One of my favorite things to do is, to learn new things. That can be all sorts of things but I think knitting and crocheting are the most fun things to learn more about. So, I stumbled about that lovely YouTube channel named “Samantha Clair Crochet”. Her tutorials are very pleasant to follow, she has the most cute designs and she does the tutorials for left and right handed people (yes, that actually matters). So far she is the only one who offers that level of service. Very cool! What I love about Granny Squares is, that they are done quickly. Unlike socks that can take forever, you can finish a pretty square in just minutes. Then you can have a lot of variety, just do different patterns just with matching yarn and size and later when you got enough squares you can make all sorts of stuff with them. Actually they are little bit like Legos. I’m off for more and you have a wonderful day and stay safe. 💖
Actually I should finish off the pair of sox I’m working on but then it happened again. I was checking the Reuters page on YouTube for news when I hopped back to the main page, you know, the one with all the recommendation on, which you usually couldn’t care less about, but ones in a while there is that one video you just have to check. This one video was nagging me for 3 days now when I gave in. Super cute tutorial for an even cuter market net bag. Oh I have to try that and I have to try it now, who wants sox anyway, right? See, that exactly is the point why I sometimes end up needing 2 month for just one pair. It’s ridiculous! Attention span of a 6 years old. 😜
Now I’m knitting this sock for the 2nd time. It was almost done, just 30 more rows and then I noticed the mistake I made 50 rows ago. So what to do? Ignoring it? I mean nobody else would notice it, these sox are for myself and they will be covered by my boots anyway. But there is this tiny voice repeating what my parents use to tell me when I was a little kid “When you do something, do it right! All your work must be perfect. Always finish what you started.”. Typical german values and in general there is nothing wrong about it, just sometimes they seem a bit counterproductive. I really could have just ignored that mistake and finish it, but instead I unraveled it and started fresh from the start. Yes, I could have knit it back to the mistake but that just doesn’t feel right.
Our weather today is just right for knitting. It’s raining again, the sky grey and the temps are sitting at just 17°C. I actually closed the window and lit some candles for some coziness. Ami refuses to go out (she hates wet paws and when the rain messes up her hairdo) and so I have time to knit and binge “Lie to me” on Disney+. Life is good, even when it’s raining. Have a pawesome day ya’ll and stay safe.
This morning, while on my daily YouTube morning cruise (guilty pleasure of mine) I glanced over a video where a famous person was asked to name 10 things they can’t live without. I didn’t watched it, but it still got me thinking. How many things are there I could not live without? First thing, of course is my dog, she is the most important something in my life. She changed my life in such a profound and positive way that I literally never want to live without a dog. The next thing I can’t live without is coffee. It is the one thing I’m actually addicted too. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, I don’t even eat sugar/products that contain sugar, but without coffee I can’t function at all plus I develop a real nasty headache. The third thing on my list would be my smart phone. No, not because of social media, I don’t do social media, but because of taking photos, communication, my music and all my audio books I have on there. There is also my knitting app and all my photos are in there too. My smart phone is kinda the logbook of my life. The fourth piece on my list is my desktop PC. It’s a big gaming machine but I do so much more than just gaming with it. I stream my TV with it, I paint, I shop and I blog with it (I hate to do that on my smart phone even when I could). Also I learn new stuff with it (I love tutorials to learn new things). Number 5 sure is yarn and needles. Knitting and crocheting is a big part of my life. Producing useful and/or cute things from nothing is so much fun, besides it’s so meditative and you always have toasty feed.
Well 5 is all I can come up with. Sure, there is a ton of things I really love like pasta, pizza, sugar free chocolate bars, a juicy steak, I’m dreaming of a Mac Book and that really nice big vintage fridge. There is a million of things I really enjoy or would like to have but life goes on even when I don’t have them. They are fun to have/would be fun to have but I do not depend on them like I do with those 5 pieces above. Actually I’m really surprised that I could only come up with 5. Can you make it to 10 items?
Somewhat Patchy 