Oops! Posted a day early! Actually, right now I am at the hospital with my MIL. She suffered a miss-matched heart attack and has pneumonia, please send prayers her way.
Tomorrow will be “I am currently in a car, driving my parents to Florida. Please pray for safety and no traffic. I am coming to hate this trip!! 12+ hours of driving and then add on for stops. I think we need to restrict them to air travel from now on, but they aren’t too savvy or quick when it comes to airports and connecting flights. Maybe we just need to fly with them? This is coming from a person who hates to fly! OK, I mean, I hate being in a plane with no road beneath me. I much prefer the quickness of flying, the faith it takes to put myself on a plane is the issue. LOL
Knitting Stats
Last Week: 55,461 yards/290 skeins
Knitted: 169 yards/1 skeins
Purchased: 0 yards/0 skeins
Ending Stash: 55,292 yards/289 skeins
Spending YTD: $42.46
In: Nothing
Out: Lille Mille knitting is done, buttons need to be added, reveal next Friday.
Sewing Stats
Fabric In: +5 yards
Fabric Out: -.66 yards
Net Fabric: +4.44 yards
Fabric YTD: +14.14 yards
Spending YTD: $81.62
In: I orderED 3 yards of this print to use as a possible border or backing for Freyja. I wanted something with all the colors and boy does this one hit all the right notes. Fingers crossed it works! Picked up some remnants, a home dec and a quilt cotton, plus a ruler and a small seam ripper.
Still hate that my light blue and aqua are too close when viewed from a distance.
1 table topper quilted and waiting for binding!
Out: Freyja piecing and Wedding Topper backings and bindings
6/7 Week
22/25 YTD
January Goals
- 1st table topper for the wedding √
- 2nd table topper for the wedding
- 3rd table topper for the wedding
- Mudsocks Guild BOM √
- Finish Eurasian Cowl √
- Quilt Granny Peacock
- 2020 UFO project #1 Freyja
- Extra: Toddler Sweater √
- Warm Woolen Mittens
- Little Dresses for Africa √
- Quilts Plus BOM √
- Extra: Baby sweater Lille Mille √
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that knitting looks so good! do you break the drive into 2 days? or all at once
Thanks, the yarn is a wonderful Merino DK. We do it in 1 day. It’s a long slog for sure.
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For your Frolic the quilt still looks beautiful. And the viewer will get a treat when looking closer at the quilt. I like to reward my quilt viewers for looking closer when I can.
It will live on the couch and be used to snuggle, so a close view is more likely than not! Thanks
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I like the light blue and aqua adjacency. It allows the dark red pinwheel to shine.
Thanks, I hope to get it all wrapped up by Jan end.
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Have a safe trip! I’ll keep you in my thoughts:)
Thanks, we need good thoughts right now, will email you.
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Hi Chris! Are you doing all of the driving? That’s a long drive. Yay, it’s a dilemma whether to drive or fly or fly with them. And then there’s the whole connecting flights issue – yeah. I’ve been there and I ended up going with just for safety’s sake. Great job getting one topper all quilted. ~smile~ Roseanne
Yes, I am the “limo” driver! I just want to get there and get it over with, so all in one day. Thanks, I was trying to get all three done, but the MIL situation has preempted sewing. At least I had knitting for all the hospital time. > >
Prayers for your MIL to heal up quickly and well, and also for a safe drive for you tomorrow! Your projects are beautiful as always – I’m impressed with how much you are getting done with all you have to do!
Thanks, made it to Florida in good time, and MIL is getting better every day!
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So glad to hear the good news on both counts!
That’s the perfect border fabric!
I so hope the colors are a good match!!! Thanks
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Great projects!
I don’t like to fly because it hurts my ears rather than fear, despite my first time ever flying we “control crashed” in a field because we hit head winds and ran out of gas. Pilot was fantastic though. He set that 747 down in that field just as smoothly as if he’d had pavement under his wheels.
I would never EVER be able to fly after that!!!
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So sorry about your MIL, Chris – hope she is doing better. Also hope you’re having a smooth driving day. Our still- traveling but elderly parents are a concern, aren’t they? My mom and step-dad finally just decided to live in their AZ home year round a few years ago so that twice yearly long drive didn’t have to happen anymore. That border fabric looks perfect for Freyja!
Thanks! Aging certainly isn’t for the faint of heart! Thanks
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Best wishes for your MIL. Have a safe trip!
Thanks made it safe and MIL is improving!
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Wonderful projects! Wishing you safe travels.
Thank you!
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Love the new child’s sweater on the needles! I hope your M-I-L recovers well!
Thank you. The sweater is cute but I hate the neckline instructions, so I went my own way.
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Sorry to hear about your MIL – thank goodness you had knitting to fill the time. Hospitals always seem to involve a lot of hanging around! A family so spread apart doesn’t help either. The colours you are using for all your projects are lovely.
Thanks! She is improving every day.
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Hope your MIL is improving and that your road trip wasn’t as bad as you anticipated. Great metrics last week. Hope this week’s aren’t too bad with all the travel time on your plate.
Thank you. MIL is stepping down from ICU, so that’s a plus. My metrics took a dive, but that’s OK, I can recover as the year goes by! > >