Last week I talked about being finished with SCONED TO DEATH, but I spoke too soon. There was an email with queries from the proof reader and I had to make some more changes. But now, it really is off my plate.
As soon as I sent off the email with the answers to the queries, I went back to the Yarn Retreat book with the uncertain title other than it's going to have Looming in it. Yesterday I finished the draft and now am ready to start rewriting. I have gotten to know all the characters more as the manuscript progressed and while I went back made changes and put in notes, now I have put it all together and make sure it makes sense and things happen in order. Thanks to making the potholders, I have derails to put in. It was interesting to see the difference between making the first one and making one after I was more experienced. I am so happy that I gained a new craft. It also has added to my feelings about the trip to Cambria at the beginning of December. And when I use the potholders I made, I will be reminded of the trip and the book.
I keep reading about terrible weather predicted for a lot of the country this weekend. I shiver remembering what it felt like to live in a place where January was cold and bleak. The weather here changed from sunny days with temperatures in the 70s to some light rain and cooler temps, but nothing like the arctic blast that storm is supposed to bring. It already is feeling like spring. A tree in the back of the yard is covered in white blooms. The daffodils have gone from green stalks to blooms about to open. The rain has turned everything a velvety green. I am so grateful to be able to go outside without having to bundle up and feel the sting of the cold on my face.
Weather definitely affects my mood.
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Good morning -- The weather here is similar to yours -- very nice. I grew up in Nebraska -- no thank you for those bitterly cold winters. Back then, girls couldn't wear pants during the school day so we'd wear snow pants under our dress during the half-mile walk to school, take them off to hang in our locker during the day, then have to get all bundled up again to go home.
"Sconed to Death" has gotten a lot of redoing -- I'm looking forward to reading it. Right now, I'm reading "Gap Creek," a story set years ago in Appalachia, about a poor farm family and their struggles -- incredible to think of living that way.
As always, I crochet a lot every day -- I've exceeded my goal of a blanket a week the last couple of months. I have a dozen ready to take to the Ronald McDonald House. The ripple and the basketweave continue to be favorites to make, with a couple grannies of various configurations thrown in the mix. A teacher friend of my daughter's asked if I had odds and ends of yarn so I bundled up some to send her -- her class is making yarn dolls to go along with a book they are reading.
Another teacher friend of Dana's is recovering from shingles -- she said it was the most horrible, painful thing she has ever had. I'd been debating about getting the vaccine and that convinced me to do it. I had no aftereffects other than a slight bruising -- I've had my covid, flu and RSV vaccines so I'm as protected as I can be.
The lawn guys are starting their noise -- lots of leaves to blow off the patio and sidewalks today.
Have a good day -- writing, looming, just sitting on the patio enjoying the weather.
Edits can definitely be challenging but sometimes enjoyable too, Betty. I need to get busier with my writing so I can perform more edits as well.
I keep watching the weather in bad areas too, partly because of family living in Indiana. I remember some really nasty snowstorms when I grew up in Pittsburgh, but what's going on now sounds worse. The fog and few raindrops around here now are definitely no big deal.
It's a very cold day here in Northern Alberta, Canada. Our current temperature is -38 Celsius which would be -36.4 Fahrenheit. I work at a vehicle rental place and we have had many calls about vehicles not starting or people have locked their keys inside the vehicle while it was running. Fun times! I don't have to work on weekends thankfully so my plan is to hibernate inside with lots of tea, a good book and some crocheting. My daughter is 26 and I had crocheted her a blanket while I was pregnant with her. She still sleeps with that blanket (usually under her pillow) so needless to say, after many years and washings, its pretty much just threads now. Through moving, etc. over the years, I no longer had the pattern book to make her a new one. I searched and searched for many years, even reached out to Leisure Arts themselves and still couldn't find a copy of the pattern. Well low and behold, a couple of months ago I found that pattern book on eBay! So after finding yarn that is as close as possible to what I used on the original blanket, I am finally going to make her a new one. The original blanket was actually the first project that I made when I learned to crochet. At the time I worked at an airport and there were 3 hours between flights with nothing to do. This was long before everyone spent their days on their phones also. A few other women at work always crocheted during those hours so I bought a how to book and taught myself how to crochet. I probably could have asked one of the ladies to teach me but I have always been one to teach myself things if I can. Sorry for the long story! I hope you have a great weekend!
Patty, I remember walking to high school in Chicago winters. I had to walk about a mile and maybe had knee high socks, but that was it to keep my legs warm. I had swimming at the end of the day and my hair was wet on the way home and froze.
It's amazing how you keep turning out those blankets. It should give you a feeling of accomplishment. The yarn doll projects sound fun for the kids. How nice to have a project to go with a book they read.
I'm glad your shingles vaccine went well.
Have a great weekend.
Linda, I hope the weather isn't too bad for your family in Indiana. From what I've read, it seems like the worst of it is going to be in the South and then the East Coast. Our few drops of rain and clouds hardly seems worth mentioning compared to what's going on or compares to winters in Pittsburgh.
Sharon, Wow, that sounds very cold. Hibernating sounds good. I loved the story about the blanket you made for your daughter. So nice that she still sleeps with it close by. It shows how much it means to her. It is great that you found the pattern. It is one of the benefits on the Internet that you can find a needle in a haystack like the book with the pattern.
I enjoyed your post and how you learned to crochet. I am always interested in hearing about other people's lives.
I hope you have a cozy weekend.
Days march along, but it is hard when you are housebound. I only leave the house once or twice a month. I have found a very lovely lady who charges only $120 for a trip of a few miles to a doctor. Most people have no idea that the normal charge from most companies is $250 for a fifteen minute trip to the doctor in a wheelchair van. I don't get out much. I eagerly await new books !!
Linda Osborn, I'm sorry you are housebound. It's lucky you found someone nice to drive you to your doctor's appointment. I had no idea that the normal charge was so much. I'm writing as fast as I can. The book I'm working on now should come out late in the spring.
I remember reading Gap Creek and loving it. I could not put that book down. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and have never experienced the weather that is happening in the south and in the east right now. I guess I am lucky that way.
Chkntza, When you experience winter weather year after year you get used to it, but not when it's like this. I hope things turn out better than what was predicted.
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