Greetings dear Unravelers and Happy almost mid-March!
I am absolutely not loving how quickly these days are moving along!
I do have that first sock done and I immediately started the second sock so I have something to “mindlessly” knit at night. It was a good choice to pair the yarn with Hermoine’s Everyday Sock pattern. It is easy to keep track of how many more “repeats” to do before the heel and how many on the foot before the toe… so the second sock is even more mindless!
But outside that sock knitting, not much making has been happening here… at least on the knitting front.
I am keeping up with my two stitching projects though. Carolyn asked a very good question on Monday… she wondered if I kept my time to 15 minutes… or if I went over. If I include my “thought process” for each page, I go way over the 1.25 hours of stitching time! I have sort of fallen into a rhythm of thinking about where the next page will go as I am stitching the current page, I then try and put those thoughts together (sometimes on paper), pull some fabrics and set them aside. But for the actual stitching of each page… I try very hard to block out the cutting/pinning/stitching portions to 15 minutes per day. Sometimes, I might flow over a bit… but other days the stitching might be done in 5 minutes. So I think that 15 minutes is a good average for each day!
Page 11… Farm Traffic!
My reading has settled into a very, very slow pace and I am not at all upset by this! I have been trying to find some time in the afternoon to settle in to read but I have not found success yet. So no finishes this week.
What about you? What are you thinking about this week?
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Your ‘traffic’ page reminds me of a cloth book my first baby was given, made by my aunt. Though this *personalized* version really beats all… The background for today’s page makes me think upcycled cloth napkins, albeit small’ish ones, would serve as a great base. Such a fun project, Kat.
What fun “Farm Traffic” is!! I love it. I also love how your stitching encompasses such a wide range of “topics” (for lack of a better word – still early and brain not working). I also am loving the way your socks are so Spring-like – great color/yarn choice. I’m beginning to think about what project or projets I want to bring along at the beginning of April when we go away with the kids and Mailing’s parents. Most likely a sock project – easily portable! March sure is going by quickly, isn’t it?
Farm Traffic brings back memories for me, too! I sewed a play roadway for the boys (just fabric on an old blanket) for their Matchbox cars and there was a whole tractor acre for plowing. I also love your Hermione socks and the sun in the photo!
I really like that your 15 minutes a day of stitching is an average and that you’re more focused on the practice itself than on the time. I suspect if you did track the time you spent stitching and thinking about stitching, it would probably be more than 15 minutes a day on average, and I’ll bet that thinking portion is probably the most productive! Those socks are moving right along — but with the way the weather has been, I think you may have to pack them away for the fall when they’re done!
lovely socks!! and of course the stitching as well. My knitting is slow this week as to be expected when I have a flare up. My reading should increase then!!
That’s a very pretty sock and the tractors are awesome! There’s nothing wrong with slow reading. I really savored Poisonwood Bible and I’m sad that I finished it yesterday.
I think slow reading is the best. I love the peek into your slow stitching project. It sounds like a great rhythm for stitching. My computer is once more in the shop. I’m here but not as efficiently.
Love the fabrics for your traffic page. Is it vintage? Thinking time and design takes me longer than stitching time too.
The green John Deere tractor at the bottom and the gray Ford pickup above it are exactly like what we had on the farm when I was a kid. Memories!