navigated the forms, the tax implications, the formatting. Oh, the formatting. </p><p>And editing, Over and over. (Editors deserve our respect is all I can say).</p><p>Then on October 6, 2021 with my heart in my throat I phoned my sister. </p><p>All I had to do was press the button. </p><p>She and I held our collective breaths and I pressed <b>PUBLISH.</b></p><p>Then I had to wait a few hours for Amazon to accept my novel...my baby. </p><p>Almost six years from start to finish. I have read and re-read this novel dozens of times and still there are parts of it that make me cry even though I know how it turns out in the end. </p><p>The premise is fictional, but many of the chapters are my stories to tell, and now I have told them.</p><p>If you are interested in purchasing that would be great. </p><p>If not, that is okay too. </p><p>Just be kind. She is mine and I love her. I am being brave. Depression lies. I want the world to know that and if one other person sees themselves in the pages, and finds some solace, or acknowledgement, or recognition or hope then I have succeeded. </p><p>White Rabbit</p><p>by Mary-Anne Burton Taylor</p><p>published October 2021</p><p><br /></p>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-57209079127807403332022-09-26T19:38:00.005-07:002022-09-26T19:38:44.741-07:00Year of Projects Update Week 13 <p> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscM5xVTqDt0nBlPxezGU7UoVAsJ2FqCU64RTcD5QTlk0IrAheGNTAGqeN8v9W4WAl9NrHNZpCMs2eOIwnPQre_5Zx7NZCDvJNSbzGX7J3oBeS3MCuDFdoBUfH43b_cPXxEbk3AMiE2r8elOWVD_zVIQ2QvUjOEj1AGhOA6Yqikaym2MlzeZEmPGXG/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscM5xVTqDt0nBlPxezGU7UoVAsJ2FqCU64RTcD5QTlk0IrAheGNTAGqeN8v9W4WAl9NrHNZpCMs2eOIwnPQre_5Zx7NZCDvJNSbzGX7J3oBeS3MCuDFdoBUfH43b_cPXxEbk3AMiE2r8elOWVD_zVIQ2QvUjOEj1AGhOA6Yqikaym2MlzeZEmPGXG/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This week was lots of knitting but not much to show. I started the 2nd Vancouver sock, and I am on the back of my son's gansey. I have been combing and spinning my Friesen fleece and it WILL be done before September 30th (she said confidently). </p><p>I have about three inches done on my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/birdsong-5">Birdsong</a> sweater and I can't wait to start the charts. Maybe tonight? Who knows. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtenpX0eZqLzDOOJo4SQyhhbYS-lFNI9j_loI0eRAVpB3ROF7QPObJbwXdD-mO3fN_JpCSnrBAeVZzE8EZwA7P2oZNvqS_ur916a5BU8PAiacZMlMwIA0p2kybR1Enm4_loyJ_0mYXe3RGGZ1Sgt_U19b821SuRGyN6krt69rP1AcUBuJq1s6wmsg/s4032/20220926_193006_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtenpX0eZqLzDOOJo4SQyhhbYS-lFNI9j_loI0eRAVpB3ROF7QPObJbwXdD-mO3fN_JpCSnrBAeVZzE8EZwA7P2oZNvqS_ur916a5BU8PAiacZMlMwIA0p2kybR1Enm4_loyJ_0mYXe3RGGZ1Sgt_U19b821SuRGyN6krt69rP1AcUBuJq1s6wmsg/s320/20220926_193006_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I do have one quick start and finish. I was tired of my clothes pegs spilling all over the deck everytime I hung my laundry outside, so I knit up this cute little <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garden-decorated-peg-bag-clothes-pins">peg bag</a>. I used some Cascade fixation, held double and it is the perfect weight. I cut a wooden hanger to size and Voila, no more spills!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtEFmRJZoMqxX4xTFh2sMSOmXZ0A-KDLKjNaHfowzJDsv6jXfNApKa_oYk3SUrpdtaCJHuOqcG2JHPR_ihCikR-Ii9gSXys-DnEt_jMAxmfT4GchpXExCKHAnPDty-GsmqkxwxwmaK3wmy17SDb7DXUtTzmoxi-yDtY7NRjtxGBdkpi2MM_X_QIuK/s4032/20220926_193538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtEFmRJZoMqxX4xTFh2sMSOmXZ0A-KDLKjNaHfowzJDsv6jXfNApKa_oYk3SUrpdtaCJHuOqcG2JHPR_ihCikR-Ii9gSXys-DnEt_jMAxmfT4GchpXExCKHAnPDty-GsmqkxwxwmaK3wmy17SDb7DXUtTzmoxi-yDtY7NRjtxGBdkpi2MM_X_QIuK/s320/20220926_193538.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Smile!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>I also finished my Gnome. I will post his finish picture next week - so no spoilers this week for those of you taking part in the KAL. You can go to my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/KnitwiseGamgee/choose-your-gnome-adventure">Ravelry project page</a> if you want to see him before next week. </p><p>Mostly this week has been all about my ocean swimming which I blogged about <a href="https://mary-mann.blogspot.com/2022/09/wild-swimming.html">here</a>. </p><p>It has been a good week. My new medications have kicked in, and the cold water therapy is really amazing. It has actually been a very good week. I haven't been able to say that for the past year. </p><p>And my Hoya is blooming - first time since I repotted it in the spring.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKV4DCPW5spq8BLoPY4KLG7ZLxibTO0Wf8zxdheIkr1EEyNVZUtHvtFmjlqNnA4TKtbm2ueEAAg03OL81lhppCabsD90Fit1QnwcU1sL7pqmeoCrBqFaRkIzHfZ0p2SwfA1tzD1T9X5fJ9Gaydx6FbklMZsNAij3QY1M_9rvuowGMAfKH8j2-qzCk/s4032/20220926_121832.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKV4DCPW5spq8BLoPY4KLG7ZLxibTO0Wf8zxdheIkr1EEyNVZUtHvtFmjlqNnA4TKtbm2ueEAAg03OL81lhppCabsD90Fit1QnwcU1sL7pqmeoCrBqFaRkIzHfZ0p2SwfA1tzD1T9X5fJ9Gaydx6FbklMZsNAij3QY1M_9rvuowGMAfKH8j2-qzCk/s320/20220926_121832.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta-Da!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>If you want to see what other Yoppers are up to you can check out the right side of my blog for shortcuts to their posts. </p>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-89395895257721413692022-09-26T19:27:00.001-07:002022-09-26T19:27:44.523-07:00Wild swimming<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am back on Blogger after taking the summer off due to personal/mental health reasons. I have been working hard to find support both medically and emotionally. Something that really helped during the summer was returning to the pool in early July. I swam 4 to 5 times a week in the pool for at least 45 minutes. In that time I could swim approximately 1.2km. One day I was struggling more than usual and I decided to go for a swim in the ocean instead. It was a cool, rainy day, but I went and swam for about 15 minutes. It helped. A week or so later my son, hubby and I were spending a day at a beach not too far from our city where the water is glacier fed, and again I went for a 15 minute swim. Hmmm, I seemed to be noticing improvement in my anxiety with these swims. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-20d058af-7fff-e583-930c-173a298acf28"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In early September I headed to the beach and swam for 33 minutes. It was glorious despite the water temperature being around 13.5 degrees Celsius! After conversations with my sister who swims in the ocean year round I decided to ‘dive’ into this new routine. There are many studies that connect cold water swimming to improvements in depression and anxiety. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This past Sunday, September 18, I started my daily ocean swims. On day four, I was amazed at how serene and peaceful it was to swim in the ocean. All seemed right with the world and the feeling continued through the rest of my day. The ocean temps are still around 13.5 degrees but they are starting to dip as we head towards winter. I have bought some neoprene gloves, booties and cap and my sisters and brothers, who are all regular ocean swimmers, have given me lots of good advice about how long, or short, to stay in the water and how to warm up after each swim. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Swimming has been a lifeline for me since my late twenties. I am looking forward to this new adventure. I have been reading all sorts of blogs and posts by cold water swimmers from all over the world and getting some great advice. I already swim with a 'swimbuddy' that I tow behind me so I can be seen by any boats or paddlers that might be in the water, and so my husband can more easily see me from the shore. </span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a warm drink in a thermos, warm clothes to put on as soon as I get out, and the knowledge that I shouldn't stay in the water past the 'one minute for every degree' rule once the ocean temperatures dip to 10C and below. I also read about the trick to take a hot water bottle to wrap my after-swim clothes in, and a foam pad to stand on until I get my shoes on as I am dressing. I have learned that your body temperature keeps dropping after you get out of the water so I need to be prepared to deal with that - no hot showers or baths directly after the swim. </span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">All good advice. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was day 9. a mid-morning swim for about 17 minutes. The ocean temperature was 14C. After I dressed and drank my decaf milky coffee I walked along the beach watch ducks and cormorants, herons and seagulls. I got quite the kick out of this young seagull whining at his mom. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwkh60OWZQHmKjnzxXPccevKCFEOzPV--EvpV_uB8uB2uSfHcFFIlnwT3cwK5zfmqeZS-tKUVPPX6PUzUv-_w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-33830640751452749752022-09-19T11:30:00.001-07:002022-09-19T11:46:30.710-07:00Year of Projects Week 12 Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYeMReetgxPJAYCZkqR9BYktEJ3DcoZP0SNk0RUIFqqncJxpiLS9497IP-dd3Z4xl58ksdRDdqKptZ1joSPQw108TZ8_VF-r6tbZgt8xBg5_-np9_k3tDsBTekUQdiVw06Zvnp1v6myKMLSCLVMoFXRsVu8y2T-jV_Ccf4Xh4CKFHWKpTYNfNSaw5/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYeMReetgxPJAYCZkqR9BYktEJ3DcoZP0SNk0RUIFqqncJxpiLS9497IP-dd3Z4xl58ksdRDdqKptZ1joSPQw108TZ8_VF-r6tbZgt8xBg5_-np9_k3tDsBTekUQdiVw06Zvnp1v6myKMLSCLVMoFXRsVu8y2T-jV_Ccf4Xh4CKFHWKpTYNfNSaw5/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p>Hello Dear Readers,</p><p>I have been Missing in Action since the start of Year of Projects for 2022-2023 but I am back now. I may not post every week, but I have missed the comaraderie of this group and am looking forward to catching up on everyone else's posts. </p><p>I won't flood this post with pictures of ALL the things I have knit for the past two and a half months, but I will focus on the highlights. </p><p>Foxpaws is definitely a highlight and a shawl I am very proud of:</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaBspRGvgzvgKpf2mgJFoN8_pVz6RKRnXMwffBujyET9nyfEM1qQH6gc3wna6rCxfputAyBfYqyTXeeDoZsbuXCYisKClw_3Axgt8AguRqzJ7e4EzMeVHybvsdEEX-bdfgb1QBEnxeS_grAnIDfVbLJhY1LwO1vaJcpe0w4W17VkDVxKrRRO6KjCa/s4032/20220711_100953_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaBspRGvgzvgKpf2mgJFoN8_pVz6RKRnXMwffBujyET9nyfEM1qQH6gc3wna6rCxfputAyBfYqyTXeeDoZsbuXCYisKClw_3Axgt8AguRqzJ7e4EzMeVHybvsdEEX-bdfgb1QBEnxeS_grAnIDfVbLJhY1LwO1vaJcpe0w4W17VkDVxKrRRO6KjCa/s320/20220711_100953_(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">There have been a two pairs of socks completed:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDEGBabMIQCU0KugBIvCzZz1pPfjsQvnnhCwJwMGzk0_iW2E5evd_atayTkX4qS2vTXNQLlWf92mWQ9w03NbvA5XI73WGj2aiJzKUDHVY4CFzQbsFBJu5Ts_zAPhvg265nqLwBzGWxOhEaTtoKJYlDUG9LS3l7kBddCJZD-pNQRTtUydkebaBO-3Y/s4032/20220726_221340.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDEGBabMIQCU0KugBIvCzZz1pPfjsQvnnhCwJwMGzk0_iW2E5evd_atayTkX4qS2vTXNQLlWf92mWQ9w03NbvA5XI73WGj2aiJzKUDHVY4CFzQbsFBJu5Ts_zAPhvg265nqLwBzGWxOhEaTtoKJYlDUG9LS3l7kBddCJZD-pNQRTtUydkebaBO-3Y/s320/20220726_221340.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woven-mosaic-socks">Woven Mosaic</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGoPR0_D1alM7SCBW1EGCJPX8YJRlGdSeqk56VWOYayUdKwNJtTRrtEyAoqoN8Mz5ddZuxXPfV5997BxHfrPmzRMacxonwFt2T-XV106GYyT83F51hHw9NIsdMa0mZXuEuYpCM9q9AXpkF9jSKoJTQKQ7KZgpo-0vWQn14xkQShYbQWMPv5ga3uI2/s4032/20220827_230434.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGoPR0_D1alM7SCBW1EGCJPX8YJRlGdSeqk56VWOYayUdKwNJtTRrtEyAoqoN8Mz5ddZuxXPfV5997BxHfrPmzRMacxonwFt2T-XV106GYyT83F51hHw9NIsdMa0mZXuEuYpCM9q9AXpkF9jSKoJTQKQ7KZgpo-0vWQn14xkQShYbQWMPv5ga3uI2/s320/20220827_230434.