Having FINALLY finished the socks I've been working on,
and the two floral jackets,
I've made my goal of 50 finished projects for the year! Of course, I'm still quite a way from reaching any other goal--like 100-yards of fabric for the year--and Me Made Mondays took a bit of a hit recently, but I am back on track with this
for yesterday. It's a crafting jacket I made years ago, and aside from the pockets being so far down the jacket that I can't reach all the way into them, this has been a pretty successful project. I wear it a lot, which doesn't always happen with projects.
The big news is.....I quit my job and last Tuesday was my last day. Ideally, I would have lined up another one before resigning, but my hours were so long, and with the frequency of the last-minute meetings scheduled in my personal time in the mornings, I wasn't able to do interviews. This was the first weekend I'd had off in months, and since it happened to be our TENTH wedding anniversary (YAY!), Andy and I spent the weekend playing. With different work schedules and different days off, we haven't done much together all summer, so we had a great time. I paid for it yesterday as my back was really sore, but that gave me time to frog a project that wasn't going well, and start all over:
This time I've picked a
pattern that others HAVE successfully made, so if I run into problems later, I'll at least know that they are user errors. And I got gauge with size
11 needles, so I'm hoping to be able to finish this sweater before the year is out--wouldn't THAT be amazing!
Today I have resorted to taking a pain pill so I can be mobile, and have already gotten these prepped
and am hoping to attach the backing shortly. Next year will be my turn for Christmas gifts again, so a little stockpiling will be a good thing. Or a lot of stockpiling, as I am trying to get to 100 yards of fabric for the year.........
