 hey guys all right it is monday uh february 12th i think yeah 12th uh it's almost three o'clock i finished the sweater i was working on i'll try it on in a second i made bob a valentine's day card this year instead of buying one um not for any other reason than i just wanted to um i also finally took this sweater i love this this is premier puzzle if i can find the picture of it on me i'll put it here somewhere but it's massively too big for me however i'm okay with the body being loose and baggy but the sleeves were so long you guys so long so i unraveled both of the sleeves today and um we're gonna fix the sleeves um i also brought the cotton one up that i made not long ago i'm still not sure if i want to just unravel it or not i i like the pattern i'm not a fan of the cotton and the way it turned out so i might unravel that one um let me put the new sweater on i'll be back okay this is the new sweater i'll link the pattern that i used down below i did fuss with the measurements and stitch things you know to get it to fit me the way i wanted which you probably need to do with every pattern sometimes i'm lazy and i don't do that but i did on this one in fact i took the sleeves apart each sleeve maybe three times but i and i made notes when i finally got them to where i wanted it's a three-quarter sleeve and i do have these new tags can you all see that right there in the that i put on it says made by me on the inside so anyway what do you think it's acrylic yarn it's sort of bulky feeling um it didn't take as much as i thought it was going to um i really like the way it fits i like the length is good the sleeves are good the neckline is nice um so i may make a couple more of these because i really like the way it fits so anyway all done i gotta fix the other one i gotta edit the vlog all the things gotta get them done today because tomorrow's baby sitting day i won't get anything done all right i'll be back okay bob is done with his meeting at the office but he decided he's just going to stay there rather than packing everything back up again and coming all the way home and unpacking it's just easier to stay there and finish his work day so anyway cool um vlog is edited and rendering so i'll be able to get that loaded i've got all the links i need to put in the video description description um up in my web browser so i can just copy and paste so yay i'm gonna start dragging shit downstairs because yeah that's gotta be a thing and turn off my sewing machine which i've still forgotten to do because that's also a thing i put away ah yeah yeah anyway i'll be back this is gonna take a couple times hey guys mr cat home from the office i did get the other sleeves shortened didn't take that long and as i said i do have two other sweaters don't fit exactly the way i want them to and so i might take them apart and redo them but we'll see first i'm gonna work on a different project i can only frog so many things at once anyway we're gonna go for a walk get some fresh air i have a couple more of the little valentine's things in my pocket so we'll see where we go if i can leave them somewhere if we go down to the park i'll leave them all in the library box so we're going to the park i'll leave them in the library box library library all right i'll be back hey guys it is 6 30 ish baby's gone home and bob's done with his work day so we're headed out for a walk i will admit that i have days still post post the vid um where i just have absolutely no energy to do anything so today was kind of one of those days i pushed myself a bit but you know anyway we're gonna go get some steps in and do a quick walk because that always helps the mood and the energy level and then we'll go back and have some dinner i gotta i gotta frog a row in this sweater i'm working on because i did made a mistake so you know yeah tear it out you know rip it rip it rip it it's called frogging i don't know anyway i'll be back morning everybody i have my new sweater on this morning it's 39 degrees outside so it's a good day to wear it um if you haven't seen um the vlog from last week um i'll link it below and um i finished this sweater then it's so far my favorite sweater um the pattern was super easy and it was super easy to adjust to fit me the way i wanted it to to also to also anyway um i woke up this morning with my neck really bothering me uh 30 odd years ago when i was pregnant with our daughter i was in a head-on collision with somebody who ran a red light and our daughter is still is here so you know i didn't have any complications that way but i did hurt my neck in the accident it's a long story but anyway i hurt my neck in the accident periodically since then it will flare up and start bothering me again and it is bothering me this morning so if i seem a little off that's why um i was gonna put some you know makeup on and look a little less tired and haggard but this is the best that's gonna happen right now um until a tylenall kicks in so anyway but i am feeling like leaving the house progress so we're gonna do that we're gonna go pick up some library books um and oat milk is on the list today