Example (Day 308 KEDfaY)

Washcloth (Day 307 KEDfaY)

Today was a day off and it was nice.

I knit. I spun. I did chores and laundry. I got to hang out with a friend and teach her how to make a washcloth.

I love that moment when someone gets so excited because they are making things with their own hands and they're happy about it. It's so gratifying seeing that "AHA!" moment. I love it.

I worked on a washcloth while she was working on hers and I also worked on my shawl this morning while occasionally doing chores.

And then I spun too. I finished the first half of my braid of fiber and I'm very happy with it. I'm consistent and that is what makes me super happy. It looks almost the same size for most of the single. Now to just repeat it for the second half. I'll probably start that after we get back from our mini vacation. We're going to Universal Studios. Excuse me while I go squee forever.

Yeah, I got nothing.... (Day 300 KEDfaY)

I finished my mystery washcloth that I was behind on.

I finished my test knit.

I finished swatches for my shawl.

I started a new braid of fiber on my spinning wheel.

I went to work.

This is what I've done today. And now I am going to go to sleep. Goodnight.

Barf (Day 297 KEDfaY)

Employment (Day 290 KEDfaY)

The Boyfriend's dad left this morning as the Boyfriend left for work. 

Since I was up, I decided to cash in on cheap Easter candy. And boy did I.

But since it was such an excursion that involved a lot of walking, added on to the draining weekend, I decided I deserved a nap.

Right as I was laying down for my nap, the phone rings.

I got a job.

Now it isn't ideal, it isn't glamorous or at all in my field, but it's a job and it does allow me to play with yarn regularly. I have gotten a job at a Big Box Craft Store that shall remain nameless. It's one that doesn't discriminate against people for who they are or try to dictate why they can't have birth control. I've already worked for that company and it was the worst 6 months of my life.

Nope, this is a different company. I'll be part time so plenty of time to knit and write and look for more appealing employment if it should happen to come along. I'll also have the opportunity to teach knitting and get paid for it. If you've been around a while, you'll know that I do want to teach and teaching knitting would be awesome. And getting paid would be even better. If anything else, I can start chipping away at my mountain of student loan debt. Whoo. 

In knitting, today all I've done is work on my mystery washcloth. I crocheted a couple of my squares for my blanket. I'm a few days behind on that right now after the Boyfriend got sick and then I got sick, I just fell behind. Nothing too terribly bad, just a few days of doing two squares instead of one. 

I've gotten a revamped pattern for the pattern I was test knitting so I'll continue working on that soon. And of course my Hush Hush that I'm also working on. I got a lot of progress done on it this past weekend and it's coming along nicely. Hopefully I'll get it done when I need to. I might be volunteering for a speakeasy themed party and need to dress appropriately. But I haven't heard confirmation yet so we'll see. 

Cleaning (Day 286 KEDfaY)

Spent the day cleaning for the Boyfriend's Dad's visit this weekend. Found this yarn and it was begging to be made into a granny square so I used my break times to work on it. Also tried to catch up on my mystery washcloth even though I'm still a couple of days behind. Hopefully that will be back on track by Sunday.

Change of Plans (Day 273 KEDfaY)

Headache (Day 271 KEDfaY)

Today's knitting was just the mystery knitting. Nothing too exciting yet, just set up rows.

I did crochet quite a bit today. I have the body completed for a Mr Meeseeks that I'm doing for my lovely co-writer Austin. Just need to do arms, legs and a face.

But right now I am going to go shower and go to bed. My nagging headache that started when I was at knit group has just gotten worse as has the cough. I blame the pollen coating everything and hoping it's just allergies and nothing more.

What a twist! (Day 270 KEDfaY)

Last night was the How I Met Your Mother series finale. I was excited about it. I've been watching the show for the past few years after finally watching it on Netflix. It wasn't anything groundbreaking but it was a fun show and I enjoyed watching it.

I've really enjoyed this past season. It was different. Sure they crammed a lot into a few episodes but I felt that it wrapped everything up well. It made me more excited for the series finale.

I came out of the finale last night after crying at random moments thinking, "Wait. What?" The audience has watched this show for years and then the Mother is more of a footnote than anything else. For someone who was so important to the story, she is hardly mentioned.

It was one of those times where I with the episode had ended three minutes earlier. Or just differently.

Anyway, that's enough of me complaining. Other than the last three minutes or so, it was a lovely finale for the series.

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Knitting today was the mystery washcloth for April! Whoo!

Rejection (Day 269 KEDfaY)

Today I got a rejection letter. I was excited about it. You see, from all of the jobs I've applied to and all the resumes I've sent out, I've had one interview and now one rejection letter. It would be nice to actually get a job so that I can start chipping away at my student loans. I know this is completely unrealistic. The rejection letter I got today was for an entry level data entry position. I'd like to think that I can mindlessly type in various numbers all day but apparently I'm not even qualified to do that.

But I finally got a rejection letter. It's nice to be acknowledged that you did actually turn in a resume and you did in fact spend time copying over your most relevant jobs and that someone did spend at least two seconds to look at it. It's nice to know that I'm not just being ignored.

If you know anyone who is looking for a plucky writer/knitter who can write and/or knit, please send them my way. Maybe they'll give me a rejection letter too.

Last minute (Day 267 KEDfaY)

Dandelions (Day 260 KEDfaY)

Sometimes you just need to doodle dandelions.

