Year of Projects Update #4 -A wee bit late to the party

 

Oh my, not sure how it got to be Thursday already, but calendars don't lie.  In my defense I have been down with a nasty cough and just about everything seems like too much trouble.  

My progress to date has been working on two of my wips. 

My Contrapunctus are done - and they are wonderful.  I have never made a short row toe before and I really like the look and the fit. 

I started my Wildernesse shawl with a new colour scheme and fingering wool  I am much happier with the look and weight of the knit. 

Yesterday we were well enough (hubby has same cough) to take in a movie, Formula 1, to celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary.  And after we went for a lovely dinner at a local British pub.  

I also found out last week that I did get the Peer Support Worker contract with our local Health Department and I will start working with peers in September.  I am very excited for the opportunity to give back to the Mental Health program that has been so important in my own on-going mental health recovery. I did have an article I wrote about my journey get published as a guest post on the Spotlight on Mental Health blog.  You can read it here. 

Now I will go and check what the rest of you have been doing.  

I must be feeling a little better and hopefully I will be back in the ocean this coming weekend. 

Year of Projects #3 - A little progress is still progress

 

This will be a short and sweet update as I have been battling (and losing) with a migraine.  

I have made a little more progress on my 54 pickup lap blanket. 

and I started on my Contrapunctus socks.  It was a new shortrow heel construction and I really liked how intuitive it was. Now I am just knitting to the toe - which will be a shortrow  toe construction that is also new to me. 

I did take a 'me day' on Friday and was able to buy some yarn to try with the Wildernesse shawl. 

And yes, I did buy some more stitch markers....I used to have 60 of these little coloured rings, but while working on the 54 pickup I used what I had and couldn't find any more....Really, I do have a problem with buying stitch markers that you can read about here. 

I did the smallest amount of spinning - I am on the 2nd bobbin so I will have enough to ply, but it is slow going.  I just don't seem to have much spinning mojo these days. 

So that is my week.  I wasn't able to read everyone else's posts last week, so as soon as this migraine settles I will get caught up with everyone. 

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