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitloops-socks">Knitloops Socks</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>And I have two singles that need mates:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKGl21oYSmAMCye792N6nfb05EeBNnBg9z_YshHRqwxMH5HOj7KAiVx3Su9g5mQoHyqeeIVAsrXF5nZHxBdH978epTLSJxJYKAl94WC93KJHNGgDvIk8otBCN5CRoarHBrvErcnryvIoYBCh0Xtndqd_91NhfzvM_RfGldu082iLNmFeEhN9g0JJ1/s4032/20220908_100602_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKGl21oYSmAMCye792N6nfb05EeBNnBg9z_YshHRqwxMH5HOj7KAiVx3Su9g5mQoHyqeeIVAsrXF5nZHxBdH978epTLSJxJYKAl94WC93KJHNGgDvIk8otBCN5CRoarHBrvErcnryvIoYBCh0Xtndqd_91NhfzvM_RfGldu082iLNmFeEhN9g0JJ1/s320/20220908_100602_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wetlands-gansey-socks">Wetland Gansey socks</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlgd9AtUYC5zuLySObm_kAveDcyykvaFeqhsQkSTo-GQSRlRcarQN_CDsyrGBzoIaqguYt4TSUapd2Ph_Qs-n5L7rkSETsUTVZzgEDdhvn-AezApQ4mi5iNyksNFStSte5oPEhEk6PGoOLlpkNGezL4Og4TWAqDNd6qFotnk33U8hYyHoUovEXVKo/s4032/20220913_104849_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlgd9AtUYC5zuLySObm_kAveDcyykvaFeqhsQkSTo-GQSRlRcarQN_CDsyrGBzoIaqguYt4TSUapd2Ph_Qs-n5L7rkSETsUTVZzgEDdhvn-AezApQ4mi5iNyksNFStSte5oPEhEk6PGoOLlpkNGezL4Og4TWAqDNd6qFotnk33U8hYyHoUovEXVKo/s320/20220913_104849_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">outside of <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/double-heel-socks">doubleheel sock</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn6vTnc3uRaG7ySILRoTUZ0pkmrxrqazE8O2BToEk-kkXmvyByRIpg-JP28KZSbNG1xpmPeYjpdnQjwfIscfr60D9Xq5j4bGrSIY4JPLLJiSCcYiUowTDF2H8NbFSXibfj-simCn8zKxHHhBIMUYBswvQ_exN_E7PuqYaEeayBwLMusR7Htr_r-kb/s4032/20220913_104916_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn6vTnc3uRaG7ySILRoTUZ0pkmrxrqazE8O2BToEk-kkXmvyByRIpg-JP28KZSbNG1xpmPeYjpdnQjwfIscfr60D9Xq5j4bGrSIY4JPLLJiSCcYiUowTDF2H8NbFSXibfj-simCn8zKxHHhBIMUYBswvQ_exN_E7PuqYaEeayBwLMusR7Htr_r-kb/s320/20220913_104916_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inside of doubleheel sock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I am currently test knitting another sock with about 3inches done - but no pics because no spoilers. Same goes for the Imagined Landscapes September Gnome KAL - you will have to wait until October to see it. </p><p>I have added six little gnomes to my Advent gnome knits (the six in the back) </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrUu_P3Z9muQW41Avbs6rFVmB5i7VQ9jx21GivT9CPBJlNmybGuRphl02kmp58jftGdMMo45fk-p3DxpCv6Eu7MjPgx_6LHdQUdU9pdhLqnJf1ZZgoIVL7zP-ddVxnzT_Ksmfllbx8iYF_mLanVhMfh5Z3E-5OMZ1bk2qfI-vc_nPtDY1iIxhulV5/s4032/20220919_102508.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrUu_P3Z9muQW41Avbs6rFVmB5i7VQ9jx21GivT9CPBJlNmybGuRphl02kmp58jftGdMMo45fk-p3DxpCv6Eu7MjPgx_6LHdQUdU9pdhLqnJf1ZZgoIVL7zP-ddVxnzT_Ksmfllbx8iYF_mLanVhMfh5Z3E-5OMZ1bk2qfI-vc_nPtDY1iIxhulV5/s320/20220919_102508.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">18 done, 6 to go</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I am almost finished the pattern on the front of my son's Gansey and then I have to re-read <a href="http://www.ganseys.com/knitting-ganseys/techniques-for-knitting/shoulder-straps/">Gordon's blog</a> on the Rig and Furrow shoulder strap. I have to say I have been doing a bit of fretting about whether it will fit or not, and I keep measuring and remeasuring the distance from where I have separated the front and back to get to the 10inches my son needs for armhole depth. </p><div>(designing your own gansey comes with a bit of trepidation it seems).</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpShMMNOqFLxzlUgtR8Tjx1TQaRCpAhXJK93qGEtn8bTw81zp7nK7Oh8ReMldhu92oa9Ms885M34pGfEdDSoO3Jg0BQHjgYgoKE1bk9tflRqK1RbJJmUOst2JHEf683m5xtojQX29ziWiGIyHHCtofP6vLbCH2yRH6AoFM01oq9RlwA07jkbe0Hag/s4032/20220914_105602_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpShMMNOqFLxzlUgtR8Tjx1TQaRCpAhXJK93qGEtn8bTw81zp7nK7Oh8ReMldhu92oa9Ms885M34pGfEdDSoO3Jg0BQHjgYgoKE1bk9tflRqK1RbJJmUOst2JHEf683m5xtojQX29ziWiGIyHHCtofP6vLbCH2yRH6AoFM01oq9RlwA07jkbe0Hag/s320/20220914_105602_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My latest wee little gnome wanted get in on the pic</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I knit a summery tunic by a wonderful Ukranian designer. The front is plain stockingnette with a wee bit of lace on the bottom, but look at how lovely the back is!<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEuK772_gqaI2Jh_4mPEfdSY2Sc_AfRve5qQYZ1B_E5HfGj82-U_ds7yJZu-kQ5fNA52Ek3b6pPaYq30XcnecqjJKuegywYJylaUKZntMnnw9vRwpdqiY09xGwjcazlg9v8gV_40kM2WIKoQMWq40aGxQrqpv9zqdEukxVqXo-VaOwThQKlP6xcFV/s3334/20220903_175535_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3334" data-original-width="2383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEuK772_gqaI2Jh_4mPEfdSY2Sc_AfRve5qQYZ1B_E5HfGj82-U_ds7yJZu-kQ5fNA52Ek3b6pPaYq30XcnecqjJKuegywYJylaUKZntMnnw9vRwpdqiY09xGwjcazlg9v8gV_40kM2WIKoQMWq40aGxQrqpv9zqdEukxVqXo-VaOwThQKlP6xcFV/s320/20220903_175535_(1).jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vroda">Vroda</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div>In further news I won a £25 coupon from Black Sheep Wools in the UK for my Tomte <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1431_com_zimbra_date" role="link" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Christmas</span></span> tree skirt. It is featured in issue 229 of Simply Knitting magazine (so of course I had to buy a copy). I already ordered two skeins of wool from them. 100gms of self-patterning sock yarn, and 200gms of lace to knit a summery sweater. The irony of the 'win' is that the shipping to Canada is £25 but still it was a good excuse to increase my stash. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhSZ5lw7YRrFOFa9eZ3Az56vGoErRgt4Lcucc2AuaCHWG1BPnidjOfJVysIVmMoD4h9YWo1M3Ady7_q_O6Lg2pdBbRKqY0CBMUTVVGEYLZv6TqgQbuFRw6hy11QMe0XI858JA0M3Cu4K_erZvy0PPxZtCYECWGH2Huvq1UktPyLVg-P9JfdDdGPAq/s701/Screenshot_20220918-231517_(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="701" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhSZ5lw7YRrFOFa9eZ3Az56vGoErRgt4Lcucc2AuaCHWG1BPnidjOfJVysIVmMoD4h9YWo1M3Ady7_q_O6Lg2pdBbRKqY0CBMUTVVGEYLZv6TqgQbuFRw6hy11QMe0XI858JA0M3Cu4K_erZvy0PPxZtCYECWGH2Huvq1UktPyLVg-P9JfdDdGPAq/s320/Screenshot_20220918-231517_(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div>So you can see despite not posting for the past three months I am still knitting (when I am not spinning, or swimming, or generally taking care of myself). </div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of spinning - last week I received in the mail 5 ounces of fibre that I won during Tour de Fleece! </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zAKEMs6KcJPJdR_eqZD9OU-4Nziq0PPQ8jmjjU2U6GSQEXyeTZ4KLDC04TOhorUeBKRXAXq6ljd1U4Nk-9gs8DubCniL2MXGC7k0-MRPQ3zIE2U9GtNmtTRbM14N56LHml_ZfK7qrDW1FRRwJavIKSK-O1mvnxW7y3BmEUMMMQVMzZABzIKUGWqB/s4032/20220908_151934.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zAKEMs6KcJPJdR_eqZD9OU-4Nziq0PPQ8jmjjU2U6GSQEXyeTZ4KLDC04TOhorUeBKRXAXq6ljd1U4Nk-9gs8DubCniL2MXGC7k0-MRPQ3zIE2U9GtNmtTRbM14N56LHml_ZfK7qrDW1FRRwJavIKSK-O1mvnxW7y3BmEUMMMQVMzZABzIKUGWqB/s320/20220908_151934.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this colourway</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>I am currently combing and spinning some Fresian fleece my son gave me from a farm in the Yukon where he lived for 18 months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oqZpqyeYiV1FmO7tg7gbREnxZcznY9Db5Ppirnwuh8VDdQqj-E6GjxCQBKcEcxYYWKjmboGdGul9SW22A1gpUjFxnQXxk8v-NBE3Wb-WF9kH91O1OeL2EArM0nDUlis4wPeQL6bfA1BgIsbeKrqhzkIX-e7gaG8NCi3YHfBfm9-eelhDrVE8_axI/s4032/20220828_131313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oqZpqyeYiV1FmO7tg7gbREnxZcznY9Db5Ppirnwuh8VDdQqj-E6GjxCQBKcEcxYYWKjmboGdGul9SW22A1gpUjFxnQXxk8v-NBE3Wb-WF9kH91O1OeL2EArM0nDUlis4wPeQL6bfA1BgIsbeKrqhzkIX-e7gaG8NCi3YHfBfm9-eelhDrVE8_axI/s320/20220828_131313.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAF2j19Rmov7OSd1q1NEgattGqMcRjF9ecvbKeUEJ33crVjnOf2leu1gOW3fLC7S92fRbkNZogJf9CjN_z2AOkkdRS4M1qUCJdiZL0g7DSGc4liiH0fei1EeKKdtNkz4o9n3QIthGlJlkPpDIDhVJBFpg6fWQNppXzKevtxwm0lsJSNJbc9Q14f16/s4032/20220911_170646_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAF2j19Rmov7OSd1q1NEgattGqMcRjF9ecvbKeUEJ33crVjnOf2leu1gOW3fLC7S92fRbkNZogJf9CjN_z2AOkkdRS4M1qUCJdiZL0g7DSGc4liiH0fei1EeKKdtNkz4o9n3QIthGlJlkPpDIDhVJBFpg6fWQNppXzKevtxwm0lsJSNJbc9Q14f16/s320/20220911_170646_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the personal, non-knitting, front I have decided to become a 'wild' swimmer this fall and winter. I ordered some neoprene gloves/booties/cap to use as the ocean temperatures dip into single digits. I also bought a water thermometer so I will know exactly what I am getting into before I enter the ccoolldddd water. I have two sisters and a brother that wild swim, and, well, they have convinced me to give it a go. I did swim in the ocean yesterday for 16 minutes. The ocean temp was about 14.4 degrees Celcius. Of course my husband thinks I am a wee bit nuts, but he drives me to and fro and sits on the beach watching. (He has made it quite clear that should anything go awry he will be no help as he is a sinker, not a swimmer! Good to know, eh?</div><div><br /></div><div>I will leave you with a picture of a visitor we had in front of our house on Saturday afternoon. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9DxqWkRyArM8Xekq5HYtRNAKkEMPEJCPlQZMOAaYBlycopxRz_wbJIdiF9Idkfup9BwciFz3Eg-XBQVcb6FwfpGgsOkFUZY1XCbQgM5Dy8lwiRLf3z2ilmxMelngXogPPzNUQOZqbcptW8cDFNLlA9L7PXp1vN_WdgS2YXRyn11mMXz3XcDVeX9d/s787/received_1288794705199157.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="787" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9DxqWkRyArM8Xekq5HYtRNAKkEMPEJCPlQZMOAaYBlycopxRz_wbJIdiF9Idkfup9BwciFz3Eg-XBQVcb6FwfpGgsOkFUZY1XCbQgM5Dy8lwiRLf3z2ilmxMelngXogPPzNUQOZqbcptW8cDFNLlA9L7PXp1vN_WdgS2YXRyn11mMXz3XcDVeX9d/s320/received_1288794705199157.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And he was BIG</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Signing off for now - I will try to be more timely in my posts from now on. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBt1ee0eyCY99ogJ1uJLhnXtiDvdGzFTySUUXKunRchNFX6KkPv5k3_FirNLOihXrXRGOUrCIO6xxGU18Te6YPSUeGu1gmMZLml3A8t2dHqru1d_IprvBFVjL-BYA_tXjHZNafx_yImy1lVIIvwwV8Vw-eC6f6zR-8jM2CkhO-G1p345M3H2A8CAI/s4032/20220806_181143_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBt1ee0eyCY99ogJ1uJLhnXtiDvdGzFTySUUXKunRchNFX6KkPv5k3_FirNLOihXrXRGOUrCIO6xxGU18Te6YPSUeGu1gmMZLml3A8t2dHqru1d_IprvBFVjL-BYA_tXjHZNafx_yImy1lVIIvwwV8Vw-eC6f6zR-8jM2CkhO-G1p345M3H2A8CAI/s320/20220806_181143_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This wildlife is much more welcome than Mr. Black Bear</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-86966505234883756962022-07-31T12:03:00.021-07:002022-07-31T12:16:54.271-07:00Year of Projects Wrap-up and Start-up/Update for Month 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMcTNUz-4MNheikCbldlPy6ZOTmKucUfAAAS3iFZPtvspcmd8mms00xrKUXR1pEd2egDZ2pWFbNegM08JAdfol56j8OcKrCQekxmk5HCEJbOO8s5GG0qBWvAzyodFEKw4JJVxbxsyxTfnqncY0nKfF1T0dUllhvZHd_d3ogPAA3fbJiTDt-Vcv-qi/s3888/Yopheader2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMcTNUz-4MNheikCbldlPy6ZOTmKucUfAAAS3iFZPtvspcmd8mms00xrKUXR1pEd2egDZ2pWFbNegM08JAdfol56j8OcKrCQekxmk5HCEJbOO8s5GG0qBWvAzyodFEKw4JJVxbxsyxTfnqncY0nKfF1T0dUllhvZHd_d3ogPAA3fbJiTDt-Vcv-qi/s320/Yopheader2223.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Another Year of Projects has started and been running for a month so I am woefully behind. I accomplished a lot last year - three more ganseys, and I did learn 3D crochet which is my new passion. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nycw1zDPXDm3kb2k0KiMIMUIKgQYWgdtsGnJo3B5j7DPAL0G_lLYF75pTBjteErzw4Gksn2Mo3ver2596Gom99sb7OxnNWWwQZaXWQqx84xzFQl3T0LemCS6HBxqlznifeEZhog4prFmyy9U6u1sZXqbmdbTcWxJ9q7XZt508OtIqIayDWUTIUxH/s3840/20220729_201254.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2880" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nycw1zDPXDm3kb2k0KiMIMUIKgQYWgdtsGnJo3B5j7DPAL0G_lLYF75pTBjteErzw4Gksn2Mo3ver2596Gom99sb7OxnNWWwQZaXWQqx84xzFQl3T0LemCS6HBxqlznifeEZhog4prFmyy9U6u1sZXqbmdbTcWxJ9q7XZt508OtIqIayDWUTIUxH/s320/20220729_201254.