Happy Friday, friends. It took me a minute to remember what day it was when my alarm went off this morning because it's been a long week. The Mister was traveling for work for much of it, which meant I had to do school drop-off and pickup, meal cleanup as well as prep, and all the snow shoveling. Yes, there was more snow! Molly actually had an unexpected snow day yesterday. I think we only got 2-3 inches total, but it was coming down pretty steadily throughout the day and it was cold enough that salt wasn't too effective, so I think when the Pittsburgh Public Schools and many other districts closed, her school followed suit (many students rely on the public districts' buses). She was delighted with the closure despite the fact that she'd already gotten out of bed, and I was happy to not have to drive in the mess.
But before I talk about yesterday, let's get to Wednesday. I survived the work retreat and got a lot of knitting done. Those are really the only good things I can say about the day. While it was good to see some of my coworkers in person after several months, I don't think the programming was really anything useful for me. On top of that, after I'd walked more than a mile in the freezing cold to get to the event, the room was cold, so I didn't get warm until I'd gotten home, had some soup for dinner, and taken a hot shower. But I was not the only one crafting this year! A spotted a coworker with crochet shortly after a got there, and while she didn't have it out as much as I had my knitting, it was good to know that I was not the only one. And I got a lot of knitting done, despite taking lots of breaks.
You can click the photo to enlarge if you want, but that's about six inches of hat knit in one day. In fingering weight yarn. I haven't weighed the skein of yarn, but I would think I'm at least halfway though. And I'm glad that the long day was productive for me in at least one way.
Molly's snow day yesterday meant I didn't have to drive, but I did leave the house because as soon as the orthopedist released me last week, I scheduled a blood donation. There just happened to be a drive on campus yesterday, so I bundled up and walked in.
I took advantage of the walk to finally take one of those look up/look down photo, and it did not surprise me that the sky and the ground looked almost the same. This was my third walk outside this week, too, and I'm happy to report that my foot did just fine. I'm walking more slowly to be sure that I don't slip, of course, but it feels so good to be outside again.
I've got to wrap this up by bragging a little bit about my kid, who's really taken to crochet and taught herself much more than I could ever teach her. For the past six months or so, she's been making blanket squares (and half-square triangles) using up partial skeins and leftovers from my stash. Yesterday she finished up this masterpiece:
It'd be close to impossible to know exactly how much yarn she used without weighing and measuring every little bit (and also knowing exactly yarn what each little partial ball was), but we weighed the whole blanket and made an estimate based on an average yardage for weight, so we think she used approximately 3,500 yards of yarn for this blanket. That's almost two miles! She is, justifiably, quite proud of herself, as am I, and I'm also glad she got all that yarn out of my stash!
We all have a long weekend coming up, but there's more snow and cold on the way, so I expect it will be a low-key weekend. I hope it's one for you as well!
This morning's 26 degrees was quite balmy feeling compared to the same time yesterday morning! But the show-stopper is that gorgeous blanket! Well done!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on surviving that LONG day (and cold!!). You sure made good use of your time knitting 6" on your hat. I had been wondering if any of your co-workers did any crafting at these meetings/seminars. We had more snow yesterday too - though only a dusting. Up to 3" is forecast for Sunday. Nice to hear that you are out walking (despite this chilly temps) once again...that has got to feel good. Finally, congratulations to Molly on a stunning blanket!! Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteIt is good that you can knit during the work meetings. And that up and down picture is amazing! Well done Molly - quite an accomplishment
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you are out of your boot and walking comfortably. At least you made good hat progress and big congratulations to Molly on that lovely blanket! Using up stash, having the persistence to finish a big project and being able to wrap up in colorful warmth all add up to a wonderful FO!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to hear that your foot is tolerating walking to and fro outside. Molly's blanket is amazing!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Molly on the blanket - WOW! I love the hearts. The "long week" part of the post brought back memories. In an earlier part of his career Chuck (my husband) had a yearly meeting in Cocoa Beach Florida in January, a few times including being gone for my birthday. The year we both remember (me because memorable, he because I haven't let him forget) I was pregnant with our 2nd (so home with a toddler) and it snowed the whole time. We can have winters here with ZERO snow, but that year, it snowed ALL of January. Glad you survived the work meeting. Have a good weekend!
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