The Week May 1-7, 2017

Last week’s goals with progress indicated:

• Work my way up Aspen‘s back.
  Working working. I’m nearly to the armhole shaping.
• Work on Aranami (knit at least 1 new wedge) OR spin more.
  I knit 2 more wedges. This has become my portable, easy-to-work-on project.
• Go to TKD twice; gotta break in that orange belt a little more.
  I only went once again. Not that I’m making excuses, but my buddy is out of commission for a few weeks, which gives me less motivation to go.
• Finish out NaPoWriMo, which technically ends on the 30th but I may carry on into May to make up starting on the 3rd.
  Still on the NaPoWriMo train. As far as I know, I’m going to keep going so I have 30 poems out of it instead of 28.

I also began an embroidery project. I’ve been looking longingly at embroidery for a while now and decided to get a kit.

A few years ago I fooled around with embroidery (technically crewelwork, I guess) and beading using handmade felt and handspun yarn, which you can see here along with some other one-off projects. It was fun and I’d like to get better at it.

This week:

• Continue up Aspen‘s back.
• Work on Aranami (knit at least 1 new wedge) OR spin more.
• Embroider more.
• Write 2 more poems.
• Go to TKD at least once.
• Eat cake on Wednesday (my birthday).
• Bring my oldest home from college Friday.
• Maybe go to the Immigrants March with the family on Saturday. (My husband and his family were Vietnamese refugees who came here in the early 80s and I think it’s important for us to be there, though he is less enthusiastic.)
• Go to Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival on Sunday with my friend Becky & her daughter. Are you local(ish) and going? Want to meet up? I’m thinking an early lunch would be an ideal time – I’m already planning on meeting an IG friend, but the more the merrier!