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of these were done in July, but I just learned how to make a collage so I added them too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I knit a lot of socks last year, and gnomes. Looking at my to-do list I did very well and the things I didn't get too turned out to be things I thought I wanted to make but in the end other projects got my attention. </p><p>I finished the year with a few WIPS - mostly FoxPaws (which is now done)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnJXz9LdA-yzjsIx4rrTcf4t6fOYMZfzzG56JtNGqGSsiR0iHRBiejFts-E4zGD7ZWrBNCpqHUb7VK_cJri8gMQCuR7kMYfT8qv98eptxgQb7D8_XlsvYHMiPAm3DGymeQkr2Lb-3gU07eIF9YMWiKxvn5rMh4J1PM3CfHFbCo2Ca2qjXvx5HYFdX/s4032/20220711_100953_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1886" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnJXz9LdA-yzjsIx4rrTcf4t6fOYMZfzzG56JtNGqGSsiR0iHRBiejFts-E4zGD7ZWrBNCpqHUb7VK_cJri8gMQCuR7kMYfT8qv98eptxgQb7D8_XlsvYHMiPAm3DGymeQkr2Lb-3gU07eIF9YMWiKxvn5rMh4J1PM3CfHFbCo2Ca2qjXvx5HYFdX/s320/20220711_100953_(1).jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fox-paws">FoxPaws</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>and my son's gansey which is done up to the definition ridge so once this heat wave is over I can start the patterning.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRsQZmxisdvas9yxkV0wElnJohP3tQxZnBY-oSdTOS9TsHjkrvxBHuCgwbRpVyQ0-NkPO-beNnDiLvxwNhMXl9cRpUyM97GWXSkNldqiaZ7tYbdk1XvpxeXKImAdD-XYCDRpJzLpCMG_s_62RJ6gncR_-9iN2Ti5oHw8w2x-3q29e1ScEtvWmqL6X/s4032/20220723_214249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRsQZmxisdvas9yxkV0wElnJohP3tQxZnBY-oSdTOS9TsHjkrvxBHuCgwbRpVyQ0-NkPO-beNnDiLvxwNhMXl9cRpUyM97GWXSkNldqiaZ7tYbdk1XvpxeXKImAdD-XYCDRpJzLpCMG_s_62RJ6gncR_-9iN2Ti5oHw8w2x-3q29e1ScEtvWmqL6X/s320/20220723_214249.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>You can have a look at my list of completions<a href="https://mary-mann.blogspot.com/p/year-of-projects-20212022.html"> here</a>, and my list for the coming year<a href="https://mary-mann.blogspot.com/p/year-of-projects-2022-2023.html"> here</a></p><p>I cast on my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vroda">Vroda</a>, a few days ago and I am up to row 10, but with 347 stitches it just looks like this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpVVqhr8TEf9vIkQSugRMIV7mj_p5aWG27ndeOxZrTnAN0efh2JWbFj1YeTOXWwjEfLQ7yPy20XjkMp4mRExGgD6uAVoSho6CX6vDB63A7UsOnlREf1Z8wdyC2rK2q-_xNjV2FWR9v50RSJdypVGB57Y4VyrjfHX8GUnQWZP8OZ1QXiqRQpqJJZGD/s4032/20220729_105151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpVVqhr8TEf9vIkQSugRMIV7mj_p5aWG27ndeOxZrTnAN0efh2JWbFj1YeTOXWwjEfLQ7yPy20XjkMp4mRExGgD6uAVoSho6CX6vDB63A7UsOnlREf1Z8wdyC2rK2q-_xNjV2FWR9v50RSJdypVGB57Y4VyrjfHX8GUnQWZP8OZ1QXiqRQpqJJZGD/s320/20220729_105151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I took part in Tour de Fleece this year and I am happy that despite not spinning everyday I did manage to comb and spin these lovely bfl locks</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OH51UDZplUuycYOIngIqQQi689CaRAfh6MobEpe1D1JmakdBsN_6LoW3l4L9Jc5iyplNVUoRhtVx_zMFp0IZQyO7l3oEVGq41VLve_fJRbv8Bd4WehueLLM_RHchYfzqgUOK6vXRC1Joa6jxE3C7s7fxkHowhlXMHgRjKQCrODmBtGem3-Jk4mzQ/s4032/20220425_101815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmX0542JZdhdB72EETBeb4xK9Ctsi9cuUFntaSWYMe1Nd8Sr5a421Y_qVj8k4qtMhjBnKCnS1ZSe3m4Fuvk83C7oPsGn1bAQ4yGwDAFmH3PBa8Sp56oP2tHWMhjw26CDylLaObGF1s4Till9YvhlwJIMpMiapZjEQ8CYH4_w7VX_8EFvKdBtlzEqV/s4032/20220713_195415_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmX0542JZdhdB72EETBeb4xK9Ctsi9cuUFntaSWYMe1Nd8Sr5a421Y_qVj8k4qtMhjBnKCnS1ZSe3m4Fuvk83C7oPsGn1bAQ4yGwDAFmH3PBa8Sp56oP2tHWMhjw26CDylLaObGF1s4Till9YvhlwJIMpMiapZjEQ8CYH4_w7VX_8EFvKdBtlzEqV/s320/20220713_195415_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>and I spun right off the 292gm fleece these three skeins:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sh56ScMVhZRFMi6VBu8K9j4sfxRI5_8yrQ4RvgRjkm6_NNUuGQ1sg5nuzV1qj6_r0Pdbj7f-KDVwbnv4aimeLM9zhsO6P81NoXGVIIPKOqAuX026s4y3wYml8YmzJrPxyUcTpEi-SwrbeNptQSEKiaTQAizVGugwADSG5gRI_0Clkhw7LzItYeY9/s4032/20220730_180249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sh56ScMVhZRFMi6VBu8K9j4sfxRI5_8yrQ4RvgRjkm6_NNUuGQ1sg5nuzV1qj6_r0Pdbj7f-KDVwbnv4aimeLM9zhsO6P81NoXGVIIPKOqAuX026s4y3wYml8YmzJrPxyUcTpEi-SwrbeNptQSEKiaTQAizVGugwADSG5gRI_0Clkhw7LzItYeY9/s320/20220730_180249.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTudTqDv_sPVrXKpiI7_olDdC0cW0rzIeNiJgEYwtBBqJQEUzLyLZdyo_iQHq-8ZNeFo1gVykQiZMALRND9W1J4nQDIMmoR9T5MbsEk_OLmr5MrNxUXerERZN0A3PNcFJ1nUi3ElbTtvFhDBhu_OBo6APOQAWHc6k14nca7gsuFYbCpWqiQ1FKWCJ/s4032/20220724_154901_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTudTqDv_sPVrXKpiI7_olDdC0cW0rzIeNiJgEYwtBBqJQEUzLyLZdyo_iQHq-8ZNeFo1gVykQiZMALRND9W1J4nQDIMmoR9T5MbsEk_OLmr5MrNxUXerERZN0A3PNcFJ1nUi3ElbTtvFhDBhu_OBo6APOQAWHc6k14nca7gsuFYbCpWqiQ1FKWCJ/s320/20220724_154901_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">over 500 meters of sport weight yumminess</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This is my 7th year joing the YOP gang althought it is the 12th year this group on Ravelry has been going. I have links on the side of my blog to other intrepid yoppers. I may not post every week as I have in the past - perhaps more monthly progress.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMFQt3WI4-YWYBT5SLPdpKOJznXWnSVMOYhmnHHXT9cqqmHIdvo20Asws09FWDaCjuPczMx8_G8jhrjD_fEbQvCtRTiOd199HVpn63E9C6wnuPjV_BWxdpKTMvaGM5O7z13tjM6eiHDEVgYkDXr_B_5kQHItZtfeF1PfhZPAq-xdibrHqhTkJjiP0/s4032/20220726_221340.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMFQt3WI4-YWYBT5SLPdpKOJznXWnSVMOYhmnHHXT9cqqmHIdvo20Asws09FWDaCjuPczMx8_G8jhrjD_fEbQvCtRTiOd199HVpn63E9C6wnuPjV_BWxdpKTMvaGM5O7z13tjM6eiHDEVgYkDXr_B_5kQHItZtfeF1PfhZPAq-xdibrHqhTkJjiP0/s320/20220726_221340.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">first pair of Yop 12 - <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woven-mosaic-socks">Woven Mosaic </a><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1XAikYWrfIwVQey3bL2PGp4xAfYh8PawH78QVnNKrI0dnnpmZ0BU4jocP5ehrDmpoqBqMJL_UPUxYcOkb5qNi6ynNK2kkqkuoWVvk_UB7bIxm8W5Vb2svL5Tas5-dY27x5-7dbv2HiZZc9zSsxIzjz1qFmygxNKsHGus0FNTnpdVigIxdPB0XtpY/s4032/20220629_103236_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1XAikYWrfIwVQey3bL2PGp4xAfYh8PawH78QVnNKrI0dnnpmZ0BU4jocP5ehrDmpoqBqMJL_UPUxYcOkb5qNi6ynNK2kkqkuoWVvk_UB7bIxm8W5Vb2svL5Tas5-dY27x5-7dbv2HiZZc9zSsxIzjz1qFmygxNKsHGus0FNTnpdVigIxdPB0XtpY/s320/20220629_103236_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last pair of YOP 11 - <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flames-of-peace">Flames of Peace</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Quick sock knit started June 30 but finished July 5. Stretchy<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/travel-socks"> Travel sock</a> made with Cascade fixation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBlA6ZkJMxbenip0zsmoQYz5ULqaXeNsgt1EmRStxUKVeiqR_z39JUkGUuL1UVbbK08cKo9hK5GKaAx0z7TXaswN8pVeLGkcytmQwUCE_t2Pk2IW5N8MFRYRHluMjGxHZ5XR2p8Hlb1WPfoGrOr_4ucb73qxxqkkRAenrpbSwdDZSA2ZJaBYdtMVJ/s4032/20220705_111849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBlA6ZkJMxbenip0zsmoQYz5ULqaXeNsgt1EmRStxUKVeiqR_z39JUkGUuL1UVbbK08cKo9hK5GKaAx0z7TXaswN8pVeLGkcytmQwUCE_t2Pk2IW5N8MFRYRHluMjGxHZ5XR2p8Hlb1WPfoGrOr_4ucb73qxxqkkRAenrpbSwdDZSA2ZJaBYdtMVJ/s320/20220705_111849.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <div>I can finally share the test knit socks </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHiuWdYG5UW5bH3U3Oqfzp2DjtwKlAczlLVghIUrPVaeg2s-79sUmaHYUTPvGqan9gO-EHKLEo_ARUPtBhuTwacyNv45CL93RoPlle2Lwz9MkTKd-JM_C-x-3wmPopNeQ-mhcVvZHdBCGHYAUxS2M1TrRZiwcv-ahP5MA9mz0fD8u_1iEfFWtTV6r/s4032/20220603_203421_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHiuWdYG5UW5bH3U3Oqfzp2DjtwKlAczlLVghIUrPVaeg2s-79sUmaHYUTPvGqan9gO-EHKLEo_ARUPtBhuTwacyNv45CL93RoPlle2Lwz9MkTKd-JM_C-x-3wmPopNeQ-mhcVvZHdBCGHYAUxS2M1TrRZiwcv-ahP5MA9mz0fD8u_1iEfFWtTV6r/s320/20220603_203421_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/patches-14">Patches</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><p>I do hope to do more painting this year - the banner at the top is my latest. And there is still that novel to edit, and war letters to transcribe, but life has a way of getting in my way so I will continue to do the best I can. </p><p>That is all that can be asked of any of us.</p></div><div><br /></div><div>I will leave you with a picture I took last night (our 45th wedding anniversary) while we were waiting for the fireworks display to start. The city kindly seems to like to celebrate our anniversaries too. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q47eU3izjmdRsr5eUe3QC0HuAD1AA7w-iA6v-swWfkIjWbvzXG3OHzSQFRK9mIE-YuNevmJ1walyiai-SK1LaPlpbhhr82XxOH8QnDDMcRahVu6-igy0yTIGrwo4QRzgkXp2s4y_6Il5sgQLLL6N_bTxpYKiTsjOuJjgOxYGhSiLncZNgD63iGvs/s4032/20220730_213652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q47eU3izjmdRsr5eUe3QC0HuAD1AA7w-iA6v-swWfkIjWbvzXG3OHzSQFRK9mIE-YuNevmJ1walyiai-SK1LaPlpbhhr82XxOH8QnDDMcRahVu6-igy0yTIGrwo4QRzgkXp2s4y_6Il5sgQLLL6N_bTxpYKiTsjOuJjgOxYGhSiLncZNgD63iGvs/s320/20220730_213652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">love that Crescent Moon</div><br /><div>oops. My July gnomes wanted in on the action...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaWSP7aAZTjL6iRp6Echirs2BGKrT25VAjfkXpsx9G0LQ2sbuXMmhRNsaMqW3Fa7_Z1RTHSONXtHxTyxocGry0y1BV5Iyinqgri9pslxZGLB9TAwp06EfnO93W7xLNRINpAo-rMKkZsPC0b-dtOCQOVJy9zUuc29AZGMvfQkziUa_UMcuW43i3PIO/s4032/20220720_100453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaWSP7aAZTjL6iRp6Echirs2BGKrT25VAjfkXpsx9G0LQ2sbuXMmhRNsaMqW3Fa7_Z1RTHSONXtHxTyxocGry0y1BV5Iyinqgri9pslxZGLB9TAwp06EfnO93W7xLNRINpAo-rMKkZsPC0b-dtOCQOVJy9zUuc29AZGMvfQkziUa_UMcuW43i3PIO/s320/20220720_100453.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZepsLwHL2KMSMI47vq6Uy4amH96-sEqCXmfCfvSaGa0Klfx_ZbdeSzzRPuD935zB9da241ELcKpqBHNIEbxhDrWqZakVJbgdlB-rwB6m-nZca4vsduog9R7UTn9ARpH0a_A1N90I08mt7SWnFpnIQ15VKYKGVqnen_PkKqoQ998FtowqVY9iP2FXZ/s4032/20220720_100445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-19385403081130089182022-06-06T10:28:00.002-07:002022-06-06T10:28:44.894-07:00Yopping Update #49 - New Technique<p style="text-align: right;"> <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wTMLWSoOPZUbXumrS2POOBcLLwmtuqJhtUq4dY_LvfqW1tVXgZethHRBpZ41tAblf_Qt2NsnbYCSKA8_eQW4nSUI4HOAxbGLMWbKZt2cOchcxwfmq6pW1matYPhZt4recbVSyYUuo9ZoSA7JxQAomQxe2HVcajHWHv7MMqrAZtvvK2dGJKjegBp5/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wTMLWSoOPZUbXumrS2POOBcLLwmtuqJhtUq4dY_LvfqW1tVXgZethHRBpZ41tAblf_Qt2NsnbYCSKA8_eQW4nSUI4HOAxbGLMWbKZt2cOchcxwfmq6pW1matYPhZt4recbVSyYUuo9ZoSA7JxQAomQxe2HVcajHWHv7MMqrAZtvvK2dGJKjegBp5/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is Monday. I think this is perhaps the first time I have posted late to Year of Projects. This will be short - I am feeling yucky - I had a migraine earlier in the week and it has left me under the weather </p><p>I did finish a watercolour painting</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmab3XM3mp01LDmji_d_Z6IfRxt4UzDEj6G-Ruq3_3PVBZawCHykJ47cIafYtQ7YduG8g5xc4E901dM8EFFGSyeuHVGbbZUDrRqcwjlwQIr1rFHkYzhcpQnFhcC7h5AUwsxKhT-8qlC8Uc5ZhvOEX1dmGZx_n07Es_aETlZxCqJRVX0pk2pFWGeAv/s4032/20220601_100418_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmab3XM3mp01LDmji_d_Z6IfRxt4UzDEj6G-Ruq3_3PVBZawCHykJ47cIafYtQ7YduG8g5xc4E901dM8EFFGSyeuHVGbbZUDrRqcwjlwQIr1rFHkYzhcpQnFhcC7h5AUwsxKhT-8qlC8Uc5ZhvOEX1dmGZx_n07Es_aETlZxCqJRVX0pk2pFWGeAv/s320/20220601_100418_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">European Barn Swallows</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I finished the second Patches testknit sock - but I cannot show it until the pattern goes live later this summer. </p><p>I can show a testknit I finished a while back because the pattern, <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/diagonal-swirl-socks">Diagonal Swirl</a>, has gone live as the warm-up sock in the SuperSock World Championship on Ravelry. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hAlvxn5Nkz1dvCMZzJjkzk_g04guIG5veIpo_vmRjIdhXD7Gk3iYzNIvEImSgkLco2kvN8B7cgOjU9W_JbqIFCb1Yrx8SrXNBMYrEz2iURqgV0NLVvgbCTINKrHJv-XKDdhuWEOUjyynN_7wffhnckCAS2ey5bknwJRLUKXfyIc7ak5kPTcVnSz-/s4032/20220418_093735_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hAlvxn5Nkz1dvCMZzJjkzk_g04guIG5veIpo_vmRjIdhXD7Gk3iYzNIvEImSgkLco2kvN8B7cgOjU9W_JbqIFCb1Yrx8SrXNBMYrEz2iURqgV0NLVvgbCTINKrHJv-XKDdhuWEOUjyynN_7wffhnckCAS2ey5bknwJRLUKXfyIc7ak5kPTcVnSz-/s320/20220418_093735_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I started the qualifier socks in the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/supersock-world-championship">SuperSock World Championship</a>. It's called <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lets-roll">Let's Roll.