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Sep. 25th, 2015
Today is wonderfully gray and cool. I'm not a sun bunny by any stretch. It's a toss up as to whether I hate the heat more or the glare. To have neither is my great day.
I left for the pool too early which actually worked out fine. After an hour of swimming, it was just 9 am and knowing that the traffic would not yet be thinned out, I just kept swimming for about another 15 mins which worked out pretty perfectly. By the time I was showered and dressed I only hit one slow down coming home. I like going earlier a lot.
I started out in life as a newspaper reporter. I majored in it in college and had my head filled with what is now really really old school journalism. The kind where reporters never used words like tragic or heartfelt... they reported the facts and it was up to the audience to figure out how they felt. And news was digested from newspapers. Some from TV but only from 5 to 5:30 pm on weekdays.
News reporting today is a totally different animal. Hardly even related.
But, still - old school or new - this week has stretched reporting to a thin thread. As a reporter there was nothing more deadly than a slow news week. This week has been the very opposite. I wonder if it won't be part of a lesson plan for some journalism class (they still have those??) in the future. Really amazing. And there's still an afternoon to go on this coast.
But, here, in this house, we will be sewing. At least for a while.
I left for the pool too early which actually worked out fine. After an hour of swimming, it was just 9 am and knowing that the traffic would not yet be thinned out, I just kept swimming for about another 15 mins which worked out pretty perfectly. By the time I was showered and dressed I only hit one slow down coming home. I like going earlier a lot.
I started out in life as a newspaper reporter. I majored in it in college and had my head filled with what is now really really old school journalism. The kind where reporters never used words like tragic or heartfelt... they reported the facts and it was up to the audience to figure out how they felt. And news was digested from newspapers. Some from TV but only from 5 to 5:30 pm on weekdays.
News reporting today is a totally different animal. Hardly even related.
But, still - old school or new - this week has stretched reporting to a thin thread. As a reporter there was nothing more deadly than a slow news week. This week has been the very opposite. I wonder if it won't be part of a lesson plan for some journalism class (they still have those??) in the future. Really amazing. And there's still an afternoon to go on this coast.
But, here, in this house, we will be sewing. At least for a while.
Not easy but totally worth it!!
Sep. 25th, 2015 03:23 pmThis very simple, easy project has sucked up 2 solid days.
I actually have several of these shirts. I bought two a couple of years ago and loved them so much I bought more the next year and still more last year. They are the perfect size and they are all cozy and warm. I'm done now but... I've always thought it would be nice if they had a warm neck and thumb holes.
And so now... this one does!!
It was way more of a challenge than I planned. And took several tries and fails. But, finally, I got it just like I wanted AND I have copious notes on how to replicate. I think I might use fleece for the next one.
I also sewed giant button hole things into the cuffs of my favorite hoodie. Perfect. I'm quite pleased with myself over all of it.
One time in college, my best friend and I were doing something - I can't even remember what - and she said "wow! you are really lousy at spacial relationships, aren't you?" I had never thought of it before then but whether or not I did then, I sure have since. I can't visualize how things will work or look. I have to actually do it and then, more than likely, redo it.
This is particularly evident in sewing. I have to go very slowly and think and rethink and rethink things so carefully. Those cuffs themselves were very tricky to get all the seams right. Then I attached it to the sleeve after careful measuring and, sure enough, I did it wrong. This whole project should have taken me a couple of hours instead of a couple of days. Oh well, I've got the time so all is good.
I actually have several of these shirts. I bought two a couple of years ago and loved them so much I bought more the next year and still more last year. They are the perfect size and they are all cozy and warm. I'm done now but... I've always thought it would be nice if they had a warm neck and thumb holes.
And so now... this one does!!
It was way more of a challenge than I planned. And took several tries and fails. But, finally, I got it just like I wanted AND I have copious notes on how to replicate. I think I might use fleece for the next one.
I also sewed giant button hole things into the cuffs of my favorite hoodie. Perfect. I'm quite pleased with myself over all of it.
One time in college, my best friend and I were doing something - I can't even remember what - and she said "wow! you are really lousy at spacial relationships, aren't you?" I had never thought of it before then but whether or not I did then, I sure have since. I can't visualize how things will work or look. I have to actually do it and then, more than likely, redo it.
This is particularly evident in sewing. I have to go very slowly and think and rethink and rethink things so carefully. Those cuffs themselves were very tricky to get all the seams right. Then I attached it to the sleeve after careful measuring and, sure enough, I did it wrong. This whole project should have taken me a couple of hours instead of a couple of days. Oh well, I've got the time so all is good.