Well, hello Thursday...

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...I totally went down a rabbit hole this week. Lots of work things keeping me so busy that it's the end of the day before I can even surface.

So let's play a little catch up.
  • Spinning:  I finished spinning the singles for Mission District Handspun [Ravelry]. I started spinning a new handspun using a Shirsty Cat fiber I bought at Stitches West in 2017. There was no color name listed, so I'm calling it Mint Green Tea.  I'm in the process of spinning the singles. 
  • Weaving: I finished weaving repeat #3 and wove repeat #4. Yay!
  • Knitting: No progress on existing projects. However, today I was commissioned to knit an avocado cozy for a friend. It will be a quick and fun knit to do.
  • No progress on the quilting, sewing, or stitching WIPs in rotation.
  • Housework: no progress on this either!
I did get a lot of reading done, though. I've read 85 books so far this year...reading is definitely winning!

WIPs Roll Call
Worked On:
  • Mission District Handspun (spinning) [Ravelry]
    Ready to ply.
  • Mint Green Tea (spinning) [Ravelry]
    Spinning the singles
  • Shimmering Points Wrap (weaving) [Ravelry]
    Finished weaving 3rd pattern repeat and wove repeat #4.
In the Queue
  • Renaissance Mermaid (cross stitch)
Works In Progress, Did Not Work On This Week:
  1. Estrella Marina Shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]
  2. Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) 
  3. Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting)
  4. Valley of the Heart's Delight sampler design (cross stitch)
UFOs/Hibernation:
  1. Be My Baby for My Baby (knitting) [Ravelry]
  2. Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint)
  3. Mother of Dragons shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]
  4. Peacock Majesty by Just Nan (cross stitch)
  5. Tucson Twilight (needlepoint)

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