One of the cowls I cast on, Geometric Sunflower by @samantha-west.bsky.social #lightitupMAL

After finishing a pair of mittens and a baby sweater, and working on a pair of socks that the second sock is 1/3 done, I cast on two cowls and a hat. So, back to normal.

Two more shifts then I have ten days off work to stay home and watch softball. \o/

Baby sweater complete! Pattern is Heath by Triona Murphy. #knitting #LightItUpMAL

Outdoor shot to show the colors. #knitting

I am down to three knitting WIPs. Baby sweater, shawl, pullover, socks. Er. Four WIPs. *counts on fingers* Four. And for some weird reason I feel like finishing one of them before casting on something new. It's like I don't know myself anymore!

Finished a shawl! Border is more yellow than green. Bog-standard garter stitch triangle shawl. #knitting

This afternoon I told myself that if I want to knit down my stash to a reasonable level, I should stop buying yarn. Then I got an email about a yarn store closing and the prices were ridiculous so naturally I had to buy some yarn. Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will not buy yarn.

Listen, you might need this today. #kittens #cats

Baby sweaters, so quick. So tiny. #LightItUpMAL #knitting

Today so far I have a) done a load of laundry (finished, put away), b) did the dishes (by hand, no dishwasher), and c) did my mail-in ballot for primaries and local measures. There shall be no more adulting for the remainder of the month.

#LightItUpMAL #knitting Cast on for a baby sweater, because baby sweaters are so stinkin' cute. Making one always brings me joy. Heath Pullover pattern by Triona Murphy. Cascade 220 in Stone Heather.

So I have cast on for an actualfax baby sweater which appears to be, after two inches of bottom-up knitting, to be about the right size for a baby. I did also cast on mittens, and right now I'm settling in to work on a pair of socks WIP. Focus? Whomst?

I feel like I should mention that every single time I set out to make a baby-sized sweater, I check my gauge and follow the instructions for size 9 months and I end up with a sweater big enough for a two year old. I live in hope someday I will make a sweater that fits a 9 month old.

Finished one knitting WIP and now instead of working on another WIP which is small and would be quick, I am thinking of casting on for a baby sweater. Which means not doing any of the patterns I already own. No, that would be too easy. There are a lot of baby sweater patterns out there in the world.

Finished a pair of mitts! Pattern is Orthogonal mitts by Theressa Silver. #knitting

#ShowMeYourKnits in purple. Rose Trellis cowl by @samantha-west.bsky.social and an EZ baby surprise jacket.

gender is a performance and I am in the audience eating the candy I snuck in

My sweet partner just asked me to walk to Autzen to pick a thing up and told me it would be a half hour walk there, and half hour back. It was not. It was an hour there and an hour back. At least we walked right past the yarn store and I supplemented myself.

When you sneeze and pee your pants. Why is this the design. How does anyone think humans were designed by an omnipotent and omniscient being when I need to change my clothes because I sneezed.

i had the best time making these silly little pelicans this weekend 🤩 i present: ✨The Pelifont✨

Hat complete! Pattern is Cubetti by @woollywormhead.bsky.social #knitting

Started a hat! Cubetti by @woollywormhead.bsky.social in Malabrigo. #knitting

And now, kittens. Link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTk42CrAg/

Also! Salad people - what is your favorite salad dressing that goes with (almost) any salad? No-dairy, please. I'm looking for some inspiration for this year's salad season.

I got a salad with "dill pickle flavored cucumber chips." Do. Do we know. What pickles are. (On the other hand, crispy pickle chips are yummy.)

What if someone made a really nice custard pie or tart then invited me over.

SPent hours and hours outside today IN THE SUN what the fuck is this nonsense. I live in the PNW, we do not do "sun." Where is my cloudy rain.

I spent half an hour browsing knitting patterns and yet my projects have had no progress made on them.

I am easily led astray by others and have such have...purchased yarn. Alas.

I have more cowls. #ShowMeYourKnits

#showmeyourknits is cowls, one of my favorite things to make.

I could work on a WIP, paw through my plentiful stash to plan a new project, OR I could shop for new yarn. Gosh I wonder which one I end up doing. It is a mystery.

Today I walked about 3 miles (half at a time) and I feel really good and I am so annoyed by that fact. Because clearly this means I should walk that much every week for the rest of forever. (And shorter walks the rest of the week.) Who designed this system.

Fun fact: if you google the word "lightening" to double check you are using the correct word, you will be given, as the first and most common meaning of the word, "a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis." Which. Okay.

Why is someone trying to tell me that "O Brother where art thou" is 25 years old. Why would they say that? So hurtful. (It was, like, ten years ago.)

The original Stargate movie came out 32 years ago. You're welcome.

This week I am off work (on purpose, staycation). Today I had two naps. It is now my normal bedtime and I am wide awake. Guess I'm gonna have to cast on a new project.

I made a cowl! Pattern is Little Boxes Compagne, by Tom Paterson. #FlatOutWoolly #knitting

Last night I made double chocolate cookies from scratch and forgot the vanilla. I had added a bit of molasses, so while the dough was a bit thick it wasn't too dry. Though had it been drier I might have realised I forgot the vanilla. We are eating them regardless, because still yummy.

Sometimes I buy a knitting pattern and think "Maybe this will fix me" and it does not. Which tells me that I have not yet purchased enough knitting patterns. The reservoir is not full. So clearly I have to buy the chicken sweater pattern.

Some cables! #showmeyourknits #knitting

Humanity's best invention is a form of dough with some kind of food inside.

Got a pattern off Rav that said it was in Norwegian and English. Nope! Just Norwegian. Google translate and I are going to be knitting a sweater. (Plus also, the 30 or so sweaters I've knit before.) Mostly I just need the cast on and inc numbers, and the motif chart. And some wine, probably.

My copy of Year of the Mer arrived today and a) it is GORGEOUS and b) I have to go to work soon instead of staying home to read, wtf. I *had* today off, but I picked up a shift. I did it to myself. Dear Self, stop doing that.

Yay migraine auras, how I have missed you. (Not.) I get siulent/painless migraines, so I often miss noticing when they start. My migraines make it hard to do things like count, which can be a challenge for a cashier (me) making change. \o/

Why do I knit mittens why. You make a mitten! It's done! But NO it isn't done you have to make a SECOND ONE. And it has to MATCH. What is this bullshit.

Went for a stupid walk for my stupid health and accidentally bought 3 skeins of yarn and a scoop of almond-milk ice cream. I suspect this is going to be a regular (but hopefully not too often) occurance, because my partner walked with and it was a nice little date. (The ice cream, not the yarn.)

Brought home 5-cheese garlic toast tonight, for dinner. Best decision ever.