I'd much rather just be on one time schedule the entire year. Enough of this time change stuff.

Yeah, it's better away from the starting rows. I'm trying to loosen up my tension. It's difficult. I also wonder if my hand spun yarn is twisted the wrong way for knitting and it's loosening as I work the loops. The needle keeps trying to go through the yarn. Pointy needles would be bad for that.

Photo of a swatch of knitting in variegated purple yarn.

Since I'm home sick with a respiratory infection, I figured I'd try knitting again. It's hard for me to get but it gets a bit better each time. This swatch looks pretty good. I tried my hand spun. I like the look. Though trying to get that needle under the loop for the knit stitch is such a pain.

A chonky black cat laying on his back taking a nap on the floor

A white cat with brown tail and spots stretched out and napping on top of my wife who is also laying down and napping

Cats lounging being cute.

Crochet shawl in progress. It is a wave pattern in pink, grey, light blue, coral, and purple cotton yarn.

My crochet shawl is coming along. It's sport weight cotton so it's slow. But I'm fine with that. I like thinner yarns for shawls here in the DEEP South.

I've been working on my wood burning a bit. The labyrinth is burned but needs finishing.

We got home later than usual today and the kitties were extra eager for their dinner. As I tried to walk to their food container with them swirling and screaming directly in front of me I told them, "You know I love you because I'm feeding you before I take my bra off". True love indeed.

You know it's Summer when it's already warm and humid first thing in the morning, the magnolias are blooming, the cicadas are screaming, and construction crews are everywhere trying to finish projects before the students get back for Fall term.

Two crochet hexagons in a pastel rainbow yarn. One is blocked. One has not been blocked yet. The blocked one has much better shape.

Alas, steam blocking acrylic actually makes a big difference. So it must be done. No skipping steps today.

Pastel rainbow yarn cake and a crochet hexagon made from the yarn

I'm loving this color way. It's a Big Twist skein so we'll see if I can get more later. But the pastel rainbow is lovely!

Rectangle of crochet made from deep pink yarn with bright colored flecks.

The crochet rectangle folded into a purse shape

It's a purse! Sort of. I still need to make a handle, line it, assemble, and then it's a purse. I'm making some for sale. Trying to decide if I want to do in person markets or sell on Mayhem Marketplace.

A black cat and white cat sleeping curled up close to each other on a bed with a grey sheet, tan blanket and magenta shirt

Sleepy kitty time

Leg with cat paw imprints left after the cat stood on my leg for a long time

When the kitty sits on you for so long that his beans imprint into your skin.

Black cat on his back slightly tilted to the side sleeping peacefully on the floor in front of the TV shelf

I think he's comfy. Just flopped over and went to sleep. That front paw twitches every once in a while. Very cute. #cat Lorenzo

Woman sitting on couch petting black cat on couch arm with white cat napping next to her leg

My wife is a cat magnet

That's so sweet ☺️ And digital is such a different world. But it's interesting. The ability to do layers and delete is so nice. But I miss the tactile feeling of traditional media. Just different things.

Artwork depicting a blue possum with a white face, pink nose, and yellow highlights smiling and holding up a dandelion with a fluffy seed head. Words across the bottom say "You are worthy of love and kindness".

I'm just constantly bouncing back and forth between mental and emotional exhaustion and frustration/fury. The world, at least my local world, is a chaotic mess because some greedy, self righteous creatures are selfish and destructive.

In my personal world, I'm trying to stay balanced and rest.

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A bobbin of yarn made out of black alpaca and dyed silk. The colors are teal, blue, and purple.

Chain plyed my alpaca and silk in the sea glass colorway. It fluffed up so much!

Black pants in an embroidery hoop with a patch being hand seen on.

Mending clothes is truly not for the impatient. I'm running out of pants that don't have holes so it's past time to start patching. Linen blend frays badly but it's so comfortable. #mending #slowcrafting

A wooden support spindle that has hand spun cotton wrapped around it. The cotton came from a medicine bottle

Did I stress spin some cotton out of a medicine bottle as an experiment? Yes. It wasn't as bad a fiber as I thought it would be. I might have more stashed somewhere.

Yellow daffodils blooming in clumps in leaf litter. The flowers are blown over by the wind

The daffodils are blooming. But got a little battered by the storm last night.

Lorenzo the black cat is laying on light colored carpet. His belly is shaved from getting an ultrasound.

Things have been difficult lately. My tooth cracked. Lorenzo cat has cancer. My grandfather has a failing kidney. The government is crumbling. The heck is going on?

🐈‍⬛🦟🤍.

A woman sitting at a table cutting fabric panels for a skirt.

Everything has been a lot lately. But my wife and I impulse bought some fabric and I'm teaching her how to make clothes. We are starting with a panel skirt. @witchysavannah.bsky.social

Alpaca and silk in cool tone jewel tones being spun on an electric spinner

A braid of Alpaca and silk in cool tone jewel tones

My body is absolutely exhausted today, so I've been sitting and spinning on to rest and relax. This is black alpaca and silk from Upstream Alpaca. I bought a few braids in a couple similar color ways for my birthday.

I sit on the couch and spin on my Dreaming Robots EEL 6.0 e-spinner

Silver lining there

Dante the white cat sitting on my belly as I try to work from home.

Somebody is being a needy kitty on my work from home day