Hunkering Down for Winter

 

Still no snow to speak of, but we have been having hoar frost that sparkles and glints when the sun manages to come out.

The past 3 weeks (approximately) was filled with a bunch of personal maintenance appointments.  I seem to be running out of options for making life more 'comfortable', and now I need to sit down and think.

What *can* I do?  What do I *want* to do?  Do those two things align in any way, shape or form?

I did commit to doing another article for WEFT.  I have booked one, tentatively two, one hour guild presentations.  I find myself nervous about doing them although I do seem to be faring better in the speaking department.  I've had a couple people assure me that my 'tics' are not at all noticeable.  Maybe for others, but I know how much I scramble the wheels trying to access the words I want to use.

However, I am assured that recovery will continue, and having talked with others with brain injuries, I am hopeful that I will continue to improve in that area.  And I was reminded just how lucky I have been, spending zero time in rehab because I was deemed well enough to recover without it.  A rare thing, from what I gather.

I have asked for an appointment for counselling.  I feel like I need some help right now with accepting where I am.  I'm on the list and will likely need to wait for a while, given the state of health care everywhere.  Mostly I want to polish my attitude of gratitude, get feedback if there are any suggestions for how to proceed - from a place of reality and checking whether or not my expectations are manageable.  

I did get the warp beamed and even threaded one repeat.  But then Tuesday and Wednesday got busy and I didn't want to thread when I was tired and distracted.  However the good news is that I am still in remission, which was great to hear and a nice way to wind up the string of stressful appointments.

Today I need to make a pan of oat squares, so I'll get that done first, then see if I can manage threading.  I had a decent amount of sleep last night so hopefully I have an extra 'spoon' for baking and still leave energy enough to thread.  

I'm doing the same threading as the last warp.  It worked well for tea towels with the current yarns I want to use up.  I'm pleased with the feel of the cloth now that it's completely finished - just the hang tags and prices left to attach.  Frankly they can wait.  Plus we replaced our printer - with the identical model, so I'm hoping it will 'plug and play' so to speak.  Doug will help with removing the old and replacing with the new and then I will have to get it 'online'.

It would be lovely to stop doing the tea towels and get to the silk and cashmere, but I'm hoping to clear off the shelf of the singles 6 yarn.  I'm very focused on weaving down my stash and it's just easier for my brain to design one quality of cloth and finish that yarn before beginning something completely different.  Besides there is still a tonne of prep work to be done - converting the silk skeins to spools for sectional beaming will take hours and hours.  Much of the silk is 2/30, some 2/20 and some much finer than that.  I had to get 'creative' in my plans.  We'll see if they turn out nicely.  

And that is the majority of my plans for the winter.  That, plus the article for WEFT.  

We are already well through November.  The solstice will arrive in about 4 weeks and then the sun will once again begin its northward journey.  In the meantime, I will hunker.