Holly
wondering why this rain couldn't have come during the hottest, driest
summer we've had yet!
*We* got it all. I only filled my water tank twice, and the
second filling still wouldn't have had any buckets hauled
out of it if I hadn't transplanted some Kenilworth ivy.
Ob fiber: I'm about to wear my wool jersey for the first
time this year. Considered mending my linen bike knickers
before washing them and putting them away for the winter;
after examining them, I put them in the laundry room and put
"make new knickers" on my to-do list. (I've already bought
the canvas.) (But I may buy twill and make a handbag and
wallet out of the canvas.)
The un-authentic things I hastily made for the Back to the
Days festival have been washed and put away until next fall,
except for the "bedgown"; it hasn't been washed yet because
I haven't done a black wash. (It still has chalk marks on
it from construction.)
My white floral dress is now *behind* the back burner;
perhaps I'll take it up again in March -- or when I get
tired of having pieces of linen draped over the printer. (I
should have used the pink cotton-linen for underlining
instead of the crinkle gauze.)
I'm going to have to do something about attracting people to
the church sewing circle; darning socks all alone nearly
every Tuesday night is getting a little old. But now I'm
wearing hand-knit socks most of the time.
I think my next project should be to sort out the pile of
mending -- including two pairs of never-worn slacks I
haven't gotten around to sewing hooks and eyes on. (I make
two pairs of slacks at a time, in order to interlock the
pieces and still cut with the nap. Sometimes it takes a
while to get desperate for the second pair.)
Later: rolled out wearing long pants, a silk T-neck,
short-sleeved wool jersey, and a long-sleeved zip-front
jersey -- about halfway to the corner, I remembered that
there are *gloves* to go with this outfit. Much to my
surprise, they were in the pocket of my jacket, where I'd
put them last spring. I know where my overmittens and my
balaclava are, too!
--
Joy Beeson
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/
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http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather)
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
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