mid steps

Now that I can stand for any length of time again, I am cutting paper.  So exciting!  Not really but it very much part of the process.  I was planning to do this last week but the body work I had done actually put me down.  I love the idea of body work or massage but most times it is not good for me.  It pushed back the paper cutting by a week.  I am also going to need to order more paper the next time I am printing.

I realized that I have been wearing my new colorful shawl a lot.  The cream sweater I made awhile back is lovely but I do not wear it.  I realized it is because it is mostly too warm.  I had some of that yarn leftover and I started a different style sweater.  Still a cardigan but looser.  More like a shawl in shape.  I just want something I wear more often. 

I have gotten to the point that I go through my closets, drawers, and stash before I even think about going to buy supplies for a dress, shawl, or sweater.  I like the materials I make something with but I do not always like the end product.  There is another sweater that may become a shawl as well.  I will admit that the dress I am wearing today is wearing out.  This fabric may be something I try to find again but it has been so many years that I might not find a brown turquoise combination.  

I put fabric in water to get ready for dyeing.  There are squares to be laid out.  Everything is in the mid step of making.  But I did sell a knife roll yesterday.  I need to make another.  Maybe I will start that tomorrow!

creative collaboration

I sent off a quilt square for an artistic collaboration this week.  I am not sure if it will be used or not but I did learn a lot.  I do find that I design simply.  Which is why I am not sure it will be used or not.

I will have to say that it was a learning process.  Just the history that was involved in the project made me think.  We like to pretend we are learning and going forward as a society.  But I would have to say that the history the project was based on eye opening.  Not much has changed.

I am having putting words together.  Maybe I will finish more things this coming week!

pain management

Yesterday was all about pain management.  I sat in one place most of the day trying not to hurt.  I was also trying to go to sleep so I could sleep last night.

I actually finished this shawl while I was sitting there.  This is a shawl that I made from leftover project yarn that was all a similar weight.  I also dug for more colors because I am also feeling the need for more color in my life.

It is a wonderful weight.

I actually put it right on instead of blocking it.  I picked up another shawl I am working on.  It is a place where I am testing shape.  The shape is just off on the brown one I am working on.  I think I will be ripping that on out!  But this.  This like.  

Tonight is an evening where I can go coach or not coach.  I have done alright most of the day but I can tell I am wearing out.  I will have to see what the rest of the day brings.

quiet weekend

I had a quiet weekend.  I am still in the middle of working on projects but I did take yesterday to try some tacos out and read.  I have not taken much time just to read lately.  Audiobooks have become my fall back as my hands are busy most of the time.  Crochet and embroidery this weekend.  I need to finish one soon.  

Pictures and posts may not be very interesting this week.  I need to cut lot of paper!  That may be boring to communicate about.  I find when I do that type of repetitive task, if it is quiet, I start to meditate.  If I chose not to go too deep into my head, I put an audiobook on.  Or a podcast.  There are a couple of outdoor podcasts that I enjoy.  And one business type.

For whatever reason, weather or pollen, I am sore today.  Achy.  I woke up fine and has gone down hill from there.  Since I coach tonight, I am a bit worried!  It should be all fine in the end.  I just hope I can put words together!

computer work

This week I have felt like I have been running in place.  Stuck.  Part of it is that the things I am working on take a bit of time.  It also rained three days in a row which did not help anything.

The computer work I did came in the mail.  The plates I created for the letterpress are here.  It does mean I am going to be cutting paper for a couple of days and then I will be printing.  The boyos wanted different things so I needed to create flexibility in the plates but which make the actual printing more difficult.  I am not going to worry about it currently.  I am just going to focus on the next step which is cutting paper.  This is when  I wish I had a paper cutter that is much larger then the one I do have.  But, I have no space for one that large!

There has also been sadness.  I had another friend die.  It was a surprise.  I think it is part of why I feel like I am running in place.  Stuck.  There has been a lot of sadness this year tied to people dying.  I do find a lot of joy and happiness in the simplest of things.  Everyday things but there is a definite counterpoint this year.  There is nothing I can change.  Be sad for me and her family.  Enjoy life everyday and be grateful.