A little bit of this, that, and everything else

It’s been rather busy in the household this week! A little knitting, a little cooking, a little illness, a little spinning, and last but not least, a lot of celebration has all been packed in this week. Friday I had to leave work a little early for a fever of 102.0°F. DS1 went to bed Friday night with a little Tylenol in him to bring the fever down and by morning it was as if the fever never happened.  Strange.  The weekend was rather busy with cleaning, running errands, and fitness type activities.

Laced up for a walk/pathetic run.

This week I finally learned a 3 needle bind off! My shoulders are bound on the Dr. Watson sweater by Trudi Brown. The next step in my mind will be the collar. Of course I need some more yarn caked up and I haven’t taken the time to do so yet. I’ve been a little distracted by a pair of toddler socks and a sweater I finished over the summer. The socks are moving slowly but they are moving. DS1 had a heel on the first sock. There’s the 5” of 2x2 ribbing and a short row heel. Think I’ll finish by Christmas?

3 needle bind off!

Fall is settling into Alabama finally! As a result, I have a few sweaters going into constant use. Last May I participated in a KAL with the Must Stash Podcast. The sweater I knit turned out well but I disliked how I seamed the one sleeve. It puckered like none other and only on the front. From May until today the sweater sat in time out. My birthday is always a great motivator to finish something. This sweaterwill soon have a non-puckered sleeve! 

Tiny heel for a big boy. 

My spinning is still white roving/top that just never ends. I think at the rate I’m going, in 2020 I will have spun enough 2 ply yarn for a vest or sweater.  The 2 plys are roughly DK weight so without looking up any patterns, I will need 1200 yards for a light weight sweater. Fewer yards for a vest, I assume. Wonder when the last time I wore a vest was; Jr. High maybe?

Horrible puckering

DH and I have made the commitment to a healthier us and now we are cooking better foods. One of the hardest things we’ve discovered with his unsteady schedule (opens, mids, and closes) is making well rounded meals for everyone. Too often I’m left alone with the kids feeding them hotdogs, chicken nuggets and peanut butter sandwiches. We are starting to concentrate on larger portioned meals that DS1 can assist with cooking dinner (reheat leftovers). Tonight the soup we made was from the iMake blog and a variation on the spicyred lentil soup. We worked together with the boys to have them measure the spices, mix them separately and then we put everything into the pot. They ate the soup- until their mouths burned.  The Rotel may have been a little much. Oops.