This is the first week of the Year of Projects 2015-2016 season on Ravelry! I am participating again but this year will be a little different for me as I am "cleaning house" both literally and figuratively. I am planning on moving back to my home state of Illinois hopefully before Christmas therefore I am focusing all my efforts on "downsizing" and getting this house ready to sell. The only projects I will be working on until then will the the ones I didn't finish from previous years! LOL! Plus, gifts for Christmas and birthdays which I can't always show. I did have a good year but I've noticed the more finishes I have the longer my list gets too ie; there's no way I will ever finish all the projects I would like to make unless I clone myself.
I have lists for each YOP year on the right side of my blog that I try and keep updated and that is why I don't list them here each week other than what I am currently working on. I will have some new projects listed but they probably won't get started until after the New Year. I have not published my YOP 2015-2016 list there yet but it will be out there later this week. I have some deadlines for birthday presents that I need to meet. July is almost as bad as Christmas in my family when it comes to birthdays....busy month! So, until my list is up, here is what I am working on (not counting secret presents I can't show as my daughter (3 birthdays and 1 anniversary right there) reads my blog now!) LOL! I will post them after they have received them though.
An apology to my usual blog readers also as this month has been "something else". I think Mercury is in retrograde which might account for some of it but I've had car troubles, my dryer broke and then the air conditioning went out and the modem and the internet! Plus, I had some financial business which required some special bank signature which I spent a week just trying to get that taken care of.....it's been nuts! On top of that hanging clothes in the basement and taking care of a new kitten has definitely taken up any free time I might have had to do other things. That being said, I will try and get "back on track this week".
Here is one of my sweet "time consumers" who has now been wormed, went from 7 ounces to 14 and has had her first shot of a series. Oh, she is now called Miss Peeps since Mr. Peeps didn't really fit HER! LOL!
She's in the house now too and wreaking havoc! The girls are all very tolerant and Nitty (the Rottweiller) has pretty much adopted her...she's the "cat herder". Grace (my other cat) doesn't really want anything to do with her....I think her nose is out of joint about not being the only cat in the house now so I have to spend time reassuring her. Annie, the miniature dachsund has been extremely tolerant as Miss Peeps takes over her bed, jumps on her back and bites her tail! They're all getting their exercise that's for sure and I made the mistake of wearing crop pants one day and now I look like I have leprosy! I'll be wearing long pants this summer! But we love her and she gets better each day. She's sure given me a lot of laughs with her antics. I wish I could have gotten a video of her "riding the dachsund"! LOL!
Here's what I am working on presently when I get a moment............the preemie hats! I need 52 by the time my daughter comes next month. I need to corral them, count them and see where I am.
I love how my Hudson Bay Blanket socks are turning out and my sock skills have definitely improved this year big time! I have actually turned the heel and am working on the gusset since this picture was taken.
I'm hurrying towards the finish line on this quilt and finally got the quilt trimmed and the binding sewn. I started sewing it to the quilt last night and the seam in the binding ended up right at the corner and corners are hard enough so I ripped it out and will redo it today when I am "fresh". I should know better than to try and do anything in the evening....I'm toast by then.
My Sunday chores are usually change my sheets, do laundry and iron and now without a dryer I am doing laundry much more often as it has to line dry in my basement and there is more ironing. I may have to put out the $400 for the dryer as line drying indoors does not get rid of "fuzz" on anything and it's driving me crazy when I dry my face or hands etc. Where does "fuzz" come from anyway? LOL!
I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday weekend if you are in the States. I watched The Capitol 4th on PBS and that was my 4th of July celebration.
Happy Trails!
