It’s spring! Currently, it doesn’t feel that way, since it’s sleeting. We’re supposed to receive the snow later today, but I’m enjoying the weather immensely. Weird, right? I have so much to be thankful for, so why complain? The woodstove is going. I have a tea kettle on the woodstove and my herb blend (which I created) is prepped for the tea infuser. I don’t have any work assignments that are taking me out of the home today and my daughter is homeschooled so she’s doing her work at home.
Also, when I have time, I’ll be knitting on one of my afghans. I’m really loving the colors in this garter stitch blanket. I’ve been attempting to knit, at least a few rows daily. I can’t do too much since I really feel it in my left wrist and so I’ve been doing everything in moderation.
I started knitting this blanket almost two weeks ago,
and here’s where I am now. I’ve made progress, right? I’ve been rotating between this blanket and my king sized knit afghan. I do believe I’ve found a balance. I do think, if the king-sized blanket was a bit more colorful, I most likely would have stayed loyal to simply focusing on one large knitting project, then again… maybe not.
Last week, my daughter told me she wanted to crochet an afghan. I taught her how to crochet when she was about 11 years old. She crocheted for several months and then stopped I didn’t push her since I knew she’d pick it up again, in her time. Saturday, I served as her memory prompt for how to begin the starting chain and move on to the first row. I told her just to get comfortable with the hook again and just create stitches. She did, her stitching led her to create this simple shape. Since in her mind it resembled a bean, that’s what’s she’s called it (I think it looks like a peanut).