A different week............

Well my friends it has been quite a week.  I am confessing I am watching the news a lot.  From our own President promoting violence, and using tear gas, rubber bullets and military helicopters to clear a path for a photo op, to more violence and police intervention that is excessive and harmful, to police kneeling in solidarity with their fellow citizens for a cause they also believe in.  Riots and looting have turned into more peaceful protests with even police officers joining in to talk to people and walk along side them in solidarity.  It has been some week in the United States but also across the globe.

Much of my week has been the same, work, and more work, cleaning and giving Little Buddy what I hope to be his last Mom haircut.  By the time this grows out I hope I feel safe with him returning to the, "hair cut store," or so he likes to call it.  It isn't too bad, and I finally cut the back so it does not look like a bob anymore.  It will do for now.

I finally bought some flowers to go on this beautiful doily that my dear friend Betsy  made just because I sent her some interfacing she needed.  I'll tell you my friends anytime Betsy needs something I am going to jump on it because look what I got in return.  It is so beautiful and delicate, thank you Betsy.

There was even a finish this week.  I finished my Canyonlands Boho Top made with Universal Yarns Cotton Supreme yarn I had in my stash.  The color is Lime and I used about 660 yards of this yarn and a size H hook to make this sweater.  The color has a little more depth to it than these photos show.  I made it much, much longer than the pattern suggested.  They wanted more of a crop top, but let me tell you this 55 year old body is in no shape for a crop top if you know what I mean.  I think I like it but I am not entirely sure.  Does the yarn make it look too crafty?  Or does that even make sense?  I find many times when I make something I don't get a real feel for the finish.  Is it too green?  Too silly?  Or just fine?   My vote is still out, but regardless I am done with it and onto something new.

This giant bra like looking thingy is hopefully going to be the Palmer's Vest but right now it is just looking like a giant bra, one that would certainly never fit me.  I ordered this Remix Light yarn specifically for this project.  I actually ordered six of them, three in purple and three in gray, it has been my only Coronavirus/quarantine yarn purchase.   As each of these balls of yarn is over 400 yards that was a lot of yardage added to my stash, which if you remember I am really trying to decrease.

This little boy continues to make me laugh.  This was him after his first night in his new bed.  He told me he only liked it, 54%, but after some questioning he raised that up to 95%, but then it went back down to 84%.  He is always about numbers, there are numbers for EVERYTHING!  I was a bit irritated because that was a lot of work putting together a bed for only 54% approval, but a solid 84% I can take.

And just to make you laugh, Little Buddy's teacher dropped off an end of the year packet that had some Fun Dip in it, because it was, "Fun to have you in my class this year."  I can only imagine what that green dye is doing to my sweet boy.  But every once in a while Fun Dip is okay, right?

Hope you all have a good week.  Stay safe my friends.  Stay away from all those crazy people not wearing masks like they are in Florida, pretending that 110,000 have not died from this pandemic and just going about life like nothing has happened.  We are still being super cautious because even though the conversation has shifted and no one is talking about Coronavirus it is still very much a big issue.  Be careful and stay safe.