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I KNIT SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Good heavens-- I finished the scarf!!!!!!!!! Which brings me to a grand total of TWO finished projects for the year.  On a knitting blog.  WHEW!  Watch my speed............. Obviously, I'm doing more sewing than knitting lately.  I'm having a lot of fun making clothes, as you might have noticed.  I think I now have 6 of these jackets, but I'm pretty sure that no one wastes time thinking about my clothing except me, so I can wear whatever I want.  Besides, a crazy amount of clothing is better than a crazy amount of stashed fabric FOR clothing, right?   Next up are shirts for Andy and I out of a floral cotton shirting,  though mine is slow-going because it's a new pattern with lots of pieces and instructions that don't always make sense to me. But I'm hoping I'm making progress.  Either that or I don't yet know what I've done wrong--one of the two. The extreme heat has wilted much of our plant live, but my zinnias ...