Year of Projects: Week 47

     I found another skein of Mal Rios in the Cucumber colorway in a Ravelry destash.  It arrived Friday so I wound it and worked a little more on my Killer Queen Cowl.  I had to tink back a row because reading is hard.  I finally finished section 2 and have started decreasing.  The rows were starting to feel very long when I was at the widest part.

     My county fair board has finally put the 2024 handbook online.  I've been checking the last few weeks and now it's finally there!  It seems like quite a few classes have been removed, likely due to low participation in those classes.  I've done a preliminary submission plan.  I tried to fit things I've already completed into categories because there are only 8 weeks until the fair.  Two of the items I want to submit are in progress and three potential entries haven't been started yet.  I'm probably being overambitious, but that's half the fun for me.  Last year I was finishing one of my items the morning I had to do drop off.  More on this to come.  The fair is one of the events I look forward to every year and now that I've been an exhibitor for the past three years; I plan the first half of my knitting year around it.  

     In non-knitting news that's going to deeply impact my time for the next few years.  I'm going back to school!  I've wanted to get a Bachelor's degree for some time.  I did a little inquiring into a bridge program that uses all the credits from my Associates and work experience.  Everything fell into place very quickly.  I found I would only need 3 pre-requisites before starting the program, so I enrolled into those classes already.  They start right after Memorial Day, then if everything goes as it should I'll be starting the UAMS bridge program in August.  I'm both nervous and excited.  I'm trying to finish up a few projects before class begins as I suspect I'll have very little time for anything else.

     Tuesday will mark three years that we've owned our house.  This past week we've been going through everything in the basement and garage and re-evaluating its ownership status.  We sold our two snowmobiles to a member of my husband's family.  We moved along some of the kids clothing and "baby" items we're no longer in need of.  We donated several totes of DVDs and kitchen items to a local thrift shop.  It was sad to see a few things go (the snowmobiles especially), but overall, it's been a great feeling to unclutter our space.  I found several items I had been looking for as well.  My sewing area is in the basement, and it had gotten overrun with all the totes of stuff.  It's all cleared out now and I can sew again, which is perfect timing since one of the items I want to submit to the fair is a sewn project bag.  I'm keeping all my sets of China.  I repacked two sets that were in a cardboard box.  That box was packed up when we moved from East Syracuse 10 years ago, then moved 4 more times after that.  Two plates from one set broke but that was it.  In hindsight, I should have taken pictures of before and after.  I think that's about it for this week.  Until later.  Happy crafting.

-Q