I spent the entire weekend at home… the furthest I ventured was to the trash/recycling bins!

I posted a similar photo on IG yesterday… this is the wide-angle view! This is where I spent most of my time. It may not look like it, but there was a lot of progress made! It’s a classic case of “it’s gonna get worse before it gets better.” The main thing is that I can see (mostly) unobstructed paths to areas that I need to access.

Stuff — including a lot of yarn — is heading out the door to various locations. I’m not focused on sorting the yarn (yet) but it’s happening along the way. I’ve frogged or otherwise disposed of some very old projects, thereby reclaiming yarn, needles, project bags & totes.

It’s funny how I have avoided getting into spinning for 20+ years, citing the lack of time & space & whatever, but have been so easily captured by other endeavors… that also take up time & space & whatever. Hand sewing? Yeah. Letterpress printing? Oh yeah. (And I can build my own little press, too? Hell yeah!) (And collect old type? Yippee!) Bookmaking? Quilting? Collage? Photography? I know I’m forgetting at least 10 things.

All work & no play makes for a very grumpy me, even when the work is quite fulfilling! So there was plenty of knitting on Ali’s blanket panel, too. There’s about five weeks to go!

I’ll continue plugging away at my workroom, but tonight I’m heading straight out to Ali’s after work to babysit, which should be fun! Next weekend I’m heading to Minneapolis for a few days, but it’s a l-o-n-g weekend, so I’ll still have a couple of days at home to putter… and start clearing off that big table.

Hope you had a great weekend!

It wasn’t ALL cleaning & organizing — as good as it is to get to that task.

On Friday, Kate & I nabbed the kiddos (who were off of school for some reason unknown to us) and took them out to lunch. We were headed to Chili’s, talking about what we were hungry for, and all of a sudden it seemed like SPAGHETTI was on everyone’s mind… so we veered over to Olive Garden, instead.

Everyone (age 10 & under) ordered… macaroni & cheese!! Ha, a couple of them had spaghetti as their side — one of them ate only the spaghetti & the other only the mac & cheese.

It was pretty mild weather-wise all weekend, so did a little hiking.

When I left work on Thursday, I made another stop at the lighting store. I’ve had a hole in the middle of my living room ceiling for about two years now… could even be three. Rusty disconnected & buried a box up there years ago when we re-did the ceiling (exchanging acoustic tiles for sheetrock). When I had an electrician here a while back for some other things, I said, HEY, let’s see if you can find that box… He couldn’t, but Rusty later did, also locating the wire for the switch (i.e., he remembered what he did).

This trip to the lighting store was the charm… I narrowed it down to two fixtures, I just needed to get a sense of size/scale in the room. So, here’s me holding a 22″ circle near the ceiling. I think it’s going to be perfect! That whole wall behind me is going to get a complete re-do one of these days — some of that stuff has to go, but there are other things I’ll never part with (they just need to find a new home).

Obviously, I am in no rush when it comes to buying new light fixtures or redecorating.

I had my car in for maintenance yesterday — oil change, tire rotation, and all new hoses! I love that my service place is in easy walking distance, and I walked on the brand new sidewalk across the street on the way home. There’s never been sidewalk there at all… so that was different.

I spent a few hours today at Ann’s finishing up laundry & doing some knitting on my Musselburgh hat… I have a little bit to rip & re-do, but I think it’s going to be great! I’ll probably have something to show next week.

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming up in tomorrow’s Unraveled Wednesday post:

A temperature blanket update!

…continues, and not because it’s Presidents’ Day! I’m on Day 4 of one of my 5-day weekends and I’ve spent quite a bit of it in my workroom. Cleaning, organizing, tossing. There is still plenty to do. I’m not sure anyone would notice the difference from a few days ago, but I do, and it’s motivating me to continue.

Among the things unearthed is a vintage “easy care” sheet.

I bought it at a shop or sale with the idea of dresses for the girls. It just so happens that Ali will be sewing dresses for the girls soon and this fabric will be among the choices! I’m throwing it in the washer momentarily.

And getting back to work!