Unraveled Wednesday 10/8/25

 Good Morning My Friends,

It is a rainy Wednesday here in Eastern PA.  It is bringing cooler weather which I am looking forward to.  Yesterday was a good day.  We managed to do the grocery shopping.  I managed to avoid both the kitchen floor and the bathrooms!  But, I did manage to do four loads of laundry, so I feel like I accomplished something.  And we are now scheduled to get our flu shots next Monday morning.  At that point, we should be finished with vaccines for a bit.

And here we are at Wednesday morning (with yet another poor night of sleep!) and time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to chat about what we are making and reading.  Always a pleasure to check in with everyone.

As I mentioned the other day there was some unraveling this past week.  Some months ago I had started another Heart Warmer cowl.  It's a fun pattern and I had chosen some pretty yarn.  But, I messed up in the first section (lace and cables) when there was too much background noise for me to concentrate.  I tinked back to where that section began and then put it into time out for "x" number of months.  Picking it up again, I started on the lace and cables and promptly messed up again.  Rather than put it into time out once more I just unraveled the whole thing.  The yarn is back in my stash and the circular needles have been put away.

I did, however, wind some yarn that I think will make nice family socks for Colin, Mailing and Iris!

It is Denali from Pagewood Farm and the color way is Violet Fusion (only they spell it Fushion - lol) - an 80/20 blend.  I have no idea where I got this yarn, but it is really pretty.  The skein is a hefty 125 grams, so I think there is sufficient for socks for Colin, shortie socks for Mailing and tiny socks for Iris.  My plan is to make contrasting cuffs and toes on the socks - a purple for Mailing, a blue/turquoise for Iris, and a gold/wheat color for Colin.  Late yesterday afternoon I cast on the purple for Mailing's cuff and screwed that up!  That was unraveled and I will try to start them this week.

A few rows were knit on Semplice, but it honestly looks the same, so no photo of it.

Last week I only finished one book (but did start another).  I read Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild.  For me, the book was ok.  I know that some of you read it and couldn't put it down - reading it in a day or two.  I found it easy to put down and then forget about picking it up again!  The first chapter was definitely a real kicker and then the rest of the novel is told in an interesting fashion.  The whole thing just wasn't my cup of tea (or coffee).  It was good, just not great.

I'm excited to have discovered a new local spa, so will be booking a massage (hopefully for next week).  I've also become aware of a new (to me) local yoga studio that looks very nice.  The studio I was going to (which closed just before the pandemic) was great because class sizes were small.  I inquired about class size at this new studio and was told the average size is only 7!  I don't like the classes where 30 or 40 people are practicing, so this place sounds ideal.  I'm going to try out a class and see how it goes.

But first I'm back on Iris watch today and tomorrow and then on Friday Fletcher's sister and one of her daughters are driving up from Virginia.  So, I need to get the bathrooms cleaned!