Good Morning and Happy Sunday! Yes, I woke up at six am on the dot and decided to stay awake. Days still belong to summer and nights belong to fall. Maybe that will change soon. The skies are a lovely pastel at the moment.
What did we do this week? Amanda is learning a big part of adulting. The longer the meeting, the less necessary the information you gain from it. Classes are chugging along, and she is off for her fall break Monday and Tuesday. Her plan is to get ahead on her work as next weekend is a trip to Long Island to hang out with her friend.
Serra had a very short week with her fall break this past Monday and Tuesday. It also meant no lab on Thursday to keep everyone the same week. Friends keep feeding her alfredo and they stay up late on Friday nights. This last one was worth it as she got to see some of the Northern Lights that are happening. Hopefully the bruise on her arm from falling out of bed will heal quickly and not have lasting effects.
More randomness for me on the work front. Spring files will soon be out the door to the designer, summer files are coming in, and images have been received from the last shoot. I have shipping, file prep and web cleanup planned for this week.
Craft time was spent spinning and knitting. I finished the last spindle of the Tour de Fleece spin.
The first two spindles have been cleaned off into a skein. I plied it with Treenway Silk's Arabella's Web. It is a 120/2 silk that work perfectly for this. I know that I could have plied the two spindles together. Thing about that is you get half as much yardage and in fine lace you need all the yardage you can get. The third spindle is currently in progress. There is lots of playoff baseball coming this week to ply to.
Knitting was spent working on my class sweater and sending two more new knitters out into the wild. Interest keeps growing at The Loopy Ewe so I need to get the next round of classes prepped for the schedule.
My retail therapy from the end of September arrived! My current warp board can only measure out five-yard lengths however a ten- or fourteen-yard board is simply too big for my space. To Etsy we go!
This is an adorable, tiny warping mill. It stands about eighteen inches tall and is only ten inches across. It works by attaching the warp to one of the pegs at the top, spinning the mill multiple times until you get to the bottom pegs where you wrap around them and head back. According to the maker, it can handle seven- to-twelve-yard lengths. Hooray! It was easy to assemble and came with a carry bag to keep everything in if you disassemble it.
My other therapy came in the form of cones, lots of cones.
Camilla Valley Farm is one of my favorite places to order supplies from and since they are in Canada, I wait until I need a chunk. The news of Jaggeryarn closing up shop also played a hand in it as they carry the Zephyr. This is some Zephyr, 8/2 cotton, 8/2 tencel, and 20/2 bamboo to feed my inspiration.
As for me it's been a positive and social week. In person time with the other associate editor, lunch out, and teaching. Emotions have been extreme but all in a positive way. The last few days have been full of big thoughts. One thing I have learned is that work or any task fills the time that you allot for it. It's one of the things that makes marching band kids so effective with their grades in the fall. They have no time, therefore every minute they do have is extremely focused to accomplish all of the tasks at hand. Its why procrastinators are so good when the deadline finally arrives. They have to focus and get the task done. Well, I think a personal timeline has moved up a few months and instead of being daunted by it I'm rather exhilarated. Maybe it's the Universe telling me it's time to get back into gear.
Next week! All the bits. Homework, study and play time out in the Eastern spots. Here? Work, teaching, playoff baseball, hockey, creating and feeling that last chain start to slip free. Breathe, grow, expand, Love, find where you should be, and I'll be back next week :)
Leave a comment