but i'm also just gonna go stop at like michaels and the thrift stores i'm only stopping at michael's because it's literally right next to the library so i'm gonna go in there and um then we'll go thrifting a little bit and kind of do that on the way to the p.o. box because it's the p.o. box is again next to a thrift store so um yeah we're gonna go have a little bit of fun today i don't know if we'll end up getting anything but we'll just have fun looking around yeah all right i'll be back by the way happy valentine's day in and out of value village didn't buy anything in and out of joanne's didn't buy anything i'm looking for specific things i'm not just looking to buy just to buy um which is which is a problem for me it's like overeating or something else it's how i treat certain mental health issues but not today so wow those bags under my eyes look huge uh anyway thanks dad um we're gonna stop over at trader joe's and get some oat milk and then go home and have lunch and i've tried just about everything but if you guys have any non-surgical remedies for puffy eyes let me know down in the comments below also this but i don't think there's anything i can do about that because you know chicken neck all right i'll be back everybody so we are babysitting today in case you hear noises in the background he is here early and yeah we're on a little bit of a new schedule so it's all good i'm not sure how much if any creative stuff i'm gonna get done today i'm sure i'll get something done because this is me but we have to work it into the schedule of everyday life stuff right always he's trying to figure out who i'm talking to you all right i'll be back it is times six twenty two i had a cup of bone broth for dinner and mr is um off to his a masonic lodge there for practice tonight he should be home early so we'll do tea and cookies when he gets home um in the meantime i'm crocheting on my next sweater project which is black and even in the daylight there's not enough sun just it's a thing if you've ever like done any kind of embroidery or cross stitch uh in black thread on black fabric or a sewing project where you're trying to unpick something that you need to redo black thread on black fabric you all get what i'm saying like it's just not it's not the quickest most easiest thing that being said i love the pattern now i have two pattern designers i want to call out if you do any kind of crocheting i know it's like a thing right now everybody's suddenly into crocheting and to be honest like i put it down for a long time so um i'm probably one of those but anyway i forgot how therapeutic it is for me um it's called a granny pop v-neck sweater because it is granny stitch um and it is by mj's off the hook design i will include the um um site where you can get the pattern but she does also have a youtube channel hold on a second let me turn she does also have a youtube channel i do recommend you go watch her she has really great video tutorials um i love the stitch of this because it's easy um and i also love the yarn though you guys i um think this is mary maxim maxim maxim mary maxim prism in the color landscape which i don't think they make anymore i wish i had known about it then it's got the browns the creams the pink and rose and then some bluish teal colors you guys i'm trying to find some like on the used market i'm not having any luck but the pattern is very easy very easy to follow the stitch is very simple she explains things out really well and if you do get stuck there's a qr code to watch the video tutorial and um that'll take you right to the tutorial um and go check her channel out she's got some really great stuff i'm gonna when i'm done with this sweater uh i have nothing to do i'm going to um check her channel out um for maybe some other patterns i want to try the other one that i did recently and i finished and i actually wore the sweater yesterday um i'll put a picture here i look like crap in the picture i was really tired um but very happy about the sweater and how it fits and the pattern again was very easy um designed by brian at hooked on homemade happiness dot com and i don't think she has a youtube channel but i loved the pattern i will also link it down below i made some adjustments to the pattern to have it fit me better um which you kind of have to do i i really should just do swatches just like swatches intensely and not all patterns will give you a swatch gauge fun fact in fact i'm looking at this brand one uh what is the name of this everyday raglan crochet pattern um i really love the pattern um but i'm looking at it and i don't see a swatch oh yeah there's a gauge right there usually there's one sometimes you'll come across a pattern there is a one um this one does have one do i pay attention to it do i do a swatch no anyway i also have all of my patterns i'm currently working on in a binder here and i have this in my bag um i have more of these little binders upstairs there um organized by a subject matter upstairs and what i'll do is um when i want to switch out the patterns that are in here i will go take this book upstairs and i