Down Yet Another Rabbithole

 I've been slightly laid up again this last bit; pain spikes and some lightheadedness, just enough to keep me fairly much in one spot. So I decided to check out the videos referenced in some of the patterns I acquired during FOYAL 2020 (prizes from the games for the most part) on Saturday since I wasn't doing much.

That passed the day and evening right well! Because of course after watching the pertinent videos I had to check out the other videos of the same designer, which led me to actually watching the videos I'd subscribed to from other designers, and... There went Saturday!

Two of the designers I was watching also mentioned their Patreons. Patreon, if you're not familiar with it, is a site where you can pledge a certain amount each month to a creative person to allow them to more freely work as a creative and still have a steady income stream instead of only eating when they've made a decent sale. Knitty magazine has a Patreon to keep the magazine's patterns available for free while still paying the designers (and staff!!) for their work. I know of a few authors, designers, and musicians who use the set up and it's something I've thought of doing off and on. I just don't know what exclusive content I could offer; my social media is already full of behind the scenes Jakey and Silver pics ;)

Speaking of, they've quite liked having Auntie in a less mobile state lately:

That's from last evening. Helpful aren't they? 

A new work week begins today, so I should bid adieu to the rabbithole(s) and get on with some work!

Yours in yarn and car fur,

Síle

Someone Else's Numbers

Today is a misty rainy type day. And along with yesterday, it's a pain and inflammation flare up day. To say I'm taking things easy is probably an understatement. 

So today is a day of knitting someone else's numbers, not trying to crunch my own.

I'm knitting a pair of Fire & Ice Fingerless Mitts by Roz Harmon. I find the cables soothing. I'm almost done the thumb gusset so this one (the left mitt) will be done soon and then onto the right one! I'm trying to get these finished before Sunday ends; they're my entry/score for a game a group I'm in is holding. It's fun to find patterns and/or yarn you've had for a bit and not tried yet. I'm finding these games give me a chance to get to those patterns that otherwise would've probably sat in my library for ages before I found them again!

 

And to be honest, it's nice to just be able to just knit without needing to decide whether 9 sts of moss st overwhelms or accents a particular cable, or whether the new lace edging repeat is going to work out to cast off all the shawl's body sts, or ... You get the idea.

Dr Jakey is on the case, so there's no worries about me going anywhere; he's literally on the case, ie Me! There is nothing so determined to thwart movement as a comfortable cat. 

What's on your needles today? Something soothing? Perhaps a pattern you've knit before? Or maybe a new pattern that you just had to start? 

Til next time,

Síle