At least mostly.
I had gone to bed almost on time and slept well for eight hours straight. Nice. I did my complete morning routine including opening the manuscript and had breakfast.
And then it felt like I had all the time in the world.
But of course I hadn’t.
I went online and did the dishes and helped my husband grate cheese and chop veggies for salad. We went all fancy Italian and divided the meal into two course. Spaghetti aglio e olio with grated pecorino, a mixed salad and a glass of water:
And as a second course we had steak and stale bread:
We actually ate pretty early.
I read and then I played my video game and failed over and over. The boy and I discussed ways of making my characters stronger but I suspect it also is a skill issue. I’ll try again another day after learning some more.
In the morning I suddenly had a vision of starting a new spinning project. Wouldn’t it be fun to make cabled sock yarn on a spindle? (Probably not in the long run but the idea was very motivating.) So I pulled some fiber out of the stash that a friend had dyed for me specifically.
This is tussah silk, Shetland and Southdown, a blend chosen to be durable enough for socks. I have spun sock yarn in the past, even on a spindle but it has been a while. Also, I have another spindle project and about four or five wheel projects going on, none of them finished, and none that I have worked on recently. Ahem.
On the other hand, a shiny new project sometimes helps reignite the spark.
I’m not quite sure how I want to spin this. My first thought was a cabled yarn because that is fantastic for socks but that might make the colors muddy. So I also pulled out „The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook“ and „Yarnitecture“. I’m pretty sure I also own at least one magazine on spinning for socks and another spinning book where the author experimented with different kinds of sock yarn to determine the best structure.
So I guess I’ll do a little research and think some more before starting to spin.
In all the excitement I almost forgot my plan to dismantle the Christmas tree and pack away all the decorations but I did remember half an hour before dinnertime and set out to pack it all up. It is still sitting in the living room as I type but I’m hopeful all the decorations will make their way into the attic at some point today.
Then I went upstairs to ask my mother-in-law if she had put the trash can out and ask about her camera and a battery that she had set out. I wasn’t quite sure what I was supposed to do with those but apparently the battery was empty and she didn’t know how to change it. That thing was actually rechargeable but she couldn’t find her charger so I dug one up from the depth of my desk drawers.
I played some more Genshin until it was too late to watch TV, started writing this post, made a list for today and went to bed.
And now Christmas break is over and we’re back to normal life. Phew.
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