Can you see a sound?
Can you hear a light?
Can you unite your senses?
Can you turn inward?
Deng Ming~Dao
I'm not going to lie, it's been a hard week here waffling between panic and gratefulness, like so many others trying to find a sense of normalcy in a very changed world.
Ken is still working every other day, so when he is home, I find it easier to stay calm, but on the days he is away, it's a bit harder, so I have been finding ways to keep busy.
My oldest daughter is an OB nurse, so I have been working on masks for her unit. They are more work than they look like and I've had a number of failures, but I love to sew and knowing that every little bit helps, helps me. I will be making some for family today and some surgical caps with buttons for my youngest daughter's friend who is a nurse in Boston.
I have also fired up the dye pots and will be doing a lot of dyeing next week. I am not set up to go back to dyed to order with my inventory right now, but there will be some new colors and some old favorites in a few different bases.
I dyed this combination a few days ago anticipating some color work that I have wanted to do. My friend Cara has designed this beautiful mitten pattern called Persimmon Flower and when I saw it, I knew immediately that this was the design I wanted to make. Cara is SO talented!
….and walking always brings calmness to my spirit.
It's where I do my best thinking.
It's been a rainy couple of days, so it's has been a bit more challenging finding time to go out while dodging the rain drops, but even when it's gloomy, I make time to get out and breathe and remember that we will get through this one day at a time.
What are you doing to stay busy during these challenging times?
The Woolen Rabbit 
I’m plenty busy, finding work for staff to do from home and keeping up with emails and such. But I’m distracted and having a hard time focusing. I’m weepy, too, which stinks! Your yarn colors are gorgeous together!
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I’ve stayed busy baking, sewing masks and cooking for some shut ins that can’t get to the store
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I recognize some of those beautiful fabrics! Thanks for being awesome and sharing your stash with me.
What pattern are you using for the caps?
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I am so happy your are dyeing as I’m dying to have some of your yarn! xo
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So far today I have sewn six of 24 masks (all have been cut out) requested by family, husband’s boss, DIL’s parents and friends of my adult children who still must go out to work. I just broke a needle on my machine, so rather than swearing up a storm, I am taking a break to read a few blogs. Like yours.
What is helping me through is that all the tight cotton fabrics I had in my stash are prints of things like Pokemon, shamrocks, a paw print, hearts, dinosaurs and tiny aliens. Originally intended to make shorts for my youngest grandchildren, but needs must. I texted a photo of the fabrics and people laughingly made their selection. A dose of humor is required these days. Stay safe.
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Work has been crazy busy, setting up remote systems to enable as much work from home as feasible. Am trying to get stuff done, but that is SO hard, trying to switch from one mode to another. (I guess that is age creeping up, eh?) I am working on a sweater, now just sleeve island for Mr. E. I am working to treasure each moment still on the correct side of the grass. And praying that I don’t become a (relatively) young widow.
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