One small thing

First piece of "stalled" knitting finished. (I am now thinking of these things as Apocalypse Knitting. And yes, I know, "apocalypse" actually means "uncovering" and I also hope I'm wrong about it being the end of the world as we know it).

This is a cowl.



It's the Just Try It Cowl from Ravelry.

The yarn is a worsted-weight from Alisha Goes Around (I do not think she is dyeing any more? I think I read something about health issues) that I bought some years back from the sadly-now-defunct BPAFF.

It's just a simple ribbed cowl and I admit I already have another green (fingering weight) one, but I'm keeping this one for myself because the yarn is special.

Not sure whether to pull out the simple socks I"m working on next, or a sockyarn hat I found. My goal during this....downtime, however long it may be....is to clear out the backlog of projects and maybe also then start some new things. I find myself strangely unmotivated though and I'm sure that's a psychological thing.

(If we all survive this....well, a lot of us will need counseling. And maybe meds too. I am afraid I might be developing something like agoraphobia, given that my brain jumps very fast from "go out in public" to "oh no, you could get infected")

Anyway. Maybe it's nicer to call it "shelter in place" knitting because "shelter" is a nice word? We're not quite there yet (the Bay Area is), but I am DEFINITELY avoiding public places for my own safety and in a possibly-vain hope that my doing so will help "flatten the curve" and lessen the severity of this.

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I made chili for lunch today. I am going to try to motivate myself to make soda bread tomorrow. I have leftover gnocchi from last night to heat up, and maybe I have another salad with what's left of the greens?

I have gone from being boring because all I do is work, to being boring because I'm shut in and worried. I suppose I was a boring person all along....