Day 202 of 2025

This shirt I'm making will not get finished tonight, 

but I'll manage it first thing in the morning.

 

Day 201 of 2025

My sewing is going but, of course, 

things are going slower than I had planned. 

I hope to finish this one tomorrow.

 

Day 200 of 2025

We were invited to go to a new-to-us farmer's market this morning. 

We love a new adventure.

 

Day 199 of 2025

There is a whole lot of sewing on the docket for this weekend. 

Once again Michaels came through

 with the materials I needed for this project. 

 

Day 198 of 2025

Sometimes I feel like the buds are more beautiful than the blossoms. 

 

Day 197 of 2025

I found the book I was looking for the other night. 

It took six minutes.

When I talked to Little E today, I forgot to show it to her.

 

Day 196 of 2025

Dinner.

 

Day 195 of 2025

I've decided I need to make a new t-shirt to wear next week.

 It shouldn't be too difficult as I've made this pattern before,

 but I want a longer sleeve than I've done before 

so that piece needs to be traced. 

I'm hoping to get started tomorrow.

 

Day 194 of 2025

It  appears that Michaels has picked up all the thread

 I would have purchased at Joann for clothing and bag sewing, 

especially for topstitching when a very close color match is wanted.

Good to know, Michaels.

 

Day 193 of 2025

A birthday celebration is in progress.

 

Day 192 of 2025

The mailbox flowers are thriving this year.

 
 

Day 191 of 2025

I've finally joined the two fronts and the back together. 

It's time to knit around and around for a while.

 

Day 190 of 2025

This is where I keep most of my knitting and crochet books 

along with some of my sewing, but not quilting books. 

I am looking for one in particular 

that I was telling Little E about this morning. 

Do we want to guess how long it will take me to find it

 or if I will find it here at all?

 

Day 189 of 2025

I hit a couple speed bumps with this tee since I last showed it here. 

There has been little progress but some decisions were made

 as to how to proceed with the challenges I am facing. 

Today I began working on the plan and found that I had made a few mistakes

 in previous rows that I could not ignore. 

I slipped my stitches to a spare needle to the offending spots one at a time

 and dropped the stitches down to the place that needed fixing. 

Then using this quite helpful tool, picked them all back up to the top

 and put them back on the needle. 

I think i've done them all (4 or 5) and am ready to resume knitting.

 

Day 188 of 2025

This is something I made a long time ago. 

It has come back into my possession and attention recently. 

I'll give you more information and my thoughts on it soon.

 

Day 187 of 2025

"Limelight Hydrangea"

The first of many more to come.

 

Day 186 of 2025

Yesterday we gathered for a 4th of July celebration. 

The two spray bottles with battery operated fans, one of which is broken, 

that I had were a big hit with the children 

in these ridiculously hot temperatures. 

There is a lot of summer left.

Today we hit the jackpot. 

These should cover the children and possibly some adults 

who might crave a spritz of water and a little breeze

 in the effort to stay cool.

 

Day 185 of 2025

The wait is over for the fireworks to begin.

 

Day 184 of 2025

I finished the right front yesterday and the left front today. 

I'm almost ready to connect the front and back 

so I can go round and round.

 

Day 183 of 2025

Funny story: 

Years ago I bought the Kate Rusby songbook.

 At one point I was looking for it and couldn't find it. 

I couldn't find it for a very long time. 

While it was lost, every time something else went missing, 

we would say it was with the Kate Rusby songbook 

indicating that once we found the songbook, 

all the other lost items would be right there with it. 

They were just hanging out together having a great time. 

Today I was knitting and needed to start a new ball of yarn. 

I looked in the places that I thought it might be. 

I was not in those places. 

I did come across the songbook though, 

but, alas, the yarn was not with it. 

Shortly thereafter I did find the yarn

 in a quite close and convenient place. 

Knitting continues. 

Maybe I'll get a progress picture for you tomorrow.

 

Day 182 of 2025

These day lilies are blooming a couple weeks later than last year. 

This is the second year after transplanting them. 

It's good to see them blooming again.