Emptyknitster

Last week one of our two hospitals in town asked for donations of hand sewn face masks. These masks will be used by hospital visitors and will be washed over and over. I went to work and made forty-two masks. I used the pattern requested by the hospital and one which online says will only take fifteen minutes to sew. In reality, each mask took an average of an hour to complete. (Was it the lack of elastic requiring me to sew seventy two inches of ties for each mask, or my mother on my shoulder requiring a perfect seam? "It's not worth doing if it's not a job well done.") Not all forty two masks made it to the clinic. I kept three for us, five were sent to California, two went to my brother, and two to a neighbor. For now I'm taking a break but will probably make more in a week or so. When I delivered the masks I stopped by my brother's house and had my first face to face visit with humans other than Hubby in forty days. Seems noteworthy....

Although our conversation during this week's family happy hour revolved a little more around Covid-19 than in the past weeks, all of us were grateful we were able to get together. The art competition this week was to replicate this work of art: All participants were able to produce their creations quickly and a bit more critiquing was done before the vote. Possibly indicating we are becoming quite accomplished counterfeiters!  (Above is this weeks winner) (Someone's time was spent installing a new sink and faucet)

Pattern: Business Casual by Tanis Lavallee Yarn: Hawthorne Fingering Weight Colorway LovejoyNeedle Size: US Size 1 I've been entering all the socks knit this year in the Grocery Girls Sock Bash and just received word I've won the prize for the month of March! Can't wait to see what arrives in the mail!

Americans were assured masks weren't a necessary item for healthy individuals. Now, just a few weeks after the social distancing, then sheltering in place, the government suggested we all use masks. The Chick asked if I'd make a couple masks and I assured her I'd have them in the mail on Monday. There are many mask patterns online which are a quick to make and seem to fit well.  I decided to use elastic rather than ties but could easily make up a few more with ties for her to try.                          Who would have thought this would be the way I spent my Easter morning? I'm anxious to hear the reviews.

We had another great visit this week as well as another art competition.  Things are getting a bit heated and the "artists" are now becoming protective of their "artwork." However, I'm more than happy to share my masterpiece. We were asked to interpret The Scream by Edward Munch.  I was allowed only 15 minutes to complete the task,  having toiled over last week's artwork for over an hour...  Do I need to let you know this was NOT the winning entry? GALLERY UPDATE! Remaining prints just released by the artists! (above picture is this weeks winner)

I’ve found I just don’t have the bandwidth these days for anything but the simplest of patterns. These last two weeks I’ve done more ripping than in the last two years! So I let the yarn pattern do all the work!   Pattern: Vanilla with  Fishlip Kiss Heels Yarn: Schachenmayr Regia 4-fadig Colorway: Nebel Needle Size US Size 1

  After three and a half weeks of staying home and only walking in the hills, Hubby and I took a drive. He was hoping to find some sage grouse to photograph and I was just along for the ride. Although we didn't find any grouse, we enjoyed a small lunch in the wild and then headed home.