It's only by doing it TODAY

I read the Happiness Project a few years ago, which gives you a lot to think about, but then time moves on. Today I started listening to her podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin.  I chose to start from the beginning and listened to episode 1 and 2 today. In Episode 1 she says something along the lines of "It's only by doing it today". Which rang very true for me. I easily get into the habit of pushing things off to be done another day or that it's just "one day".

I'm going to try to take this statement as a bit of a motto and see how that works.

It's also why I am blogging today.  I must admit that I miss it, but honestly it's a time commitment that I don't have as easily as I once use to.  Why am I trying agian? Becuse other forms lack the closeness.  I am on Instagram quite a bit as it is quick and easy to share, however a large number of people simply scroll and skim the pictures, they don't actually read the text. It lacks sometimes.

I also miss sharing more details about my crafting. Hard to do on Istagram and I've never been a diehard Ravelry person, hours can disappear there.

So, we shall see where this goes, but for today, I try go forward with the thought...It's only by doing it TODAY.

Spinning Hitch

Mini-Skein Swap Package

This is the package I received in the swap that Stephanie from Knitting Samurai and Her Guys held. My partner Lanois sent me this wonderful package:














Malabrigo Yarn - Mechita





















It is all lovely and I feel very spoiled!

Sunday Inspirations

Almond Pound Cake with Orange Glaze - - this sounds delicious


Steam "hard boiled" Eggs - - this sounds interesting to try and to see if it effects the eggs in any way.

Happy Snowy Easter!

Berry Crush Socks

I recently saw a picture on Instagram of Annettle's Graquellow Socks and loved the texture. I was so inspired I grabbed some yarn I had recently dyed and casted on.

My version is garter stitch between slipped stitches and love how it is turning out. This color is one I recently dyed as a variegated and I love it, but it is difficult to photograph.


It's between the picture above and the picture below.


Love the texture.



The last socks I knit myself were in 2013, before that 2011, so I think I am due a pair of hand knit socks! :)



Are we noticing a recent pink and purple theme? Yeah, I don't know where it is coming from either, but I am very oddly enjoying it, so we will just go with the flow.

Spinning Experiment

So with my Valentine yarn I am plying-on-the-fly, which utilizes chain plying to create a 3-ply yarn. I like to spin thin and was a little disappointed with how thin my 3-ply was, a heavy lace/light fingering. I was given the idea that when plying on the fly I could do it twice and create a 9-ply by chain plying the yarn I had just chain plied.

Here are the two skeins next to each other. I did a smallish sample of the 9-ply, but large enough I could get a good feeling of how it would turn out.


I decided not to do it all 9-ply as that is just a little too thick for me. It's a bit thicker than worsted, by eyeballing it, which will probably grow after it's been washed.


Here is a better comparison.  The 9-ply is wonderfully squishy though!


Started spinning the rest of it, going to stick with the 3-ply to finish it up.



When I start my next fiber I want to experiment with plying-on-the-fly to see what I can get. I think it might be possible to get a 5-ply by double looping, but I'll need to experiment. If I can get a 5-ply/6-ply that would be ideal.