Taking Stock

I have nine sweaters that I don't really wear. I have had some body changes (hi there perimenopause, and life stress) so some just don't fit, and some have holes, and some I made during the aforementioned stressful time and just made mistakes. I looked through them today to determine which ones to repair and which ones to reclaim as stash.The one that I'm wearing in this picture just ended up being way too big. I had steeked that one so I ripped out the sleeves today to reclaim the yarn and I might make a pillow out of the body. 

It feels good to tidy up my sweater storage, and even better to have some "new" yarn to use! 

Back in Blogness

It has been a minute! 

Since my last post in the fall of 2020 our family has had a pretty crazy few years. Mostly very stressful, often scary, sometimes exciting, sometimes blissfully boring. 

The Eldest and The Younger both graduated from High School, and the Youngest is kicking butt in middle school. They're mostly not into having their lives shared online by me, so we'll leave it there. 

I have enjoyed Instagram and Facebook over the past decade and a half, but now that MZ has let his true colors fly I'm gonna take a little break. 

That got me thinking about what we did on the Internet before the social media took off, and for me and a bunch of my friends it was Flickr and Blogs.

I don't know how long I can resist the siren song of FB, since mostly I check in with friends there, but for now I'm very grateful to have this forum to talk knitting and baking and whatever I want. 

This year is my 25th working with House of Hope Choir School. It's been a bit of a whirlwind this year, but I still get to hang out with cutie pie kiddos  and play with toys. 

The weather is chilly, but lovely here in Saint Paul.

I finished my first knitting project of the year. 

I took a sadly damaged sweater and gave her a new yoke. This is the chart from Rusty Cardigan and then I improvised the rest of the sweater. 

This yarn was a dye project with black walnuts, and I really loved how the yarn took the color so I was happy to be able to rescue the yarn. 

I did end up buying a couple of balls of coordinating yarn for cuffs and collar, and I'm pretty happy with the final product. 

Also it goes so nicely with my favorite overalls! 

Hope to see you soon, internetland.