</a> I learned a new technique for stranded work called LadderBack Jaquard to keep the floats under control so toes don't get caught in the long floats. If you are interested there are lots of videos showing how this technique works. The pattern itself has good pictures and explanation too. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8T8S4XXSD-C6r4NM_SS9iNyem1jcbYSJCgxF6KqNwg1WDosynpqE0wAR4wHaStTP-v82tsSsFEUE4F0G1XuOYhxE1zR9eqPm-YtHSP2zDSx1iP9Xe11_rO3NpnA57g2mAAXiTR_P85z8W_mpBvf0fPMb9iHKxW6oMyWg7-dcFJbP60g1FoqrrrKT/s4032/20220604_192036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8T8S4XXSD-C6r4NM_SS9iNyem1jcbYSJCgxF6KqNwg1WDosynpqE0wAR4wHaStTP-v82tsSsFEUE4F0G1XuOYhxE1zR9eqPm-YtHSP2zDSx1iP9Xe11_rO3NpnA57g2mAAXiTR_P85z8W_mpBvf0fPMb9iHKxW6oMyWg7-dcFJbP60g1FoqrrrKT/s320/20220604_192036.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">front <br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I knit the bicycle pattern using my knitting belt and long dpns. It helped to be able to see the pattern develop. After the bicycle was done I went back to my 9 inch circulars for the rest of the sock. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r0WFntBgfrbQNIxxxbIPSxb6Xvqu5Pz4OAW0Sk8bO_SEN9jb4eMLIc3zxScTyBTDfLszVXH2gwxDTYrq9eG2urlpnCibdcu34u5PyM4GOtVcynAPvl5tV96aGJGtmamBksSltanWg3ggqXY4HTpzDjWuh8dmScooWUvWIfs2Zs0C5hlH5zbHTAIh/s4032/20220604_211040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r0WFntBgfrbQNIxxxbIPSxb6Xvqu5Pz4OAW0Sk8bO_SEN9jb4eMLIc3zxScTyBTDfLszVXH2gwxDTYrq9eG2urlpnCibdcu34u5PyM4GOtVcynAPvl5tV96aGJGtmamBksSltanWg3ggqXY4HTpzDjWuh8dmScooWUvWIfs2Zs0C5hlH5zbHTAIh/s320/20220604_211040.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LadderBack Jaquard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Rh5ig6XoQc-CsU3xDfnnBJtvqvYfCMytfjqpkqV-HbxUPdoU49KJNHsEAgDwf77im_j7kn1lzZ6Wks3VSjnXux4U93sfACRy3jFkx1G8QUDhLa6w-_injQH-2mVclcrsPhZnOx317NFnYiO9vUtSCHbc7Q5RedVoDCboqhZGemZrjU8LTkkeekjL/s4032/20220605_230823.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Rh5ig6XoQc-CsU3xDfnnBJtvqvYfCMytfjqpkqV-HbxUPdoU49KJNHsEAgDwf77im_j7kn1lzZ6Wks3VSjnXux4U93sfACRy3jFkx1G8QUDhLa6w-_injQH-2mVclcrsPhZnOx317NFnYiO9vUtSCHbc7Q5RedVoDCboqhZGemZrjU8LTkkeekjL/s320/20220605_230823.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uses jogless stripes technique for striping</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I guess today I should cast on sock number two. Yes, I probably should. </p><p>I am continuing to work on FoxPaws. I put in a lifeline now at row 3 because I find if a mistake is to be made it will be in rows 4 to 6. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxVRpoyl8LuVmyA_Umj7VX27_yuwrY8O-87xOrlVwglAR3hxo4BTdfAak3wvvyaP6ytyzo_vpWjcdNYcF8iUL2zXd1W2-FOLofZSD5A3uBDpV_IZMQstzMq6DxgSczHi9SdpzT3HUZQE4U6CBWZSOnQBo7yHI1BIgwqEkURqDor5OS_xAZrdt-ZTe/s4032/20220606_101013_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxVRpoyl8LuVmyA_Umj7VX27_yuwrY8O-87xOrlVwglAR3hxo4BTdfAak3wvvyaP6ytyzo_vpWjcdNYcF8iUL2zXd1W2-FOLofZSD5A3uBDpV_IZMQstzMq6DxgSczHi9SdpzT3HUZQE4U6CBWZSOnQBo7yHI1BIgwqEkURqDor5OS_xAZrdt-ZTe/s320/20220606_101013_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Other than that we have been geting our camper ready for camping. We had the young woman who was helping me clean the kitchen clean the camper on the outside while I repaired some door and drawer hardware on the inside and my husband and I replaced one of the vent hatches. We have a second to still repair but wanted to do one first to make sure the RV place sold us the correct size. It did - so onward. </p><p>There has been a lot of rain so we work outside when we can, and inside when we can't. I did get out for a couple of walks and was happy to find my favourite flowers on my latest sojourn. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3v3vdm_QMfxw4xtECCrMhOO4JEjLJzpm8NeSpXGpaOhadaRBLUor25CPhKH4Hw-_8Cz0XTvm9VFO2InpdFpKI05DBIRc8rF_0tmYxlD4-VB973S05YrSLdiZToZm8gUpBxtVgSKLcZa02ZwTucvgwiR0KxFErYPR61rrszpubKwkSxR_yV8OJ2TXj/s4032/20220602_142201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3v3vdm_QMfxw4xtECCrMhOO4JEjLJzpm8NeSpXGpaOhadaRBLUor25CPhKH4Hw-_8Cz0XTvm9VFO2InpdFpKI05DBIRc8rF_0tmYxlD4-VB973S05YrSLdiZToZm8gUpBxtVgSKLcZa02ZwTucvgwiR0KxFErYPR61rrszpubKwkSxR_yV8OJ2TXj/s320/20220602_142201.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irises!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Hopefully next week I will be feeling better and will post on time. My goodness it is almost time to start my project list for next year. I can't believe this is week 49 already!<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-38131798648481178552022-05-29T23:13:00.004-07:002022-05-29T23:13:48.273-07:00Yopping Update #48 - Meet Gnocchi<p style="text-align: right;"> <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix06bRhNcPzmQjLO-VU3iNHWHLv_2_Om4a3eZnjoQXYoX6o2w4PNCdPNPOcQqnVTi1nQRQMFXU4YsodeUMSpotOzjZdFjiSJUE-YZVh6CfsWmXQlLiZuDfsW_jXUmmNjMNm8qrmyqiiOKq2WyS15RQCT7hO1qK0UF0m5Vpek6_RhTbwj99s_UaSzEh/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix06bRhNcPzmQjLO-VU3iNHWHLv_2_Om4a3eZnjoQXYoX6o2w4PNCdPNPOcQqnVTi1nQRQMFXU4YsodeUMSpotOzjZdFjiSJUE-YZVh6CfsWmXQlLiZuDfsW_jXUmmNjMNm8qrmyqiiOKq2WyS15RQCT7hO1qK0UF0m5Vpek6_RhTbwj99s_UaSzEh/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It has been a busy few days - still a fair bit of knitting time, but not so much blogging time. </p><p>If you are knitting Imagined Landscapes KAL Make Gnome Mistake and you don't want to know what Gnocchi looks like read no further. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCeLWs4C6aW77ynHXGG2tqxiJtA_IruY6rdaWINFAmRFF0uUebEXLRxEzILCVjD1UgM7tvVmLjKlt9sLKpjAbtz4TdaMQoW1HnQp9hBSFV-MYrk6nOQq5oTy6nYJwekQcraxl0IixOvl9dX2B1YGIiXo1KYdP9n3mgi5sO_6uQZAkYpCzq8SofrW6/s4032/20220529_174015_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCeLWs4C6aW77ynHXGG2tqxiJtA_IruY6rdaWINFAmRFF0uUebEXLRxEzILCVjD1UgM7tvVmLjKlt9sLKpjAbtz4TdaMQoW1HnQp9hBSFV-MYrk6nOQq5oTy6nYJwekQcraxl0IixOvl9dX2B1YGIiXo1KYdP9n3mgi5sO_6uQZAkYpCzq8SofrW6/s320/20220529_174015_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gnocchi wants to HAVE dinner<br />not BE dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I also worked on Fox Paws a fair bit - still some curse words, but fewer as I get more and more familiar with the pattern. It certainly needs my full attention, especially rows 4-6. No TV, No Podcasts, No one talking. I save those rows when my hubby is napping or out running errands. THERE CAN BE NO DISTRACTIONS!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1nWZXlM5Tz17zRTFGZbwc5Zx0_MlSu-JsdmBP7cN_6fTdz4uY46tJrZm-PIRN63Jav70WLTRTPLq8lqgUejZWYhXAahiKZ4tScs8CSO2_SsaLrr5s6iHbgBO7HiBuacGuw_ZHeoX9vA-vwEsXtu7mzDFFsHJOe5rb92mrs_v3WLsQ4YSitBPZDqG/s4032/20220529_225202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1nWZXlM5Tz17zRTFGZbwc5Zx0_MlSu-JsdmBP7cN_6fTdz4uY46tJrZm-PIRN63Jav70WLTRTPLq8lqgUejZWYhXAahiKZ4tScs8CSO2_SsaLrr5s6iHbgBO7HiBuacGuw_ZHeoX9vA-vwEsXtu7mzDFFsHJOe5rb92mrs_v3WLsQ4YSitBPZDqG/s320/20220529_225202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but worth every curse word</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Tonight before getting to this blog I finished the 8th and final panel for my Christmas Tree skirt. Now to block the panels, sew it together and start ALLLLLLL the duplicate stitch. I am certainly glad I have quite a few months before Christmas. Stay posted - there will probably be a slew of new curse words!</p><p>I added the initials to my son's gansey - and now it will have to wait for his input as to pattern motifs. We have a phone date tomorrow to toss around some ideas. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmd6aHw6Q_cEjjqGGGEqkABe2qDecaTZLHelndn_XxAus9Wvgx9Z4cvYLvj8zyOqT11qlTaZvTmPP8NUG9wp27BbSq_MfVI-xolAi4FxoqyxxhG8PuTYSItTKi02oB5nI3684vC-ipFZhsJ4HuCPF89ArPDS3xdzjRHxjJp0GzkSeNOxDVngxhRwV/s4032/20220529_115907_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmd6aHw6Q_cEjjqGGGEqkABe2qDecaTZLHelndn_XxAus9Wvgx9Z4cvYLvj8zyOqT11qlTaZvTmPP8NUG9wp27BbSq_MfVI-xolAi4FxoqyxxhG8PuTYSItTKi02oB5nI3684vC-ipFZhsJ4HuCPF89ArPDS3xdzjRHxjJp0GzkSeNOxDVngxhRwV/s320/20220529_115907_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Other than that there has been lots of cleaning. A friend has come over twice this week to help me clean - so far we have done the hallway and the kitchen. We will continue next week and tackle the living room next. She is a blessing. If we get some sunny days next week she will help my dh to wash our camper. I can't believe how dirty it got with the winter winds and rains. It is so wonderful to have someone who can wash floors and walls and ceilings...and campers! Her energy gives me the momentum to sort cupboards and clean counters off and go through things that can be either thrown away or given away. It feels good. </p><p>So now it is almost 11pm here and just about bedtime. </p><p>May you all have a good week. I have physio tomorrow, and I am noticing a little improvement in my hip and quite a bit of relief with my neck pain - so yay for that. Onward!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZNS1vMREs02f7-yfUDFRl4-XxAzs0e-Das2Ry3rE_pxyz_kWyeIgBTK8wJYqbUDRnQ-oaaRJ8yLlFUIPPX8gMgSRZW_4FiYX3PGUu5D5jeoB7e3PI6BBV5UApwfxt-65jqOOK2nzvb8C7_SdU-yT0QYVeq9ex5m0U2-Jr-rE7NCtaBhHluyExzuf/s4032/20220529_173242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZNS1vMREs02f7-yfUDFRl4-XxAzs0e-Das2Ry3rE_pxyz_kWyeIgBTK8wJYqbUDRnQ-oaaRJ8yLlFUIPPX8gMgSRZW_4FiYX3PGUu5D5jeoB7e3PI6BBV5UApwfxt-65jqOOK2nzvb8C7_SdU-yT0QYVeq9ex5m0U2-Jr-rE7NCtaBhHluyExzuf/s320/20220529_173242.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My holly tree is in full bloom!<br />I swear I have never seen it do this before <br />And I have lived in this house for almost 40 years!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-4044317185336717742022-05-22T20:27:00.001-07:002022-05-22T20:27:25.065-07:00Yopping Update #47 - Fox Paws (or there may have been another F word I used while knitting)
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYy4vlOJQ8tJLcxKjLq3L7quFbaKZBVY7rEOA2BAxtBCckbOhZ5OWWiWv_4EcCuytGWgnNqZJ7E_Q5AqgrChr8iCV9qOb7s-vTqSYt9txyPqtDMEk9d8oiv6q_1ag8oylhy_BUGZzi8rkrnRbbzhG6jeYRndfhQ5w8JV5bzDRXiHUtO1sP06b2krf/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: right;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span></a><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYy4vlOJQ8tJLcxKjLq3L7quFbaKZBVY7rEOA2BAxtBCckbOhZ5OWWiWv_4EcCuytGWgnNqZJ7E_Q5AqgrChr8iCV9qOb7s-vTqSYt9txyPqtDMEk9d8oiv6q_1ag8oylhy_BUGZzi8rkrnRbbzhG6jeYRndfhQ5w8JV5bzDRXiHUtO1sP06b2krf/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYy4vlOJQ8tJLcxKjLq3L7quFbaKZBVY7rEOA2BAxtBCckbOhZ5OWWiWv_4EcCuytGWgnNqZJ7E_Q5AqgrChr8iCV9qOb7s-vTqSYt9txyPqtDMEk9d8oiv6q_1ag8oylhy_BUGZzi8rkrnRbbzhG6jeYRndfhQ5w8JV5bzDRXiHUtO1sP06b2krf/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" /></a></div>
I know, I know - I am very late with this update, but I blame my obsession with getting <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fox-paws">Fox Paws</a> started.....and re-started... and oh yah, re-started. <div> First time I totally messed up the increases and couldn't back up successfully so I pulled it all out (only 3 rows). </div><div> Second time I was merrily knitting along and very confused that my stitch count was off as I got to the 4th row. Ummmmm, I didn't read the pattern properly and cast on 141 stitches instead of the required 121. Sigh. Ripped it all right back to the beginning...again. </div><div> Third time - cast on the correct number of stitches - check </div><div> - properly execute all the increases - check </div><div> - count each repeat section to make sure I have successfully gone from 28 - 50 stitches Well?????</div><div> I was out by one stitch, and it was close to midnight, and I couldn't quite figure out how to add that stitch back in without offsetting the pattern. I counted and re-counted the other repeats and put a stitch marker where I thought I could successfully add a stitch.
