Give Me Strength . . .

. . .to complete at least three fiber projects before the end of June!  That doesn't seem too unreasonable, does it?  Really?

#1   I want to finish my gray Cascade EcoWool cabled coat (I have the back and both fronts done)
#2   I want to finish my alpaca sweater/jacket (I have the back and 1/3 of both fronts done) but I have to finish spinning the yarn for the rest of the fronts and the sleeves.
#3   I MUST finish a baby sweater by then!!!!  (Back is complete, fronts are started)  The rule of thumb is that the baby sweater gifts must be finished BEFORE the baby grows out of them!

THEN. . . I have another sweater "on needles",  as we say in knit talk,  for myself;  two hats and a pair of mittens to do before next fall (easy!), and two more baby sweaters to make before the end of September.

Oh. . . did I mention the two baskets of roving patiently waiting to be spun?  Oh. . . and I am going to "man" a booth at the Northern Michigan Wool and Fiber Show in West Branch at the end of September for Aral Peak Alpacas, which means we have to get the new fiber to the mill in time to be processed so we have enough to take to the show, which means bundling all the new fiber and labeling it after it is washed and made into roving. . . I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

When people from "downstate" ask,  "What do you do up there all year?????"  "Don't you get bored?????".  I am often tempted to reply in the affirmative.  "It really is boring!  There is absolutely nothing to do!  Stay where you are!"

P.S.  I am only fessing up to what you can see!  The closet is off limits!