One day late.

I am trying to post on Mondays (according to “the list”), so this post is one day late.  I really only picked Mondays because I thought enough would happen on the weekends that I would have something to say!

Items I tackled on my IMPORTANT LIST this weekend included cleaning, tossing old cosmetics and lotions, trimming doggy toenails, and organizing photos on the computer.

We have lots of duplicate pictures on the laptop.  If you don’t check the ”delete
after uploading” box, they always get uploaded again. It is kind of a struggle to find the extras in a sea of dog photographs, so I have gotten as far as grouping the pictures – knitting/spinning, misc (only 10 or so pictures!) and various dog categories: Dexter, Dexter & Trillian, Trillian, Trillian & Viking, Viking and Doggie Friends. Tonight I will be paring down a few of these folders.

Getting rid of my makeup was tough! I had a makeup bag each for eyes, lips, nails, face (powders and foundations), and creams & cleansers. I NEVER WEAR MAKEUP!! It seemed so silly to get rid of so much untouched makeup, but I’ve had it for years! I put a few cleansers in the shower and made up an “everyday” makeup bag. Maybe I’ll actually start using some of it!

The main impetus for creating the list in the first place was so I would have more time for fun stuff. So, I spun almost this whole bobbin over the weekend.

This is Romney wool that my sister bought for me in New Zealand. I plan on making the Tangled Yoke Cardigan when I’m finished with the spinning.

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to try to show the finished objects I’ve made over the past few months, as they never made it to the blog. First, the trekking socks are finished!

I changed the stitch count in the heel slightly, so the rib would be the same on either side, but otherwise blindly followed the pattern. I LOVE them! The trekking feels amazing on my feet. A surprise, because I thought it was just a wee scratchy in the skein.