I put the knitting into time out and went to bed. </div><div> After a good sleep, and coffee on the back deck in the sunshine (the what? I know, right?) I picked up the knitting and talked to myself through each of the 300 stitches. I carried on. I decided to just keep going because until I started to decrease again to 169 stitches there would be no way to tell if I had really messed up or not.
I continued through the day, and early evening (while watching hockey playoffs) to row 16. And ta-da - it looks just splendid.
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I have been keeping up with the clues of my mystery sock (the final clue came out today) and my gnome (Clue 4 is out today as well), and I have completed three more panels for the Christmas Tree Skirt (only two panels to go). </div><div> I have been walking and I do think the physio is helping - today I was able to walk 3 kms. I saw a downy woodpecker on my walk on Friday, but wasn't able to get a good picture. Today I saw my favourtie flowers. These always remind me of my dear daughter.
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The weather has been lovely this weekend and I think my Jade tree and other Cactus plants can finally go outside for the summer. That will be my chore tomorrow.
Tonight I am going to knit a beard for my gnome.
And maybe start the next repeat of Fox Paws.
It is starting to grow on me. <div><br /></div><div> And hooray the Edmonton Oilers won the hockey game tonight - so there is that. My mum was born in Edmonton so I have to root for her hometown. They are playing the Calgary Flames which is the other team from Alberta so you can imagine the rivalry is pretty heated! It is fun to watch two Canadian hockey teams battle it out. </div><div><br /></div><div>I will leave you with a picture I took on my Friday walk - this sleepy squirrel barely looked my way he was just sooooo relaxed. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN9AQgiySH9H_xB-F9M6Z8DekFPfMXnWxklPuAgXPoSvcl8sv4NjvKpngJTcJxW3uWA6evNAqDMSTyp92X3D8NuCUmfrtnsO6J4rGiSrdebTS0cr29R0nJs2auyJnTR1H1DfZLMgL9UwjFIKr2D9zc43SopT0j4Oopg_8AUSW4ylD5a-TmMjjTFX_/s4032/20220520_124007_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN9AQgiySH9H_xB-F9M6Z8DekFPfMXnWxklPuAgXPoSvcl8sv4NjvKpngJTcJxW3uWA6evNAqDMSTyp92X3D8NuCUmfrtnsO6J4rGiSrdebTS0cr29R0nJs2auyJnTR1H1DfZLMgL9UwjFIKr2D9zc43SopT0j4Oopg_8AUSW4ylD5a-TmMjjTFX_/s320/20220520_124007_HDR.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone else is enjoying the sun too!</td></tr></tbody></table></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-22207602802676234542022-05-15T12:14:00.004-07:002022-05-15T13:49:10.588-07:00Yopping Update #46 - So many gnomes so little time<p style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU69K-E9SnGEtZkKOEPzuWobHMJb0-c-26KdlP8XjNQ532CQgsGNvjDunG2W4qKngNdyuu9uuzmfaY_45h3iY7aalFAyxjabTWFmNerhpwPWoGmLJyElXcFDOP6ddt7xP-uWyUOeU-mptOTG8D2myNy08yHrvt3q0RRt-yc2L4hfHnqN9Ml658-d8/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU69K-E9SnGEtZkKOEPzuWobHMJb0-c-26KdlP8XjNQ532CQgsGNvjDunG2W4qKngNdyuu9uuzmfaY_45h3iY7aalFAyxjabTWFmNerhpwPWoGmLJyElXcFDOP6ddt7xP-uWyUOeU-mptOTG8D2myNy08yHrvt3q0RRt-yc2L4hfHnqN9Ml658-d8/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Wow - Update 46 - Soon it will be time to start thinking of my list for the next Year of Projects starting July1. </p><p>I did finish my dragon Potholder and then started and finished by Prince potholder. I was worried I would run out of yarn - but I won the yarn chicken game. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboiFQjfI-WWuzVJCg6HN6l20J-aq4HhsV2fEmMftv2d4x79AcQ8_J4U5BNh-MerJ6iKesJpJTsFiMgKuixj0gagvtCeozm9NDcamri_hVae6yFE3fNCux5qN6fTHAn9OnB0J0qlSNtFWqwPr1eejt7yb0HMRNQH93Dd5Ai1NRa37bbhw2V6-3J8fF/s4032/20220508_234908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboiFQjfI-WWuzVJCg6HN6l20J-aq4HhsV2fEmMftv2d4x79AcQ8_J4U5BNh-MerJ6iKesJpJTsFiMgKuixj0gagvtCeozm9NDcamri_hVae6yFE3fNCux5qN6fTHAn9OnB0J0qlSNtFWqwPr1eejt7yb0HMRNQH93Dd5Ai1NRa37bbhw2V6-3J8fF/s320/20220508_234908.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09CimaWtwQC9AAPz4ekDJ0TizKQXi6pQEIURqjbdliflhEI0lwm7PRaJfWmagL2spubLdB112AaeWMAGHixvnWtK2TDP4vv-8YOmTZkEXsGsbYYsExmUHtOIFP_n3lfQTI73-9HgRbG2x9QhN3_OaneLM37oFpTH6aKoHkS_sF9Cff8IA1icqJrof/s4032/20220508_234859_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Pictures will follow once all clues are done around the end of May I think. </div><div><br /></div><div>I did a few more rows on my son's gansey - I have almost finished the ribbing. </div><div><br /></div><div>I did make another 3D square. I am quite proud of this one. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL13Oa3Tsr6whBbl6lF6qXl-hsrL2i_DT3KfakHzT6RC2R5IVy2zAc60IIqZjwRn_G6qrw1zaiC5LlkVDASw_JU8ZvTX3xFM-o5XbK60zvNPiD5GHKbqP_fvAqvtM2GVcn6jsc3QjlSz4Tga_Lr4mxyP-RonjQD06-EDqiW23_8FIIy6S55lJBfnUf/s4032/20220509_144018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL13Oa3Tsr6whBbl6lF6qXl-hsrL2i_DT3KfakHzT6RC2R5IVy2zAc60IIqZjwRn_G6qrw1zaiC5LlkVDASw_JU8ZvTX3xFM-o5XbK60zvNPiD5GHKbqP_fvAqvtM2GVcn6jsc3QjlSz4Tga_Lr4mxyP-RonjQD06-EDqiW23_8FIIy6S55lJBfnUf/s320/20220509_144018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>and I finished the third panel of my Christmas Tree skirt - I might get this done in time for Christmas after all. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zvha0kbZeofoPubEkOl607FgsaaVe0jkfs2lFaOjBAMX8Q9c-x8fR5K-VFuNErIXX37d9VdjVOy-KSbkgzuZeJVvBSqIcyDHZyLRGxE0nKis7UCnSlAv4Nb_Xv-j259diqZcNWPb6s7tU04RlJY1dfmm694GnN_WR2Zl6nD95ZH6Tr0PfMkTiEJv/s4032/20220514_191227.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zvha0kbZeofoPubEkOl607FgsaaVe0jkfs2lFaOjBAMX8Q9c-x8fR5K-VFuNErIXX37d9VdjVOy-KSbkgzuZeJVvBSqIcyDHZyLRGxE0nKis7UCnSlAv4Nb_Xv-j259diqZcNWPb6s7tU04RlJY1dfmm694GnN_WR2Zl6nD95ZH6Tr0PfMkTiEJv/s320/20220514_191227.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well I still have to duplicate stitch the gnome but that will come much later. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Other than knitting and playing the in the Harry Potter Knitting Crocheting House Cup I have been walking a little, doing my physio exercises for my hip/back/neck and not too much else. It has been very cold and rainy - unusual for May - but it is what it is. At least since Monday I have been migraine free. A blessing inded. <br /><p>I may have mentioned that I am not buying any yarn until the end of the summer, but I never said anything about not buying patterns. I succumbed to this at the Post Office yesterday. How could I resist. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcfOdhVSJRnN8VxOXv9BlwDYIsbC1W9jNQt9ND5SoAHvblhUe4zhHAyKHGV5hl-Ma16TdfJ66GndmGzG6JTpopC5e7bo1s7blbTRUqo22awQUBsMh52t8sI0M0da9F4nN6bSqpl2QAy6DSf1cVO4mVxvJO-QOgD3m4i-u2d3QN7tdvdlarQE8P1wX/s4032/IMG_20220514_151829_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcfOdhVSJRnN8VxOXv9BlwDYIsbC1W9jNQt9ND5SoAHvblhUe4zhHAyKHGV5hl-Ma16TdfJ66GndmGzG6JTpopC5e7bo1s7blbTRUqo22awQUBsMh52t8sI0M0da9F4nN6bSqpl2QAy6DSf1cVO4mVxvJO-QOgD3m4i-u2d3QN7tdvdlarQE8P1wX/s320/IMG_20220514_151829_01.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I also purchase <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fox-paws">fox-paws</a> on Ravelry. I have had this in my queue for years and decided this is the month I am going to cast it on. Wish me luck. The instructions say it has 'interesting' increases and decreases. </p><p>It comes with a colouring sheet so I can play with my colours before starting. I have lots of Palette in blues and greens so I think it will be subtle but interesting. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmj21tvbVpwj9RBEu2FTmbywDsU8bxJf_ufiXSFDuhTSjeEaf392mNotqkdENtBcK09PqTrU_aausRJJF89EhomV7512mxRktqnPbio5REy_lkSpSRlyJebfuhnMA8-HNY5MJHIf7_246ArhKKtWOpNWIu5kjMXxcIcPdoy0izMHFgNiwugWVhkqHW/s4032/20220505_110411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmj21tvbVpwj9RBEu2FTmbywDsU8bxJf_ufiXSFDuhTSjeEaf392mNotqkdENtBcK09PqTrU_aausRJJF89EhomV7512mxRktqnPbio5REy_lkSpSRlyJebfuhnMA8-HNY5MJHIf7_246ArhKKtWOpNWIu5kjMXxcIcPdoy0izMHFgNiwugWVhkqHW/s320/20220505_110411.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvXti5SnWiWO9W_rviQd39CMpaggvPJVepQigyc4lxHn6VSpQO6rFZjGBR-CjKEejuKeKQBayVcSne08HVCk7Hz74IyVlq1O3hdP5tp4qxKfE4sCrY0BQNDHvizfVtd1_YMDjBNpbczACuDhXtoe8bw46ByDuYHz4Hdu1lC3A_p7IvS6kWetANtyZ/s4032/20220505_105559_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvXti5SnWiWO9W_rviQd39CMpaggvPJVepQigyc4lxHn6VSpQO6rFZjGBR-CjKEejuKeKQBayVcSne08HVCk7Hz74IyVlq1O3hdP5tp4qxKfE4sCrY0BQNDHvizfVtd1_YMDjBNpbczACuDhXtoe8bw46ByDuYHz4Hdu1lC3A_p7IvS6kWetANtyZ/s320/20220505_105559_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>And even though I am on a yarn diet a friend gave me a sweater quantity of silk/rayon yarn and I am going to make <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vroda">Vroda</a> with it. I think it will make a nice summery top - and a little fancy too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8x733ECozt6yJv3knJOjHq0VNbnPoURG8MlekvPntMg22ss_eA86WXtS0pngBF3RTQPdcr2YqL1nd1oPzw0NTDiKqJ7DFe-PPxBcj0pAUCVfTCt-cVTJFfI2Ysalg36FN1aEOoNckTUXx_v65GeFiIIjjHwE9Se8mi_x3eFhN0yPsx_djeJ4HCk7/s4032/20220515_115958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8x733ECozt6yJv3knJOjHq0VNbnPoURG8MlekvPntMg22ss_eA86WXtS0pngBF3RTQPdcr2YqL1nd1oPzw0NTDiKqJ7DFe-PPxBcj0pAUCVfTCt-cVTJFfI2Ysalg36FN1aEOoNckTUXx_v65GeFiIIjjHwE9Se8mi_x3eFhN0yPsx_djeJ4HCk7/s320/20220515_115958.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>She also gave me 3 balls of Cascade Fixation so I think another Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Sweater will be started shortly. </p><p>I am still transcribing my parents' war letters - I try to do about three a day - my Dad's handwriting is very hard to read but it certainly is illuminating.</p><p>It has been too cold yet to go to the beach for a swim. I am aiming for June 1st but the weather doesn't seem to be agreeing with me. My poor jade tree is usually outside by the third week of April, but not this year. </p><p>At least someone is enjoying the beach with her friends. