Monday, February 19, 2024

It’s a holiday today but since I’ve retired long weekends don’t mean the same as they once did. That being said, I’m having a rather slow day and not really getting a lot done.

We got home just after lunch yesterday and for the rest of the day I pretended I was still relaxing on Texada. I unpacked but I didn’t necessarily put everything away. I read in the afternoon – my books from the library were all finished so I had time to pick up one of my own books that I had already started. I’m picking up two more from the library tomorrow afternoon.

It was an early hockey game today so with the bit of time I had this morning I sorted out fabrics for some of the “almost done” projects I have. I cut the first border for my Stash Buster quilt and found (after a lot of looking) the fabric for the second border.

I sorted out the remaining crochet cotton I had left from my tablecloth. I’ll see if I can sell it locally; if not I’ll probably put it back in the bin for something else. I hadn’t picked out another “while we watch TV project” since I finished my tablecloth. I thought I was going to knit the wool I purchased in Ireland into a wall hanging but since I was altering the pattern on that one I decided on something relatively mindless. I’ve started another afghan; once I pulled the yarn for it I was able to empty another bin. I can’t believe how much yarn I still have left though – at least two more afghans for sure.

After the game I numbered all of my 1880 Sampler blocks so I’ll know which of my blocks match the blocks in the layout I’m following. I also cut all the sashing and binding for that project.

I’ll get my bin ready for sewing tomorrow and then do some more reading.