3 rounds of crochet and some crafty burnout
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
3 rounds. That’s how many rounds I’ve added to my giant granny square that will some day turn into a cardigan sweater project.
This is really the only project I’m focusing on (other than untangling a giant pile of yarn), and I figured progress was slow due to a combination of: infinitely long rounds + wooly yarn + hot sticky August weather.
It wasn’t until yesterday, when I was writing some number gazing/reflecty writing about the end of the self-made wardrobe that I thought to throw crafting burn out into the mix.
This year for the self-made wardrobe I ended up making 23 pieces of wearable clothing (including 7 hand knit sweaters) + 1 winter coat + a handful of tank tops. And then on top of that a bunch of accessories + a handful of shawls.
That’s a not insignificant pile of stuff!
No wonder all I want to do with my free time is hang out + read + write + think + walk in the sun + get more sunburned + lazily crochet 3 rounds in a week.
yarn tangles & crocheting in the rain… with dogs
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
What I’m Working On…
I started untangling the nightmare of all nightmare yarn tangles. It’s five balls of yarn that got tumbled together in the dryer, and I’ve been putting it off for about a year. I’m not positive I made progress. And I’m pretty sure this is going to take forever.
So I chose to get distracted by Maine. Between watching sunrises and seaweed with a couple dogs (plus family members of the more human variety), I added a couple rounds to my crochet granny square cardigan. I’m close to finishing one of the four balls of yarn, and the rounds aren’t getting any shorter.
writing, thinking & napping
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
What I’m Working On…
: wrapping up the self-made wardrobe! It’s done, it’s done!!
: so, it’s been a week of writing & thinking
: I’m slowly getting my wardrobe unpacked (and I realized yesterday that no sweater can take the place of a sweatshirt).
: yesterday, I posted about the final garment I made for the project.
: Plus I have some other things I want to write about, including some notes I took on Day 366, and some interesting numbers, like how many times I wore each piece, or how the cost of each garment in relation to how many times it got worn, stuff like that.
: and napping. This weekend involved a lot of napping.