will put some of these back into the other books and i'll pull some other patterns out um i am going to be working on some amigurumi soon and i have one book that's just dedicated to that so i'll just grab the whole book but anyway that being said i have some more crocheting to do because i'm done enough with the granny v-neck cardigan that i'm working on their ribbing on the bottom and so i am just going to put some youtube on in the background um just sort of it's kind of white noise to be honest and um i'm just going to work on the ribbing and my goal is if i can get the ribbing done tonight then over the next few days i can do the sleeves the cuffs and the neckline so um then the next sweater i'm going to do is i'm going to do and film the tutorial for my granny card my granny square sweater that i made recently here's the black and green one here um out of the red heart all in one granny square yarn i do have a blue one and i'm going to do another one i'm going to do it in the blue and white i don't remember what the name of the color of the yarn is but it's a blue and white one um and i'm going to film um a couple parts of it for patrons and supporters in detail and i'll do more of a brief version um for you here on youtube um my schematic and typed out crazy notes hopefully they make sense they'll be for patrons and supporters i do have a patron uh patreon account and it's my way of getting support for the free content here on youtube and i really really appreciate it i consider all of those people over there that are patrons dear friends and we have a private facebook messenger chat there is a newer chat that we can do over on patreon for those that don't have facebook because there are a few of them that don't have facebook um i put out digitals all the time for them minimum once a month uh i do mailings occasionally but that's postage is really expensive so anyway i'd appreciate the support because you know no we don't get a lot here on youtube land so there's that you guys aren't going to believe me although my painting muse i think has been on on vacation or she left the country or something i'm starting to get the urge to get back to the easel and some painting am i going to stop crocheting no am i going to stop sewing heck no i got projects for those in mind too so you know painting muse might be coming back around too it's all right i'll keep me busy when i'm not babysitting i'll be in the art room but what's new i'll be back morning it is friday february 16th i think 9 29 am i'm trying to be better about what day and time it is anyway i have a lot of stuff i want to do today okay but it's also family dinner night and i'm going to go out and get some groceries because we haven't been grocery shopping this week yet so yeah before we do anything i'm going to go get the grocery shopping done because that's a thing i'd just like to get over with i hate grocery shopping by the way it's not my favorite thing because you didn't get that idea right all right guys so when i was thrifting the other day i found a really cute black skirt which fits but the waist was a little bit big so i decided i really like the skirt it's kind of long but not to the floor is that maxi length it's like ankle length on me anyway would be cute with tights and boots but the waist was just a little bit too big so i did the easy thing and put elastic in the back and now it fits really cute and it's got these different fabrics all the way down it's it's i really like it and it fits really well now that i put the elastic in the back i'll show you what i did so i just took a piece of black elastic stretched it across the back and zigzagged it down i stretched it out like this zigzagged it down and then when you let go pulls the waist in perfect just great okay so many projects i'll be back good morning everybody um where it's about 11 30 in the morning on saturday the 17th we're headed out to go go to the grocery store maybe cosco um i'm gonna do it very quickly and let's just say today's not working out how i thought it would be and i'll elaborate more later so yes i'm in the car we were able to get our grocery shopping done and now we're putting gas in the car and i'm taking mister to the airport um i'll explain a bit in a minute bob is um at the airport he got a call this morning from his brother um saying that you should come down now their mother is in her mid 90s and she's not doing well i'm not gonna go any more detail in than that but yeah so he got a last minute flight out of portland and he's headed down now he'll be home tentatively tomorrow night we'll see what happens and yeah the whole family could use some thoughts and good vibes hugs gentle hugs all of those things anyway it was a little bit of windy and raining in oregon no surprise there um so i'm going to carefully make my way home and i'm gonna make a couple stops in the way and then head home and work on some things i wasn't gonna work on it till next week because we were gonna go out and do some driving around and stuff this weekend but that's okay we have time for that i'll be back okay i've been sitting here