Yopping Update #32 - Button, button, who's got the button

First of all the sweater arrived safe and sound and IT FITS!  He promises to send a picture soon. He did send this picture of the little fairy I included in his package:

Then I finished these:

Simple Skyp socks

and decided to use up all my left over Paton's decor to crochet a pair of these Frankenstein slippers (my name because they are made of scraps of yarn):

Sunday slippers (done in two hours)

These slippers and the ones from last week need their leather soles and I got the leather from Michael's on sale so hopefully I will get to that this coming week. I got all these remnants for 5.99! I might even line them with some sheep fleece to make them extra warm for those Croatian floors!

I went through my stash and decided to make a child's sweater with some Bernat Wool-Up I got on sale at Walmart last fall.

Simple Toddler Cardigan (with cables)

If it fits my grand-daughter then it will be hers.  If not it will go in the hope chest for the next baby to come along in my life.

I was at my Croatian lesson this week and I noticed my teacher, who is a fantastic quilter, had her buttons organized by colour.  So.....yesterday I went from this:

to this:

Wouldn't Marie Kondo be proud

I did finish Knit Two (a relaxing, easy read) and passed it along to a friend.  I am currently reading The Art of Racing in the Rain.

I did edit six chapters of my novel and I am glad to be working on it again. It really is coming together thanks to the edits and comments from my beta readers.

I spent a lot of this week at doctor appointments.  Mostly follow-ups and everything is fine to date.  More watching and waiting and 'we will see how it goes'.  I did have to go to the hospital for a blood test that cannot be done at a drop-in lab so there went my Thursday from 9:30am until 3pm.  (this is also how I was able to finish Knit Two!)

This coming week I am working in the morning from Monday - Thursday and then I will be done any work contracts for quite a while (she says optimistically).

I got a new fitbit - the Inspire HR - which I can wear while swimming and it tracks my distance.  It also tracks my resting and active HeartRate which just makes me feel better to see that my old(ish) heart is ticking along as it should be. 

We finally have some sun - so I am going to head out and trim some branches so they will fit in the compost container.  It is our first not-rainy day in a month. 

And, I have learned dear readers that, I cannot do a Sunday post without one of these.

love her pigtail!

OMG the Oscar's red carpet event just started.....Talk to you next week!

Yopping Update #31 - It's in the mail

Ta-Da!

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

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

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

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

she is on inside of window, feeder on outside

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sleeping like a baby