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-ICxpJzc0HxHvFEj7Uf97iiSYnIanprdWH268BlarK21Z6R8jTPbSCr140DFfxATgewd8fMEJC04TNBFhTm8eC9ZS0F6I9-t3ixTACQ5OuPvLFOr3ajnVTLdyiyeAz5K_CEkNt2T4MARuWedXFkHNPAwtVsfDpjnekJBi4OOnVCOVYwFb0gu_oPF/s1600/IMG-20220515-WA0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-ICxpJzc0HxHvFEj7Uf97iiSYnIanprdWH268BlarK21Z6R8jTPbSCr140DFfxATgewd8fMEJC04TNBFhTm8eC9ZS0F6I9-t3ixTACQ5OuPvLFOr3ajnVTLdyiyeAz5K_CEkNt2T4MARuWedXFkHNPAwtVsfDpjnekJBi4OOnVCOVYwFb0gu_oPF/s320/IMG-20220515-WA0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Today I plan to knit. LOL. How unusual. And I will go for a short rainy woodsy walk. I do want to get started on the 2nd sock of the test knit. I don't usually have secondsockitis so I need to tackle this before it gets any worse. </p><p>Happy knitting/crocheting/spinning/walking/paddling/cross-stitching/living to all. Until next week....</p><p>P.S. I have changed my comments section to pop-up in new window so I hope this helps those who were having trouble commenting and had to remain anonymous (but I appreciated you letting me know who you are!)</p><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-10477493595424617362022-05-08T11:41:00.000-07:002022-05-08T11:41:36.870-07:00Yopping Update #45 - Oh my - I am in WIP Heaven (Or is it WIP Hell?)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6FcVOSK7I3Xffs94vHT0htF-P76knMKFCVjPJAkV3weHH-GrgAIRr9oJMrcBqNCNz5c-NwsDYleXxUwShRxuJvxJMPm1TCIPhtL4D1Kk5ZC0O8Q5GIgpuEQSaWse9ub53Wtb_aCUETnxdGM67tgzaw_upadL0W2iISOWP__45lwORPBtLVTDvMFg/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6FcVOSK7I3Xffs94vHT0htF-P76knMKFCVjPJAkV3weHH-GrgAIRr9oJMrcBqNCNz5c-NwsDYleXxUwShRxuJvxJMPm1TCIPhtL4D1Kk5ZC0O8Q5GIgpuEQSaWse9ub53Wtb_aCUETnxdGM67tgzaw_upadL0W2iISOWP__45lwORPBtLVTDvMFg/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>This will be short and sweet and mostly pictures because I am in also in migraine hell this weekend. </p><p>I finished another 3D Crochet square:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpwgUwShtAWJEKC4D7hv6maXQ8PEkwUxorXLv4G14tkItVGTQau8MskoEkUm-W1DtdWN7lDdZ66DXhvzjVKmB84kNgN8K1MR-ZvePd3_vRpWi457JtA5RXzIGwedzbMOj8kFTzBMVHHHhXZh4c-tejjwbbO5DsgCOQi8CN6xCnHbH3Dy-S5Ck4vWG/s4032/20220501_211740_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpwgUwShtAWJEKC4D7hv6maXQ8PEkwUxorXLv4G14tkItVGTQau8MskoEkUm-W1DtdWN7lDdZ66DXhvzjVKmB84kNgN8K1MR-ZvePd3_vRpWi457JtA5RXzIGwedzbMOj8kFTzBMVHHHhXZh4c-tejjwbbO5DsgCOQi8CN6xCnHbH3Dy-S5Ck4vWG/s320/20220501_211740_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I have made a wee bit of progress on my son's Gansey:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjOPsFMaWk_6XHN9pXVf1iNpJfOBKJGiqmN_R961N6Kr6TX6vNLCQTwzyQdE7MkdFj8IhkL8Qzo9Bts1DD9M18fHupKn12YKE1ALL9OyshrmEK74fKR5Dv9PL4cKEoVIZ3qPWhl7fD-I3fV1NA15mlVHgNm_FqB4b0aXadTygEIGkg_gqvQAhCxtq/s4032/20220508_111200_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjOPsFMaWk_6XHN9pXVf1iNpJfOBKJGiqmN_R961N6Kr6TX6vNLCQTwzyQdE7MkdFj8IhkL8Qzo9Bts1DD9M18fHupKn12YKE1ALL9OyshrmEK74fKR5Dv9PL4cKEoVIZ3qPWhl7fD-I3fV1NA15mlVHgNm_FqB4b0aXadTygEIGkg_gqvQAhCxtq/s320/20220508_111200_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I have done the first clue of the Mystery Sock - but no pictures because,well, it's a mystery and no spoilers allowed. </p><div>I am almost done another double knit potholder:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I78jvHxHY148Bn4Hwv6DD74qQPpQYmdjsCJFr3NuWEFYONaJSEDV5SOyp3Vn68KP1Y9veVbX-zy9g0YvbWyu9fU8YMLcTQk4eAAu_ncNAle2T18usIG_aTDJT2xqXZ518k5bvn3Nx2vm6sJ7dID6Z1VYvrQ2uQ8TosWkul6PSJ8x3eqXVS7oj6p0/s4032/20220508_111031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I78jvHxHY148Bn4Hwv6DD74qQPpQYmdjsCJFr3NuWEFYONaJSEDV5SOyp3Vn68KP1Y9veVbX-zy9g0YvbWyu9fU8YMLcTQk4eAAu_ncNAle2T18usIG_aTDJT2xqXZ518k5bvn3Nx2vm6sJ7dID6Z1VYvrQ2uQ8TosWkul6PSJ8x3eqXVS7oj6p0/s320/20220508_111031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>and I am progressing along on the next piece of my Christmas Tree Skirt (hey I have until December 25th right?)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKGWXua36yKEbgy80nq1prmgIlIIcLzFN-m9OW3KPVOXfrHeU2mfFyJYu2CH712eLhBUOSBO6GsrWgr3VJ8_7zfUJJ4_WU6QQR0lFdouu7OVus2CAgUud3mZ6EDhcrA3qvgTwJXBzCdNPf73fJOq7_5CUpWg5hhYQsCBOCpr0iDRfkikGirvaO55i/s4032/20220507_130754.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKGWXua36yKEbgy80nq1prmgIlIIcLzFN-m9OW3KPVOXfrHeU2mfFyJYu2CH712eLhBUOSBO6GsrWgr3VJ8_7zfUJJ4_WU6QQR0lFdouu7OVus2CAgUud3mZ6EDhcrA3qvgTwJXBzCdNPf73fJOq7_5CUpWg5hhYQsCBOCpr0iDRfkikGirvaO55i/s320/20220507_130754.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is number 3/8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I still have to cast on the 2nd test knit sock, and I will get to it....soon. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also want to start one of the sea creature 3D crochet squares. (I have nine I want to make).</div><div><br /></div><div>So I organized all my wips into project bags and so, unusual for me (the monogamous knitter) I have six projects on the go! (not pictured here are the 2 advent gnomes and gnome KAL I have planned for May as well so I think that makes nine wips - ala Dante's Nine Circles of Hell. )</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBmUbtkrQ8phCqmlpKZiR6shJyEmyURaBdBEbjbAz4HjHgzSqUJXK_QG9ywa9FUD8KcOaQk8mPfQYY-O7NYYyXq6dCY0nRPEhYu-yBUMi42vX0OBgo4DXPRRP16oYR7FCbQQJZU4DwyqcEs9kX8uTg0dTM6WGvAV0ZXD_7OXMmK5fSPcyAisbCXsH/s4032/20220508_111340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBmUbtkrQ8phCqmlpKZiR6shJyEmyURaBdBEbjbAz4HjHgzSqUJXK_QG9ywa9FUD8KcOaQk8mPfQYY-O7NYYyXq6dCY0nRPEhYu-yBUMi42vX0OBgo4DXPRRP16oYR7FCbQQJZU4DwyqcEs9kX8uTg0dTM6WGvAV0ZXD_7OXMmK5fSPcyAisbCXsH/s320/20220508_111340.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I blame the Harry Potter Knitting/Crochet House Cup group. I want all the points! (To date I have already got 35 points.)</div><div><br /></div><div>It is Mother's Day here in North America. So here is to all the Mums, Moms, Mamas, Mothers near and far. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxszb7IW9xSxJKvIETLKmeJaZMBr9oEtWyfA_LPmBRLFHdzxcvwtRIRoaj7r16q8_oL7mgVNWuyXhoEcLcizw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-91369978583486557192022-05-01T11:50:00.007-07:002022-05-01T11:51:26.174-07:00Yopping Update #44 - 3D crochet and other news<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9TU202NMZgg78auKIPHjU5o6hyKxL3PPNaqUuKNKoJ4Ei0Zr1dzofYAuQIcblve70uJIDbzdI-qzW5osogEnGOowYgLKHxunzqQcw_oafvSYzQ-kXM3sW2I2jnpAg8xz1mFhBYspzOT0RL6VeItPpggQikmS-hyMiMy9244negHN5yw1YNvBzFj6/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9TU202NMZgg78auKIPHjU5o6hyKxL3PPNaqUuKNKoJ4Ei0Zr1dzofYAuQIcblve70uJIDbzdI-qzW5osogEnGOowYgLKHxunzqQcw_oafvSYzQ-kXM3sW2I2jnpAg8xz1mFhBYspzOT0RL6VeItPpggQikmS-hyMiMy9244negHN5yw1YNvBzFj6/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have a couple of finishes - my son's potholder</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0XslX84p4lcYrkp5aQmxbXYNkTiMwLzYzroJEST1huU_d13vQtlQy45bo5tCmqSTOA2oQMIxzRyuQ6VwyGtWux7rNzluMz1sNtxSdk2r_k6ewbd4P26cqiE6Z7-fkmz2kpp-DwEYYFkSvuJihUIFHNHYFXRPGI_SxiVQevO2srQiqRNmoKDEnwXN/s4032/20220426_103543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0XslX84p4lcYrkp5aQmxbXYNkTiMwLzYzroJEST1huU_d13vQtlQy45bo5tCmqSTOA2oQMIxzRyuQ6VwyGtWux7rNzluMz1sNtxSdk2r_k6ewbd4P26cqiE6Z7-fkmz2kpp-DwEYYFkSvuJihUIFHNHYFXRPGI_SxiVQevO2srQiqRNmoKDEnwXN/s320/20220426_103543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKQgnGhibE0rreMaEYZjM1BENmMeFz3Z7uGMAyziexIIRFkHrOW1PmgbCqANb0oKq77ImyOPYSspvssER9VH2DXQUtAUXW54ftEa41NJsS_RTbfYnSFFN2RXvn1Vk-T3tQHAPDQw4m696Bm3fTTDCFR28YSduWs7GwW4yM-hvWxAJVkZPTmS661AA/s4032/20220426_103536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKQgnGhibE0rreMaEYZjM1BENmMeFz3Z7uGMAyziexIIRFkHrOW1PmgbCqANb0oKq77ImyOPYSspvssER9VH2DXQUtAUXW54ftEa41NJsS_RTbfYnSFFN2RXvn1Vk-T3tQHAPDQw4m696Bm3fTTDCFR28YSduWs7GwW4yM-hvWxAJVkZPTmS661AA/s320/20220426_103536.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>and I made a going away gift for my neighbours who moved yesterday</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mWiQr-f-Hf1UmozXxXN3gY5z-6MpNrx3FHeIiuSqQU1GkmFUOavDyYncnwNFA3Vl1peQRUAxDzH7VpFe-WZblsExXACV6wW8VBGdl8ZS_9mxKMPUDsyll3fpYe8wtjVyxpKu8iDvv5-lc8ZM3btnfhUtkdkhitacBB8Wa1IAolQk9lACxOd-eCD9/s4032/20220426_194909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKhQcM-RnoeeckaHJxsSuuoOEFgMSg7NT-awG1n6HrNTCSl4PeCdK7Rjccz0-eVDsdbq0SGGT0pgz2aqg1ULBlFZN2gO4f9C04akiWzadwMeJfxA3KGzNoJdlJKtB1PZOP3NmdEUxjK9yKplta0GnuO_yMpeJrAeq4zqFbLGXGYafO2rW0B4KNc6d/s4032/IMG_20220429_175916_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKhQcM-RnoeeckaHJxsSuuoOEFgMSg7NT-awG1n6HrNTCSl4PeCdK7Rjccz0-eVDsdbq0SGGT0pgz2aqg1ULBlFZN2gO4f9C04akiWzadwMeJfxA3KGzNoJdlJKtB1PZOP3NmdEUxjK9yKplta0GnuO_yMpeJrAeq4zqFbLGXGYafO2rW0B4KNc6d/s320/IMG_20220429_175916_01.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>and last night I worked on my first square:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1Y1u8B41wvv64YNs6XvX_oGmg4FJrx1MLPnIyw7am-0yp55oHMcXjkerZtzB7ZBoj-TQXF1deMIDNu3VmSEm1jfJ6Cd2aPYSQBbUU4xVKVduVImO5sUO_cWd3HgfVPsQnYyfzNMHlRCy9fDwAMgRxHUx8aHkWHx9Z9OY0UjsRQ493aTz2VLGSEI5/s4032/20220430_215938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1Y1u8B41wvv64YNs6XvX_oGmg4FJrx1MLPnIyw7am-0yp55oHMcXjkerZtzB7ZBoj-TQXF1deMIDNu3VmSEm1jfJ6Cd2aPYSQBbUU4xVKVduVImO5sUO_cWd3HgfVPsQnYyfzNMHlRCy9fDwAMgRxHUx8aHkWHx9Z9OY0UjsRQ493aTz2VLGSEI5/s320/20220430_215938.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I used my stash of Brava sport, and today I am going to tackle the sheep that you can see on the front cover of the book. </p><p>The other exciting news is I got sorted in Hufflepuff in the Harry Potter Knitting/Crocheting House Cup group on Ravelry and today is the first day of the Spring Term challenges. From here until the end of July anything I make will be for points for my house. It probably sounds silly, but it is very motivating for me to craft for points and my fellow badgers in the Hufflepuff den are fun to interact with. </p><p>My back is royally f&$*#@^d up. (By the way did you know that the string of characters used to indicate a swear word is called a grawlix?) I went to the physio last Wednesday and go again this Tuesday. I was needled, tractioned, taped and manipulated and sent home with some gentle exercises to do. I have been trying all sorts of different pain relievers and none work (well except for one that just zonked me out for a two hour nap!