February already?

 January seemed a long month but looking back I don’t seem to have accomplished much.   

Oh well, new month new start.

I built a house in Kensington Square!   The chart was difficult to decode with my poor eyesight so this may not be exactly to pattern but I’m very happy.   The few gaps are for French knots which I shall put on last.   I have stitched but not constructed the lid so only three sides of the box to go now but I’ve put it aside for the moment.

Three times I turned the heel on my Stephen West January Sock and three times I pulled it back.   I realise now that I am not going to be able to keep up with a pair of socks a month in his crazy adventurous avant- garde patterns so have decided I shall print them all off and keep them and will progress at my own pace.   I don’t need 12 pairs of new socks anyway!  So a current photo is…..

Quaker Pocket and  Wedgewood Reticella are both in Time Out while I am enjoying the utterly delightful Ukrainian Mat.   A friend designed this so instructions are sparse and there has been quite some reversing but I’m well on the way in the first quarter now.   Yesterday I sat under (near) the sun umbrella absorbed in this stitching and absorbing vast amounts of Vitamin D and feel enthused once more for what promises to be a busy week.

First up is the usual housework, laundry and general chores then I need to get on to my sewing machine as I need new summer pajamas.   I don’t have  a lot of fabric stashed but there’s just enough cotton lawn for a pair of those  - yay!   During February I’m trying to have a “nothing that’s not necessary” month which is partly to try and complete half done projects and tidy up my To Do list.   Early days yet but resolve is strong.