since i got home uh munching on nuts which i probably shouldn't have done freezing my something off that i can't say on camera um worried about bob and his brother bob has landed a while ago he got a car and he got a last minute text from his brother and he's headed to his mom's and and and and yeah so anyway i am going to grab my giant blanket coat hoodie thing that i wear in the house and then and then i'm gonna go upstairs um we have air tags bees and we travel he didn't bring his today because he only has a carry on but also all of our air tags are dead so while after i dropped him off i went and got batteries so i'm gonna go see if i can find his other air tag i'm also gonna plug my camera and upstairs instead of the tripod because i am gonna try to film a couple things tomorrow he doesn't get home until like eight o'clock tomorrow night i think anyway and then i'm gonna come back down here i'll have a couple bone broth and do some crocheting while i watch youtube because i'm in the house by myself it's dark outside you know anyway first let's heat up some bone broth it is really good for you it's great for my joints it's great for my hair my fingernails like all the things so but i don't have too much left we were supposed to go to cosco today but then this happened with his mom uh priorities so um i'm gonna drink what i have that's left and then we'll go to cosco and i'll get some more on monday when he gets back so and yes this is a ceramic beer starring hold on so we'll get that fixed up for him it's not a priority but i can't help him with what he's doing now in california it's a small thing but i can take care of that so anyway set up the tripod and plug the camera in so it's all like all charged for tomorrow that would be handy guys all right i'm just sitting here listening to some youtube working on my sweater black on black in the dark because that's smart but anyway i'm doing what i can um i keep you busy so the week did not end how i thought it was going to and i can't flash over that way because yeah anyway just got off the phone with my dad he's checking in and yeah i mean it's part of life right so anyway i'll keep you all posted as i can and we will send some good thoughts and everything their way and he's getting to see her if nothing else before the end and so that's good so anyway now that happy cherry note geez um the phone is all plugged the phone the camera's all plugged in and charging and so tomorrow i have most of the day um unexpectedly to myself so i'm going to do some filming um first i'm going to film a couple of rt trio videos um one for March and one for April and then i'm going to probably film the first part of or the first video for my version of the red heart all-in-one granny square um yarn video that i want to film where i made actually a sweater black um one already a black and green one i'm going to make um one out of a different color way um and i'll put a picture here so i am going to show you i am going to show you in video well i'm going to show in video how to make the square and the rectangle and i'm going to give detailed instructions on how to make the sweater to patrons and supporters along with something that's written i will do an overview for you all here i'm not going to leave you in the lurch um but if you want the written um like schematic for the sweater and my version of instructions um you need to be a patron or supporter so anyway um i'm going to film get all that filmed start on that probably tomorrow and try to finish my black sweater so that's a thing anyway i'm going to listen to some reddit stories and keep crocheting and then head to bed so it's been an interesting week um but a good week and um i've had some fun figuring out how to work my creativity into my everyday life as usual that's why i keep filming these vlogs for you it's not always easy sometimes it's very difficult um but when you have people ask you in public when you're wearing something that you made hey where did you get that from did you make that oh that is so cool or you have your dad say hey i'm ready to get rid of some more jeans do you want them i'm like uh yeah i mean you know that makes it all worth it if i don't have as much time as i used to that's okay i love spending time with our grandson and the family and i work it in when i can and that's what it's all about be creative when you can but make sure you have your priorities straight it's all about family and loved ones it really really is so anyway that's it for this week leave questions comments or concerns down below if you want to join my patreon or support me by buying some of my rubber stamp designs over at art foamy's or uh rubber moon both of the links are down below uh and um along with the patreon just down below leave questions comments or concerns down there in the comments and i will reply i send them reply to all of them um dm me if you haven't want to email me about something and uh i think that's it go out and have a great day be happy be creative be healthy and go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it i'll see you next week bye guys