</p><p>I did get out for one bird walk despite the discomfort and got this cute shot of a Spotted Towhee among the dandelions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyJZfb-90tmU0923mU3v601pOu1DmViRDxITzTForsmq3B6NMIxCvt8wgZL-kIC4fW-qKIB5cilhT3nbTDOe-DVTh5xfFTzDwFgeNT4nPmJPOnSg_XyTh4uVXEzI5bSybpr3Xrn2aOwPspeSjy3CSIPKeCBi8HiZjIBbmNEeJ1IVfZPm8-ZKihaAd/s4032/20220429_141600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyJZfb-90tmU0923mU3v601pOu1DmViRDxITzTForsmq3B6NMIxCvt8wgZL-kIC4fW-qKIB5cilhT3nbTDOe-DVTh5xfFTzDwFgeNT4nPmJPOnSg_XyTh4uVXEzI5bSybpr3Xrn2aOwPspeSjy3CSIPKeCBi8HiZjIBbmNEeJ1IVfZPm8-ZKihaAd/s320/20220429_141600.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I also wandered by a murder of crows - not sure why they were all gathering there - it reminded me of a scene from Hitchcock's The Birds! The picture doesn't do it justice - I counted about 25 as I walked about six steps. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5CB4HxDjZwrcc8NQN8cTkS50aPcMicpM1E7uc6L2jrRUhfs24sHHOGGkYHZRxe3lK-4C2tQ8DHHOdAirHp2tZ6sh_ARjxrzUa7ctHhZxggSCv4uk0ilSqlcW_8BR7aVWzVvPZO-rNbnj8kvE2W5v2UOO7ZI0DPjXqwvoWNI5yDTaaxSoME65o43Q/s2708/20220429_151256_HDR_(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2708" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5CB4HxDjZwrcc8NQN8cTkS50aPcMicpM1E7uc6L2jrRUhfs24sHHOGGkYHZRxe3lK-4C2tQ8DHHOdAirHp2tZ6sh_ARjxrzUa7ctHhZxggSCv4uk0ilSqlcW_8BR7aVWzVvPZO-rNbnj8kvE2W5v2UOO7ZI0DPjXqwvoWNI5yDTaaxSoME65o43Q/s320/20220429_151256_HDR_(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My other new habit in the making is bullet journalling. I spent all day Thursday setting it up and I have some new coloured pens arriving from Amazon today to make it even more fun. Who knows? I may get organized yet. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZg4BYUhEW0EBtbLW6UTprdeRSNqUNZshFsRtgHDN0EUseABQ4ZzRxoITRQZTYG4wA5ylUtO3ruWxjB-1FhsMP2uTY6-U04kI-B0CaM5OxOVyzwLByIis5hAL3IRLTk4c1RwmxjeUKbtxnFu_LaBAQZlAzCiQByn4N42VhSeA8xfpQL0kNyBEgX27V/s4032/20220428_122827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZg4BYUhEW0EBtbLW6UTprdeRSNqUNZshFsRtgHDN0EUseABQ4ZzRxoITRQZTYG4wA5ylUtO3ruWxjB-1FhsMP2uTY6-U04kI-B0CaM5OxOVyzwLByIis5hAL3IRLTk4c1RwmxjeUKbtxnFu_LaBAQZlAzCiQByn4N42VhSeA8xfpQL0kNyBEgX27V/s320/20220428_122827.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pages to track my Hufflepuff projects</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I have also decided to cold sheep (not buy anymore yarn) for the next three months (at least). I mean really I think between my Brave Sport and my cotton I am good for whatever projects I want to tackle. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRLpptiHVjp_B3vf9WYFeUB08Qvor4fGQjkF0ZajBXPVLC9GF5MFZxZqhlRSAkiWBAc3d_eQsBfNJyOupZB8MnN-BWiSW-YaxYabmGU6j7v9xRD5SyfyeeMYmHnVy-f8RnUprCegfH4Ybr5LPigTNeCXvOT-_DySa9p1ihaSbuvsClMrhv9ipf-ym/s4032/20220428_102303_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRLpptiHVjp_B3vf9WYFeUB08Qvor4fGQjkF0ZajBXPVLC9GF5MFZxZqhlRSAkiWBAc3d_eQsBfNJyOupZB8MnN-BWiSW-YaxYabmGU6j7v9xRD5SyfyeeMYmHnVy-f8RnUprCegfH4Ybr5LPigTNeCXvOT-_DySa9p1ihaSbuvsClMrhv9ipf-ym/s320/20220428_102303_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yr2rrR0W0ErBSzHrQ3RGXpQrH1jQsbM0HiYwKXRR2oWDo0FbMYhxyLfcQ3BtJLBql9jngoV4X1AxT0eGmtNuLzHuZLq8ndb1D70U9yvTdUh2hb7JIs-v-yjENz4o6frwLrqyudio-5A-iYj8Z07ygE1sUoHWRM2FJMv8mYgQIdzPFl-jhCp44Eps/s4032/20220428_101605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yr2rrR0W0ErBSzHrQ3RGXpQrH1jQsbM0HiYwKXRR2oWDo0FbMYhxyLfcQ3BtJLBql9jngoV4X1AxT0eGmtNuLzHuZLq8ndb1D70U9yvTdUh2hb7JIs-v-yjENz4o6frwLrqyudio-5A-iYj8Z07ygE1sUoHWRM2FJMv8mYgQIdzPFl-jhCp44Eps/s320/20220428_101605.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And anyways the Frangipani arrived for my son's gansey - It only took nine days to arrive from the UK.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEXeBDfqUInm7XA6J62yByFdK5D6OAasi-18mGDGIsF4pOqSVvyG6LdSvSlvf5OhJrwOWhZXd8RRDq4UfstCCJRH-s1Fp1xkqsLe3w8beFGTl5eayoLXJMcdDx-CFbMAp9GTXSeKjUm35T9v9D-9tLxI2C_u0yeLjNo49qGtIa2MGE4hFyAuj6eO1/s4032/20220427_143654_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEXeBDfqUInm7XA6J62yByFdK5D6OAasi-18mGDGIsF4pOqSVvyG6LdSvSlvf5OhJrwOWhZXd8RRDq4UfstCCJRH-s1Fp1xkqsLe3w8beFGTl5eayoLXJMcdDx-CFbMAp9GTXSeKjUm35T9v9D-9tLxI2C_u0yeLjNo49qGtIa2MGE4hFyAuj6eO1/s320/20220427_143654_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p>My apple tree is beginning to bloom. Despite the cold weather Spring really is coming. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsHqEZDO26wymvPsk9h4ICvzgIORZri9IFm84xRnanzMXnyspXZgmZMhcK2NeSMyu2PhzBU3bou86gFZ9qzVXfwPr-Qtz8gwWKggGpyiKFHFtTiwjF9oErKC5bgwHtYcKZYcHw3g1qyV-WwIEBHdzWKmaoVViZZGXtsczklsHB1cDYFkVMQi1YEVy/s2445/20220427_145957_(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2445" data-original-width="2339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsHqEZDO26wymvPsk9h4ICvzgIORZri9IFm84xRnanzMXnyspXZgmZMhcK2NeSMyu2PhzBU3bou86gFZ9qzVXfwPr-Qtz8gwWKggGpyiKFHFtTiwjF9oErKC5bgwHtYcKZYcHw3g1qyV-WwIEBHdzWKmaoVViZZGXtsczklsHB1cDYFkVMQi1YEVy/s320/20220427_145957_(1).jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><p>Last, and of course not least my daughter sent this picture of my granddaughter's french braided hair. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ2GAHSwdlpsQWHUeQPEuIDgwLjoDKzDGNVbBb3HuM41KvizYAZ1PhAlKAV2tZ3DYuvstmRS4shpHi2FCn48RKxDtSt1rmi_RuIM3oVHYpk8j0yjD1oplpEU33z7FPRubt2BNN5x7mpCmzG2WjJKYXBhlMlxI1M93AOSuS1PUX8NkIbXhyOeIOjCX/s1600/IMG-20220428-WA0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ2GAHSwdlpsQWHUeQPEuIDgwLjoDKzDGNVbBb3HuM41KvizYAZ1PhAlKAV2tZ3DYuvstmRS4shpHi2FCn48RKxDtSt1rmi_RuIM3oVHYpk8j0yjD1oplpEU33z7FPRubt2BNN5x7mpCmzG2WjJKYXBhlMlxI1M93AOSuS1PUX8NkIbXhyOeIOjCX/s320/IMG-20220428-WA0006.jpg" width="144" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved french braiding her Mom's hair - so the tradition continues.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Okay - now it is time for lunch and then a gentle walk in the trails near my home. Take care, dear Readers. Let me know in the comments how Spring is Springing in your neck of the woods.</p><p><br /></p></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717394370495529257.post-66385846335590163592022-04-24T16:42:00.002-07:002022-04-24T16:42:27.883-07:00Yopping Update #43 - Double-Knitting is my happy place<p style="text-align: right;"> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12148161/?claim=b5gpbgyak7t" style="background-color: white; color: #2126bb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NzOvq1RIWq3bqmPfmfW8syyC8jP5taF51UV271dWTr2wApkQmCTlLMO0T4uXF_yhsaIFUUdS_S7RjAunW0up9AdBupgPNcdg7nnD7q4QgG_YhS138-yFeJmxN3NseEq9t_bsqvVfY0PEJrryvueCYtQehg0sp1e-wNjv7Rsr96dLq9WKQXUJToLz/s2048/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NzOvq1RIWq3bqmPfmfW8syyC8jP5taF51UV271dWTr2wApkQmCTlLMO0T4uXF_yhsaIFUUdS_S7RjAunW0up9AdBupgPNcdg7nnD7q4QgG_YhS138-yFeJmxN3NseEq9t_bsqvVfY0PEJrryvueCYtQehg0sp1e-wNjv7Rsr96dLq9WKQXUJToLz/s320/AAYOP11headertext.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The test knit socks are done and I LOVE them, but I won't show them off until the pattern goes live. </p><p>Since April is almost gone I got down to my April Advent Gnomes - #7 and #8</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5rQ3L0Fv__hF53Uri4VQeiSlxQY29uLGMb8pFFboCqJvvbJeQysZqY8UQCi9coz8CM0Wr5KnpdqnRuWhyNuHJdcdBWsCQ0n2Y6Yi1EFJao1obSGTkI4FrBlNH5kGrDN38M-HUPAs6k6Ugu3N80zmgYIR8s1LCSeCk3kxFT7ASCfU0qmhGETMjObv/s4032/20220418_173120_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5rQ3L0Fv__hF53Uri4VQeiSlxQY29uLGMb8pFFboCqJvvbJeQysZqY8UQCi9coz8CM0Wr5KnpdqnRuWhyNuHJdcdBWsCQ0n2Y6Yi1EFJao1obSGTkI4FrBlNH5kGrDN38M-HUPAs6k6Ugu3N80zmgYIR8s1LCSeCk3kxFT7ASCfU0qmhGETMjObv/s320/20220418_173120_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look - Arms!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBeKY6_grvOpr4__2jSXVfAyEJavKaKKNOosl7x-RnfLBGE7h-w8yFbiC8vD6aph4SIQl3AzKh7U97TBYsVJR3iRclc50tmhvBGNfbYVQmsvEpMtaxB4BR3VgRYE3LUAJUuOj2M3JrbQ3BvUxj43Ns_fEMpfpg8k_fqWT4mR_ljEq2InYho1LNaha/s4032/IMG_20220418_173221_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBeKY6_grvOpr4__2jSXVfAyEJavKaKKNOosl7x-RnfLBGE7h-w8yFbiC8vD6aph4SIQl3AzKh7U97TBYsVJR3iRclc50tmhvBGNfbYVQmsvEpMtaxB4BR3VgRYE3LUAJUuOj2M3JrbQ3BvUxj43Ns_fEMpfpg8k_fqWT4mR_ljEq2InYho1LNaha/s320/IMG_20220418_173221_01.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVolcz1Vek-AzEA39QajiEbHnZqfGscLyMB6rxu0Lds1EJm_mRPAA026LNx7PWFwCgHIZaiFQcjhvennj7Mjjl4mZaLwmau62WToq11zoLNtvq2tMRJ5EibeS1VeSooFbEuiOZguE9gzXAhPn9v7CtzBVg7ZZUPQ8ONh8qlKMC1wxy4J21X5JFoPl/s4032/IMG_20220421_171945_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVolcz1Vek-AzEA39QajiEbHnZqfGscLyMB6rxu0Lds1EJm_mRPAA026LNx7PWFwCgHIZaiFQcjhvennj7Mjjl4mZaLwmau62WToq11zoLNtvq2tMRJ5EibeS1VeSooFbEuiOZguE9gzXAhPn9v7CtzBVg7ZZUPQ8ONh8qlKMC1wxy4J21X5JFoPl/s320/IMG_20220421_171945_01.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have arms tooooo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSUs_7jdNZ83SqRWzO0Zshm5f57LmsXkbjP73L2nTxx2qcsz8d-XVoaXCElXwhDVCXFOcWv1KRJlXfI8TBUSG9sdE30x8-WxoNl6pGbbDzGARrbZsuc-iqfYk5nLOVu0ZoyyDoU8jx8jMFD68moWxu5sJXvAYX9TKvHwq6D5Yaw3oraU_k3_rB-fN/s4032/IMG_20220421_171945_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSUs_7jdNZ83SqRWzO0Zshm5f57LmsXkbjP73L2nTxx2qcsz8d-XVoaXCElXwhDVCXFOcWv1KRJlXfI8TBUSG9sdE30x8-WxoNl6pGbbDzGARrbZsuc-iqfYk5nLOVu0ZoyyDoU8jx8jMFD68moWxu5sJXvAYX9TKvHwq6D5Yaw3oraU_k3_rB-fN/s320/IMG_20220421_171945_02.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I still dislike duplicate stitch, but it is getting easier</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Then I decided to wind up the hemp I bought some time ago and make a new kitchen cloth in double-knitting so that the colours are reversed on the opposite side. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51pA0ZuIlxRK1FXTo52mg5mbJljTOAz7cmEmtWiq7d98EvxaOHOwJ25fB6LQW55KLeCe9sz6n7-wP2D8gVM9bGi9Iw4l68K1OsG8qcxSddUvBA89yv4SirjiP1VmBshGP0bVpStXuJp-lHaEqyK1TnVRBQOrvbiLragz_BY4W0rJf0R4ca-bHRGL-/s4032/20220420_220140.