Lots of reasons

Yesterday, by the time I got out of the pool, it was packed and it looked like there was going to be a fight over one lane. And two more swimmers were coming in as I left. Today, it was only 3 of us for most of the time, then 1. Fridays are often not the busiest at the gym. And it's Friday the 13th. And school is off today for a teachers day or something.

I only felt a twinge in my arm so I got in a whole swim and it was a good one. I'm happy, my tracker's happy. All's good.

I got this great sheet at the Goodwill the other day. It's 100% cotton and almost a denim. It's sooo soft. I dreamed up a shirt for it yesterday and, today while swimming, I polished off the design. A cowl collar that splits at the shoulder and fastens with snaps and is faced with a contrasting fabric which I'll also use on the cuffs. I'm quite jazzed about it. It will be today's project.

I got a call yesterday from a new Mariners sales person. The one I had originally left. I wasn't sad. Then I had an interim guy. Now I have Mike. He left a voice mail. BUT, he also sent an email so I responded immediately noting that email was much preferred. He said he'd mark that in my account! Nice start. He also said that I'd get an invoice in November which is a couple of months ahead of when Interim Guy told me but that's fine. The Diamond Club has been officially sold out for several years. I'm not even sure how I snuck in but I sure don't want to lose my spot. So now I have an official person and a paper trail. Yeah.

I have a warm kitty in my lap and so cannot get up. Now. or maybe ever. Oh well.

My tweets

• Thu, 17:33: That goes ditto for me! https://t.co/gIbm3owTyL
• Fri, 07:09: Showing off my new favorite top. It's the #tulip2 top from @sewhouse7 . I love this pattern so much. In fleece, th…… https://t.co/jdeZg7Fc9m

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I did a lot of detail work on the shirt I started yesterday. I got carried away with contrasting lining and putting in snaps. But it's done and I love it. You can't really tell squat from this photo but it is soooooo soft. The collar is on that plaid on the inside. I also used the plaid for the inside of the pockets.



I had ordered two different bundles of yarn for two different projects - one knit and one crochet - from two different places. I finished up a knitted cowl last night.

Just as I finished my shirt, the mail and UPS arrived at the same time with both bundles of yarn and the pants pattern I ordered earlier this week. Yikes!! Maker Feast!

The pants pattern is tissue paper which I hate. It's an indie pattern company so I was hoping it was maybe on some decent paper but no. Tissue paper to my good paper is not an easy step since the good paper is so thick so no tracing. One of the reasons I bought this pattern was the detailed hand holding on how to exactly get the pants to fit perfectly. There's a lot of pattern tweaking. So I traced it onto Swedish tracing paper which is a whole lot stronger and easier to work with than the tissue and I was able to fold the tissue back up and save it for backup if needed.

I made all of the adjustments which were really time consuming but, hopefully, one time only. Tomorrow I'll cut out some fabric and give it a test run. I am exceedingly hopeful.

I cleaned everything up and put all my toys away and now I'm trying to decide what I want for dinner and if, maybe, I want to go out. If out, car or walk? Or order in. Too many choices. I think I'll just dig something out of the freezer and start my crochet while it's cooking.