As the New Year
begins and the Christmas decorations are packed away, my compulsion to make
change rears its ugly head. Notebook in
hand I walked around the house and make a list of all the projects I want to
tackle. For some reason the tasks that I
give to Michael are always the easiest to compile, and bless him, he stoically
accepts the list and jumps aboard! So
far I’ve sewn all new cushion covers for the family room adding a nice pop of
peacock blue and moved around most of the paintings, spring cleaning as I
go. Michael has done some electrical
work behind the gas range to allow it to snug up closer to the wall and what a
difference that made!
This year it is a
tiny bit harder to fit things into my day because for Christmas I got a Fitbit Charge and it has completely
changed the way my days go. This fitness tracker is with me day and night and I
had no idea I was as competitive as I am….and darned if I’m not going to get
those 10,000 steps in every day! Walking
almost 4 miles every day is definitely eating into my weaving time, but darned
if I don’t feel better for it!
On my last post I
mentioned that I had selvedge problems with this lovely silk scarf and so I
decided to add a twisted cord to even out the edges. I made two 4 thread cords 200 inches long and
twisted for what seemed like hours.
I pinned it to the
selvedge to see how it looks and it really does improve the appearance and hide
those weird bumps.
When I got to the
edge of the scarf I found I had scads left over, really, really scads left over.
Not wanting to
waste all that work I thought….why not double back and see what that looks
like. I like it! Now find the time to actually do the job and
sew it…that’s the goal for today!
Michael and I
have decided to spend our 40th anniversary in France this year so my
other excuse for not getting anywhere on the loom is that I’m booking holiday
homes in the south of France and Basque Country in Spain and spending time
brushing up on my French. I’m using a
free app called Duolingo and it is
an absolute blast. So today I need to
sew my scarf, make bread, go for two walks, learn to conjugate a few verbs in
French, clean the fridge, post a blog….ahhh nothing like keeping busy.
3 comments:
What an inspiration you are, in oh so many ways!
Deanna, that is such a lovely thing to say....really made my day!
I 'bought' myself a Fitbit and Aria (scale) with points from my credit card. I am a data geek and find the input very helpful. It's only been here a few days so far, but I am enjoying it. For me the hardest part will be improving that fat percent.
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