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Mom is finally retired, as of the end of the day Thursday. It doesn't seem like it yet, though, because it's been the weekend. She can't work for a month, and then she'll be going back part-time. She's hoping to get lots of stuff done over this month (we'll see how that goes).
As for me, I'm starting to settle into my now job at the library(ies). I've worked at both the main library and one of the branches now. There's quite a difference between them; the branch is tiny!
For sewing, both the shell and the lining of the frankencoat are done, as is the hood, and I've fused the interfacing onto the facing, so now I just need to put them all together and hem it. I really like how the applique turned out. I was totally fudging my way through it, and it isn't really professional if you look closely, but I think it works.
The local crossstitch/knitting store here has closed/relocated, and they had been having a sale. I found some really nice cotton yarns, and between us Mom and I did $97 worth of damage. But we saved over $160! (... And then Mom went back the next day and bought more. I don't know how much she spent.) I spent the rest of the day Friday after we came home looking through Knitters magazine for patterns. I really want to set up the knitting machine now so I can make some summer sweaters. We just need to find a way to keep the cats off of it.
(I'm really getting tired of this "Bad Unicode Input" error I keep getting when I try to post)
As for me, I'm starting to settle into my now job at the library(ies). I've worked at both the main library and one of the branches now. There's quite a difference between them; the branch is tiny!
For sewing, both the shell and the lining of the frankencoat are done, as is the hood, and I've fused the interfacing onto the facing, so now I just need to put them all together and hem it. I really like how the applique turned out. I was totally fudging my way through it, and it isn't really professional if you look closely, but I think it works.
The local crossstitch/knitting store here has closed/relocated, and they had been having a sale. I found some really nice cotton yarns, and between us Mom and I did $97 worth of damage. But we saved over $160! (... And then Mom went back the next day and bought more. I don't know how much she spent.) I spent the rest of the day Friday after we came home looking through Knitters magazine for patterns. I really want to set up the knitting machine now so I can make some summer sweaters. We just need to find a way to keep the cats off of it.
(I'm really getting tired of this "Bad Unicode Input" error I keep getting when I try to post)