Knitting today - Mystery washcloth. I still have no idea what it is.

Don't be a... (Day 259 KEDfaY)

Knitting: Mystery washcloth. Mostly crocheting today on the baby blanket. Officially halfway done.

Sproing (Day 258 KEDfaY)

Spring has sprung. I'm not usually one to get caught up in various holidays or seasonal traditions but today the urge to clean struck. I scrubbed floors, I did laundry, I cleaned tubs. I opened the windows and turned on the fans and tried to blow out the funk of winter and dreary feelings.

I think it helped.

Knitting today was just the mystery washcloth. I was asked if I could get the baby blanket for a friend done and mailed by the beginning of April so now that I have a deadline for it, I actually seem to want to work on it. It isn't taking long, just need to actually work on it.

All wound up (Day 253 KEDfaY)

Knitting: Sock and mystery washcloth

Pollen (Day 251 KEDfaY)

No picture today because I was lazy and forgot. You know.

Felt a bit sick all day. It probably has something to do with the dangerously high pollen counts. Finished spinning. That's a fun story that I'll tell later when I can string two thoughts together.

Knitting was my mystery washcloth. Still clueless.

Beauty (Day 250 KEDfaY)

Isn't it gorgeous? 

Spun some more today. Still have 2/3 of it left to ply. Finished my washcloth. Worked on my small square blanket. Did dishes. Nothing too exciting but very productive nonetheless.

That's just how it goes sometimes though. Nothing exciting but lots of stuff to tick off of the to-do list.

Three's the magic number (Day 249 KEDfaY)

Look! Here's some of my spinning! Isn't awesome? Don't you love it? I totally love it but alas, it is to go to my very awesome aunt. I hope she loves it as much as I do.

I'm doing my very first true three ply yarn which is exciting. I've done n-plying before, which I enjoy and has a certain rhythm to it, but so far a true 3 play is a lot like a 2 ply. I haven't done a true three ply before though because I only have three bobbins so I had to wind one of my plys into a center pull ball. Hopefully it won't lose too much twist.  It would be nice if I had another bobbin though, or two, so I can do three or even, *gasp* four ply yarns in the future. I know. I'm adventurous like that.

I was trying to go for a DK weight yarn but I think it will be more of a worsted once it's all said and done. I still am in love with it though. I'm sure it will make something really awesome for my aunt when she knits it up.

Speaking of knitting, I have the first half of a washcloth done for HPKCHC. I also worked more on the mystery washcloth. Still have no idea what it is but it is fun. I have some things to work on and get off of the needles. What? My vest? No, I have no idea what you're talking about. (I do, but I'm lost as to what to do about it so I'm making like an ostrich and ignoring it in hopes that it will go away.

Mischief (Day 248 KEDfaY)

The Boyfriend was getting ready for work this morning as I was laying, half awake, in bed, scrolling through Twitter for any important tweets or funny jokes. The Boyfriend turned around after leaving the bedroom and peeked his head in and said, "I'll just leave your knitting where I found it."

[We've been keeping the cats separate at night during the week because, sometimes, not all of the time, they will decide, usually around 5:30 am, that they hate each other and need to fight over territory, much like West Side Story but with less dance numbers and more screaming. So we keep Buddy, the more relaxed cat, out in the rest of the apartment while Pebble stays in the bedroom with us.]

At some point in the middle of the night, Buddy took not one, but two of the scrap blankets I'm working on, and dragged them into the next room. I don't really know why he did this. It didn't seem like he was trying to hurt them or get payback for us kicking him out of the bed room. I like to think that he did it because he was trying to make a comfy bed even though the two strips that I call blankets that really aren't yet weren't too close to each other. 

Or, and this theory is break-your-heart sad and endearing, he was trying to bring them to me so that I would open the door and pay attention to him. I know. It breaks my heart too. 

But seeing as he is currently sleeping on the bed in the bedroom across the apartment and hasn't wanted to deal with me at all really, in the nonchalant way that cats are, not in the purposefully ignoring me way, I'm assuming he was just being mischievous and rotten. 

No damage was done to either blanket, both of which are crochet and not knitting. The Boyfriend cannot tell the difference though. 

Squares 68 and 69 because teeheehee

On the knitting front, I did the usual two rows for my mystery washcloth, which is tons of fun. I quite enjoy working on it and having no idea what it'll be. I also finished one sock and started fixing the other one. I need to start another washcloth for HPKCHC but that one is just going to be a plain, boring one. 

I also have been spinning. I am working on some yarn for my aunt and it's going well although one of the cats decided the fiber needed to be played with. It was rolled into a nice neat little ball and then in the five seconds I had my back turned, one of the cats had taken that neat little ball and made it a fluffy, disorganized mess. I told the Boyfriend about this fluffy mystery and he tried to pawn it off on Buddy because he's more of a kitten and libel to do things like that butI didn't know which one until I went back to my spinning and caught the culprit right in the act, as I was pulling from the fibery mess. I should've known it was Pebble. She's done this once before, just not when I was actually using the fiber. The fiber is now sitting in a bag and hopefully she'll leave it alone. I hope to have all of the singles done by Wednesday and plying done by this weekend. I hope. 

That's the plan at least.

Potential (Day 246 KEDfaY)

Knitting: Mystery wash cloth