New! Things!

Progress!!! Fiber-wise,

• I finished the Permutations poncho and it looks great; it's already been out to dinner twice. (Photo coming)
• The two Beiderwand pillows are on the couch.

  

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• Two of the 3 Ikats that I've intended to hang are hanging; the third will go up on Sunday after DH visits the hardware store. I had to fringe one of them and figure out hanging tech for all of them.  Basically, I sewed 3/4" velcro to a cotton sleeve, and basted the cotton sleeve to the back of the ikat. The other half of the velcro was stapled to a baseboard sized piece of wood and nailed to the wall; then the ikat was applied to the to the hanging board. 
• Sommerloch is blocked and ready to wear (photo pending). 
• I figured out where I am on the Sunsets and Sand sweater (from last year) and knitting away on that. 
• I started a shirt in linen from the camp shirt pattern, minus darts. It's slow going as it's making me nervous. 
• My looms are naked, and it's been awhile. That's not good.

I also finished making the limoncello, and am working at spring cleaning my clothing closet. The piano lessons continue and progress is slow, but I'm still enjoying the process.

April '23:What I have been doing and what is on the short list

What I have been doing and what is on the short list:

Volunteer in the garden:
Spunky Monkey

• Permutations: A Dan Doh poncho pattern, travelled to Australia with me. I got quite a bit done on the flights and I'm currently working on the last 40 or so rows, and I want to wear this at our knitting retreat in June.
• Sommerloch sweater: It is done except the bottom edge curls up a bit and the shoulders need to be tightened up a bit. I'm lazily pouting about it, but really... it would take a couple of hours at most to make it wearable, and it does fit. 
• Sunsets and Sand sweater: I stopped working on it before I left on vacation last May. I think I'm half way. I need to figure out where I am and get working on it!
• The Beiderwand pillow tops: They are off the loom but need wet finishing and pillow-top-making.
• Shirt made out of paper fabric: I finally sewed up a muslin without darts from the Natalie pattern and it looks fine, so I can proceed with figuring out the rest of the project. I did by some cotton/linen to make the shirt first so I have more practice. For other fabrics, I think I'd like to put the dart back in and make it work, or move the dart to the shoulder and release it in a cute little pleat. And I found a cute collar trick in Threads magazine I need to try.
• I also need to get hanging hardware on the ikats so that they may be hung...
• There is currently nothing on the looms, either. The study group is working on combo weaves which I'm not excited about at the moment, so I'm tempted to use a kit I got from KS's stash for advancing twill scarves. 

I'm also playing a lot of piano, and I need to get the vegetable garden going in the next two weeks. I've got some guild stuff to do and it seems like an awful lot of doctors stuff going on for someone who is healthy.

Q1'23 finished things (3)

I'm late in posting my Q1 progress... I finished:

• First yarn spun on the Nano
• The cardwoven hiking belt
• Handspun paper fabric
• The Tasmanian Overland Track

I'm particularly fond on the 4th accomplishment on the list...

You'd think now I'm back I'd be getting a lot done. Well, between medical appointments from my unhappy knee, general malaise that results from returning from travel, and a true unwillingness to make any decisions about what's next, I'm a little stuck.