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Once I get caught up on the temp shawl & finish Kim’s socks I think I’m going to work on 2 sock projects upstairs, along with keeping up on the shawl, & then get my ass downstairs for the blanket. I’ll do 1 already in progress sock and cast on 1 new one. Lather, rinse, repeat till they’re all done.

Tomorrow is massage day so I’ll have Michelle spend some extra time on my hands. After last weekend’s trip I’m in pain from head to toe. She’s got her work cut out for her but I’m sure she’ll be up for it.

I think the knitting funk I’m in has two causes. The first is I need to get caught up on the shawl so I can do some proper stress knitting on socks during the day. 2nd is my thumbs are starting to hurt from the bigger needles of the blanket. Time to start icing and massaging them again.

My latest order from L&L finally cleared customs and arrived. Another skein of Sweet Potato because when I placed the order I’d forgotten that I had some. It’s easily my favorite colorway from her. And then a couple minis for next year’s temp project. Ordered more of those today. #ResetTheYarnClock

So my viewing today went from Gerard Butler action movies to Top Chef to Touched By an Angel. Today was hella weird. Also, I didn’t look up the air date (season 1) but on TBaA they used the N word and I damn near did an Exorcist head spin. JFC.

I did a whole lot of nothing today and except for the fact that I barely got any knitting done. But I needed it so it’s fine. I did manage to finish the gusset decreases though so it’s all good. #NightlyProgressReport #Knitting 🧶

Welp, Gods of Egypt was enough to make me switch over to Top Chef.

I’m having a Gerard Butler film fest and trying to remember to keep knitting. So far I’ve watched Angel has Fallen and Plane. More up, Gods of Egypt. Den of Thieves 1 & 2 are up next. I’m still on the gusset decreases of this sock…

Spot on.

I did 5 ridges on the shawl today. Then managed to finish the fun bits on the 2nd Lily sock. I swear I’ve never taken so long on a single sock before. But after work my brain has been completely mush this week. #NightlyProgressReport #Knitting 🧶

He’s already dozed a little but now a pre-nap bath is in progress. Maybe we’ll have some quiet for a few hours… #LeoCatstoy #Cats #TalkiestCatEver

Today’s 1st movie is White House Down (3rd or 4th time watching). At least in the movie the White House gets saved…

The bestest boi is using the new spot as intended. Of course he had to pull a cake down first but he showed restraint in not batting it to the floor. #LeoCatstoy #Cats #Yarn

Beautiful

I texted my work partner in crime that The Void is tired of hearing from me. His response… It’s just a constant scream at this point. JFCTGIF

My current experiment in managing my diabetes is 20 oz of water with 3 scoops of the coffee protein (1.5 servings) followed by another 20 oz of water with 2 scoops of this (2 servings). Then I basically eat what I want (trying to limit my carbs while still having everything I love).

When you’ve cinched your hoodie because it’s cozy and you just want to go back to bed but are waiting for the caffeine to kick in… still have my CPAP lines… still don’t care. HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Found the QR code that led me to their site when I was opening up a new bag, new flavor. I promise this is my last post about Chike but OMG, it’s SO good and helps me with my diet (diabetes type 2). My favorite flavor is their Caramel but this is really good too (a little less sweet).

I boycott companies that don’t align w/my values, but I do all my shopping online due to my disability. There are rare exceptions like our recent outing to Four Purls when we were in FL. Except Amazon. It’s is a life saver. But when I can buy directly, I do.

Happy Friday!! I discovered that my favorite coffee protein can be purchased directly and now I’m saving on the best protein shakes ever and you can too!!! Plus they offer rewards. www.ilikechike.com/SUSAN44810

Not a terribly productive day, but I’ll take it. Did two days worth on the 2025 Temp Shawl and am finally on the heel flap of the 2nd Lily sock. #NightlyProgressReport #Knitting 🧶

Moved all the stuff that was on the towel in front of the yarn cubbies into a basket so #PrinceCharmingTheCat had a place to lie down other than on my keyboard, mouse, or hands. Bratty boi pulled yarn down and then left. Sigh. #Cats

Did another 4 days worth of the temp shawl and got a few more rows in on Kim’s 2nd sock. Feel like I’m going in slow motion. #NightlyProgressReport #Knitting 🧶

Heard the vote count on the CR and immediately looked up which 3 Ds voted for this damn thing and of fucking course Fetterman was one of them. Just left a voicemail with his office. Can’t wait to vote against him in his primary when he’s up for reelection.

And haven’t done a #DeskSelfie in a minute. This is the non-knitting bare-bones survival version. Cat, coffee, water. #LeoCatstoy

Here’s the current state of the desk in general and the sock yarn stash specifically. I think I’ve added 14 skeins and used 3 since I last posted it. There might be room for 2 more skeins. Which is good cause I’m expecting 2 soon ish. #Yarn #Stash #MySockYarnStash 🧶

Woke up feeling better today. Still not at 💯 but if it took 5 days to feel this crappy it will take more than 1 to get back to good.