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51pA0ZuIlxRK1FXTo52mg5mbJljTOAz7cmEmtWiq7d98EvxaOHOwJ25fB6LQW55KLeCe9sz6n7-wP2D8gVM9bGi9Iw4l68K1OsG8qcxSddUvBA89yv4SirjiP1VmBshGP0bVpStXuJp-lHaEqyK1TnVRBQOrvbiLragz_BY4W0rJf0R4ca-bHRGL-/s320/20220420_220140.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree of Life</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIu-JxRYZefWbgh37yc2AmVK4GqITIgDDKUkUNsZspLhW-5reITkdneyBuVEi5FlLur9Uot7OZ_U0Xyi4M_fSLP5fypfk5XyF6EwWp0mvSY4TZlEsNWeJyu2GSVSgN4r2435W521g2-1jX00tO77X9r8reQxgKnOqJ5EXFvFtuqgKm2oLzrSWELi67/s4032/20220420_220131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIu-JxRYZefWbgh37yc2AmVK4GqITIgDDKUkUNsZspLhW-5reITkdneyBuVEi5FlLur9Uot7OZ_U0Xyi4M_fSLP5fypfk5XyF6EwWp0mvSY4TZlEsNWeJyu2GSVSgN4r2435W521g2-1jX00tO77X9r8reQxgKnOqJ5EXFvFtuqgKm2oLzrSWELi67/s320/20220420_220131.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">reverse side - tree of life</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This one is a gift, but I have enough hemp to make another one for our kitchen too. </div><div><br /></div><div>I noticed one of my kitchen ones had a big hole in it - so I frogged it, and I am making my son one as his are getting a little raggedy too. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtLSXWfPlmQRkIY6FnGbCSueq0VC9ipWHwkg3Z1c4fQf7xQx3MIba7eDbM9NpGnq8unSHTY_U0jcuE1QAXlHuOrZ0tYkz2NYEjqsXQiCMfscg6-pW5oVRNwT_7jxE1EoRg1IDXs0p5aIqbXq_rtL-ei23BOvCIpsbNo_kHQ8-kcZaNjnXqd-RXMwu/s4032/20220422_165927.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtLSXWfPlmQRkIY6FnGbCSueq0VC9ipWHwkg3Z1c4fQf7xQx3MIba7eDbM9NpGnq8unSHTY_U0jcuE1QAXlHuOrZ0tYkz2NYEjqsXQiCMfscg6-pW5oVRNwT_7jxE1EoRg1IDXs0p5aIqbXq_rtL-ei23BOvCIpsbNo_kHQ8-kcZaNjnXqd-RXMwu/s320/20220422_165927.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from this....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmsOyDSgPZaQAFy7orRW3gsk7MZ-XaYj5FAY6Wt3ysVmpyMkbfqTQhnULgNmbRiqn-2beMpf8M-qyaa9kZ2rg3tEulCPMUntR1Vs2lTaaZ2YfIR_TP5fBU_qCee34fgPifZ3atgsmISicQ-HlBZ8olIVwxE0MINFfiyjLCPI-OwLNnEFkeiCI5puF/s4032/20220422_173632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmsOyDSgPZaQAFy7orRW3gsk7MZ-XaYj5FAY6Wt3ysVmpyMkbfqTQhnULgNmbRiqn-2beMpf8M-qyaa9kZ2rg3tEulCPMUntR1Vs2lTaaZ2YfIR_TP5fBU_qCee34fgPifZ3atgsmISicQ-HlBZ8olIVwxE0MINFfiyjLCPI-OwLNnEFkeiCI5puF/s320/20220422_173632.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to this....<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVDTzEkxrhaqL4OMj3Micx0z6aqu1koFKI5ZYQrlnDRv8Tvy0E3TTt6-z96PTWmaZKr6_wKjT17NQcs_HdfgLk4O32vw53EIHA2DxeIYwrgcLAceKKNtzt4IA6oDacmIS3b2LZzkGcw6DZHRuqB69YFCyprJcL7xTraGOrzMcTh7GOE9QAFUa1YwX/s1920/IMG-20220422-WA0005.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVDTzEkxrhaqL4OMj3Micx0z6aqu1koFKI5ZYQrlnDRv8Tvy0E3TTt6-z96PTWmaZKr6_wKjT17NQcs_HdfgLk4O32vw53EIHA2DxeIYwrgcLAceKKNtzt4IA6oDacmIS3b2LZzkGcw6DZHRuqB69YFCyprJcL7xTraGOrzMcTh7GOE9QAFUa1YwX/s320/IMG-20220422-WA0005.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">adding these little leftover balls, and....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8G4jjvATvaH0EOjLYNvTsD1py3p2KDiUSn7UznSYStYsISfN0Kxzao0UWRmv22_nB6S8b42tYaH4Q6dCvFLlfrSjqozWgOznXKtohe9VJzV402rqeeqlndG2YwNCwSWms352dENKHLfKop7EcT7_vOL9nB-3xbKljictr1ClL_7xltaf_2-0Fxdb7/s4032/20220423_231957_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8G4jjvATvaH0EOjLYNvTsD1py3p2KDiUSn7UznSYStYsISfN0Kxzao0UWRmv22_nB6S8b42tYaH4Q6dCvFLlfrSjqozWgOznXKtohe9VJzV402rqeeqlndG2YwNCwSWms352dENKHLfKop7EcT7_vOL9nB-3xbKljictr1ClL_7xltaf_2-0Fxdb7/s320/20220423_231957_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">you get the beginnings of a kitchen cloth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTmouI3kYqepZwolm0IuZWzYBOwxjN-qQMk-7PDLwFcANIz3ki7oxXufcIakzP2ZfE4UrFHVjed4RrcYiSjm-lj9kFRkwjhkTA3DjH8uGyAbuQp6VfpaS1V8SU0_0RznZ_wX0YtWtSzmoIhEVQj3P-ElN2Xr39QoKPNdxM16a343UHb5ZMdSshjWU/s4032/20220423_231943_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTmouI3kYqepZwolm0IuZWzYBOwxjN-qQMk-7PDLwFcANIz3ki7oxXufcIakzP2ZfE4UrFHVjed4RrcYiSjm-lj9kFRkwjhkTA3DjH8uGyAbuQp6VfpaS1V8SU0_0RznZ_wX0YtWtSzmoIhEVQj3P-ElN2Xr39QoKPNdxM16a343UHb5ZMdSshjWU/s320/20220423_231943_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">other side</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I also knit a little sandpiper out of some left over frangipani yarn I have - the pattern comes with five variations, and I am definitely going to make more of them. The pattern is on Ravelry <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gansey-sandpiper">here</a>. The pattern is free if you send a handknit bird to Cordova Alaska for the <a href="https://thenetloftak.com/pages/copper-river-delta-birds-by-hand">Copper River Delta Birds by Hand festival.</a> I didn't make mine in time to get in the mail for this year, but I sent my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/KnitwiseGamgee/white-dove">peace dove </a>which safely arrived there last week. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvCnjTP3crVZWiwD7WvZMrR49bkda6rWnE_T2X0R9tnEcY9zwbQII9pNMPz_tDNXXcaXt20D0lFAg_egu4kYTMPKWClCSbjxzbal7vWQ7t1rMq-EDv0EC73Fv_NhWO0IyMGPWue-O7lxO5Jqyk2u3BKRGVboA2HysjbWiQ5hkYGpU435zclCg75_c/s2560/20171231_230827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvCnjTP3crVZWiwD7WvZMrR49bkda6rWnE_T2X0R9tnEcY9zwbQII9pNMPz_tDNXXcaXt20D0lFAg_egu4kYTMPKWClCSbjxzbal7vWQ7t1rMq-EDv0EC73Fv_NhWO0IyMGPWue-O7lxO5Jqyk2u3BKRGVboA2HysjbWiQ5hkYGpU435zclCg75_c/s320/20171231_230827.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now resting in Cordova, Alaska</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Zyq1fhYMqQVklay-Wg3QnTYaFomN85euZBbNnOJXEE_E4GU57Q7ZhCHtwnGB6MT6y59A4AKAmTbzjidHgTcTu1q4MME94Q-NER_f3nAiHVJ8xPRtlt690E5sfrmwj2KXvHUBGYCYNImyIghOwVFUeFno5c0HbdEVhwuCOXcnFGcIAjPtRX9I03hx/s4032/20220422_145731_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Zyq1fhYMqQVklay-Wg3QnTYaFomN85euZBbNnOJXEE_E4GU57Q7ZhCHtwnGB6MT6y59A4AKAmTbzjidHgTcTu1q4MME94Q-NER_f3nAiHVJ8xPRtlt690E5sfrmwj2KXvHUBGYCYNImyIghOwVFUeFno5c0HbdEVhwuCOXcnFGcIAjPtRX9I03hx/s320/20220422_145731_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now roosting in my livingroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Speaking of birds I did get a good photo of our resident Heron fishing in the pond at the end of our block.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRv_LizHkMarz1WKKfWHlB6eZB-OnsM3QFy-uSRFZuidhhIYrd4eJVVkZoxbE7CIBHNtqHrSnZw_IvoIrWoO5xol9zBybkmcFKtcayk5yUu8do7T-BNiCG82ReNBSKYe8S7qD1DC9lAHTf33eMbkB9K1lzmYrTciMI-bY9lwO7o0MHf_uoysAowbGz/s4032/20220420_135656.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRv_LizHkMarz1WKKfWHlB6eZB-OnsM3QFy-uSRFZuidhhIYrd4eJVVkZoxbE7CIBHNtqHrSnZw_IvoIrWoO5xol9zBybkmcFKtcayk5yUu8do7T-BNiCG82ReNBSKYe8S7qD1DC9lAHTf33eMbkB9K1lzmYrTciMI-bY9lwO7o0MHf_uoysAowbGz/s320/20220420_135656.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I even caught his reflection!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>And on more bird news I also ordered a watercolour journal and some new paints, which I finally sat down to play with this morning. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYR6fknSz70VuCQlJ5HGdZLVh3Cy92Ud_ZX-BFI07y8lAEy-GFbfooC6HjJ-eJ9Y0pLuAf3b9WkNSCcy9Hxx5ZcHzzOqJnjLzBeTm_qpcpW2t9WBpBtKg-5CXUCU2aIh7oKy4XfO4CBOkN-gX1GYEQ9BXU4TO5RjB6beruMe4lZ0kMDFSOdNWT4OaJ/s4032/20220421_121704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYR6fknSz70VuCQlJ5HGdZLVh3Cy92Ud_ZX-BFI07y8lAEy-GFbfooC6HjJ-eJ9Y0pLuAf3b9WkNSCcy9Hxx5ZcHzzOqJnjLzBeTm_qpcpW2t9WBpBtKg-5CXUCU2aIh7oKy4XfO4CBOkN-gX1GYEQ9BXU4TO5RjB6beruMe4lZ0kMDFSOdNWT4OaJ/s320/20220421_121704.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyN-SiinCTZzIHITA7XQFA83XCSLldSIA1ursnBfTT4AVTcYlfTeI-UyxUCeZAMpa3nJErnVxes0SdJp4VICMRPYue7QmzIaors0KdgFKn9KJdOAHYvB2MacD3BS_izwVLnQE60L0nnoKUuD_AbMDI0I0PyuZoBU3359ekSy0j-5WlRUFASvzrnNCj/s4032/20220424_134517.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyN-SiinCTZzIHITA7XQFA83XCSLldSIA1ursnBfTT4AVTcYlfTeI-UyxUCeZAMpa3nJErnVxes0SdJp4VICMRPYue7QmzIaors0KdgFKn9KJdOAHYvB2MacD3BS_izwVLnQE60L0nnoKUuD_AbMDI0I0PyuZoBU3359ekSy0j-5WlRUFASvzrnNCj/s320/20220424_134517.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it is a beginning</td></tr></tbody></table>So that is my week in a nutshell. I just got the pattern for a new sock to test knit, so I will get going on that as well as finishing the kitchen cloth. Both are good TV knitting. I am currently binge watching Station 19. I do love those firehall dramas. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have ordered the frangipani wool for my son's gansey. It was less expensive to order it from the UK rather than the USA. Go figure. I hope it gets here soon - I can't wait to cast on. I will start with just the waistband and plain knitting part while he still has to decide on which motifs he wants. </div><div><br /></div><div>And in other news my granddaughter has apparently been crowned Queen of her little village:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAUkJqrrCLfsDsO_WtGNGap0RxdieIt3peApSrFtYAV-2YmTv7fGmI9JpPa9TvT5EmSD0utdOO-5zTrRO8TS0tSeRzR2NUH85qc4DyP81dDuJc97zWTGom9moppK23L1PqcbDm2QNuUp9mUoKaEJ41TIzTrpvc66Q_tH0hztpo7_8at9gSRGP_1yE/s1599/IMG-20220424-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="899" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAUkJqrrCLfsDsO_WtGNGap0RxdieIt3peApSrFtYAV-2YmTv7fGmI9JpPa9TvT5EmSD0utdOO-5zTrRO8TS0tSeRzR2NUH85qc4DyP81dDuJc97zWTGom9moppK23L1PqcbDm2QNuUp9mUoKaEJ41TIzTrpvc66Q_tH0hztpo7_8at9gSRGP_1yE/s320/IMG-20220424-WA0000.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bestowing blessings on the pregnant neighbourhood cat</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It is hard to believe May will be here my next Sunday! I don't know where the time goes. (Of course not getting up until 9 or 10 every day is probably part of where my time is going).<div><br /></div><div>I wish you all a good week, and yes, world peace would be amazing as well. <br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div>Breathing Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02482981001235740285noreply@blogger.com5