WIP-it Wednesday...

 ...yeah, I missed last week. 

With the winding down of Tour de Fleece, I completely forgot about the WIPs. I love spinning for TdF, but by the end I'm so tired that all I want to do is read!

And then there's home maintenance stuff that derailed me. We had a plumber come out and debug our water pressure problems - pressure reduced by more than 50% after the water ran for a minute, making showers take longer than normal and watering the garden almost an impossibility. Fortunately, the plumber fixed the problem, but verified that we needed a new water heater. We knew it was at the end of its life, so better to replace it now before things went south.

We're replacing it with a tankless water heater, which directly impacts my studio. The need to run a new gas and electrical line. My studio used to be the garage and all the pipes run through the ceiling. 😐 So, I've spent the last few days emptying the cabinets and storage areas below the portions of the ceiling where the pipes run - all my fabric, handspun storage bins, extra towels over the washer and dryer, and all of the items in my office area. Most of the big stuff shoved against an opposite wall and the rest in now stacked in various places inside the house (ack!)

It's a mess! My office is now in my bedroom. And the only thing I can work on is knitting (which I'm not in the mood to do) or cross stitch. If I can find a comfortable setup, I might be able to spin, but that is not very appealing given that I just finished TdF. Sigh.

WIPs Roll Call
Worked On:

1. Mom's cookbook (cooking)
   Added another recipe.
2. Seaology (cross stitch)
   Finished the Lighthouse block and the Crab block. Started the Submarine block.

No Work This Week:

1. California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [Ravelry]  
2. Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting)
3. Website (other) 

Queued for Starting:

1. Sun and Moon quilt--no official name yet (quilting)

Ready for Finishing:

1. Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing)
2. August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch)
3. Happy Pumpkin needleroll (cross stitch)
4. Herding Cats quilt (quilting)
5. La Cat-trina quilt (quilting)
   
6. Peaceful Night (cross stitch)
7. Road to Chaos (quilting)  
8. Sea Dandelion (cross stitch)

IDJ (It's Dead, Jim):

1. Chaca II (needlepoint)

UFOs/Hibernation:

1. Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint)
2. Illusion Cube Blanket (knitting) [Ravelry] 
3. Ocean Ripples Wrap (knitting) [Ravelry] 
4. Sky Lanterns Shawl (knitting) [Ravelry] 
5. Valley of the Heart's Delight sampler design (cross stitch)