I wanted so badly to cast on something new after work today but I had Jake open up each of my project bags that held socks and after Kim’s socks I already have 15 projects on needles. Damn. That’s a lot, even for me. Then there’s the 2 Musselburgs, the baby sweater, baby blanket, BSJ, twirly scarf..

Back to work today and there’s no let up in the volume (no surprise there). But I managed to do 4 ridges on the temp shawl and make a little progress on Kim’s 2nd sock. #NightlyProgressReport #Knitting 🧶

Not going downstairs to work on the blanket tonight. I’m beat. So Kim’s 2nd sock will get some love instead.

Had to manually wind the Malabrigo into a ball with Jake holding it because it was too fucked to put on the swift. This is another reason why I’ll never buy their sock yarn again. Then there was a complete break in the yarn. Not a problem with the shawl but is irritating with socks. Took an hour.

I’m about to finish the skein of Teal yarn for the Temp shawl. Thankfully, I have another skein. I’m also really close to running out of blue but only have 5 more ridges to do with that color so I’m playing yarn chicken. If I lose, I’ll improvise with something else. I have a couple that are close.

Woke up in pain today for the first time ever (following a regular night’s sleep in my own bed). Then I just had a melt down with Jake over identity issues. Sigh. I had my coffee protein shake this morning but apparently it’s not helping as much as usual. Today is being a day.

As if I didn’t already love Lichen & Lace… I just found out that she randomly selects a review each month and gives the writer of that review a $50 CAD gift certificate. And for last month, that turns out to be me!! So that will help purchase some of the additional yarn I’ll need for the 2026 shawl.

Happy kitties now that we’re home again. This is #PrinceCharmingTheCat last night when I was knitting in the hobbit hole and again this morning on my desk. #Cats

Knit 6 rows, tinked 2, knit 3. Sigh. It measures 12.5”. #NightlyProgressReport #MirandaBlanket 🧶

Tonight’s sunset is so much better than last night’s cause I get to see it from the comfort of my favorite chair instead of while driving from Florida to Pennsylvania.

I’d like to finish Miranda’s blanket by the beginning of December. So I’ve got 2 full months and around 26 skeins to knit. So as long as I’m finishing a skein roughly every 3 days I should be fine. There’s a spare 3 weeks in Dec too but hopefully I won’t need that.

I’ve got a lot of catching up to do on the Temperature Shawl so that’s going to be my go to during the day when I’m at work and it’s break time or I need to do some stress knitting. I’ll probably aim to do 3-4 rows/day until I catch up. And then Kim’s sock will be in there and before bed.

I started this last year. It was supposed to be for Christmas. Then it was for her birthday in March. It’s for Christmas again. I’m starting from here. There’s 30 skeins. I think I’m on the 3rd or 4th haven’t counted. Plan is to work on this every evening. #Knitting 🧶 #MirandaBlanket

Welcome to my Hobbit Hole. It’s the extra room some previous owner created out of half of the one car garage. It’s where I go to work on large projects (ie blankets). Otherwise, it’s kinda the junk room. But it’s got my recliner, a good lamp, a space for my yarn, and a music stand for my iPad.

I have to finish Kim’s socks before I do anything else. (I have to keep repeating this to myself!) But, I’m also going to cake the Captain Black yarn I just got and maybe some of the Simply Silky yarn I got in FL when I’m at my desk this week. Need to figure out next projects…

HIA is doing repairs in the parking garage. Great. In their infinite wisdom decided to start at the end by the elevators all the way across the structure. Which meant a hike in & now a hike out. I’m sitting just outside the cordoned off area waiting for Jake to find our car and come back to me.

About to walk out the door to take the rental back and look what just arrived from @boldcoastgirl.bsky.social !! Wake is on the left and Hawksnest is on the right. Beautiful #HandDyed #Yarn from an #IndieDyer 🧶

Jake isn’t up and about yet so Jazz is on my hip until that happens. #Jazzabelle #Tortie

I don’t know what was worse, not sleeping in my own bed with my buckwheat pillow, or being away from my cats. But it doesn’t matter because both have been remedied. I got 7 good hours of sleep and woke up to Leo and Zulu competing to see who could purr the loudest and get the most pets.

93 hour trip with 35 of those spent driving finally over. <THUD>

Pit stop for food so now I’m wide awake. Guess it’s time to play stupid games while my earbuds charge. Though I did just finish Kamala Harris’ new book, 107 Days. Was interesting.

Ugh. We’re in Virginia. “Only” 4 hours till we get Carter and Phaja home and then 1.5-2 hours after that M & M will be home. And then…then another 30-45 minutes till Jake and I get home and crash. I’m never doing this again.