And she’s done!

There were a lot more stitches left on Octavia than I had thought. Like between just over 2x my guestimate. But here she is –

the fourth one of the Sheep punk series. The pattern comes from ForbiddenFiberCo and is stitched with their floss on 16 count called for, also dyed by them.  I have no idea yet as to how I am going to finish the series. 

Speaking of finishing things – my count is now 11 finished WIPs and 2 finished new starts from this year. 

Then I had to decide what to tackle next. As much as I would love to start something new – I would like to get at least one more project completed and out of the “to be completed” cubby. Of course, picking the smaller items is just going to leave me with the three large suckers…

And…. yet another project started in 2021. From the Heart had a series of monthly quakers. I did the first three – one each month and then got distracted just after I started April. It was easy to be distracted; the design was fine, the colors were meh. But I pulled it out and figure 3-5 days and I can check this one off as well.

as you can see, it is hardly a start at all.

Otherwise, it has been raining. Cold (obviously wet) rain. I have been staying inside. So far, nothing major from the new meds other than mild nausea… 

 

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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One Response to And she’s done!

  1. Cat says:

    Catching up – hope the side effects remain minimal and the meds do what they are supposed to do.
    The sheep is cute. Finished the last two skeins you gave me. Cannot take a photo (I know I should have) but have sent the finished item to friend in UK who needs more than a little support right now. It was a very nice knit – nothing exciting, just a basic half hap. I didn’t bother with a pattern. Many thanks yet again!

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