Do you control your "attention"? I moved reading the news/social media (written to grab your attention) to later in my morning so I start off on a good note.
There are 26 🧶 matches, 20 knit, 6 crochet
Here's another thing to grab your attention #patternwordoftheday - www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Posts by Katherine C. 🇨🇦
Learning of the Pope's passing I did #patternwordoftheday for Pope and found 6 🧶 matches, all crochet (there were 10 others matches due to designer name)
rest in peace
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Happy Easter to those who celebrate - Easter has <gulp> 3,989 matches, okay...next #patternwordoftheday
Hot Cross Bun has 24 🧶 matches 9 knit, 15 crochet
mmm, and these would be gluten free for me!
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Long weekends mess me up, what day is it? When are stores open or closed?
#patternwordoftheday is Confusion & there are 13 🧶 matches, 7 knit, 6 crochet (including various of confused, confusing...)
I might need a cushion for a bit of a lie down
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Good Friday...and #patternwordoftheday "Friday" gets us 146 🧶 matches (good got us 908, and there was 0 with the two words together)
104 knit, 41 crochet, 1 machine
Oh, a crochet sweater (as a knitter, I'm always intrigued...) www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
I missed yesterday due to routine car service that took significantly longer than estimated! They were really nice, but got my car confused with another exactly like it.
#patternwordoftheday is 'Service' and there are 72 🧶 matches, 48 knit, 24 crochet
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Almost my lunchtime! I'm attending an "Immersive Focus" day to explore meaningful work without interruption - a tool from TimeCrafting by Mike Vardy
#patternwordoftheday is Immersive and we have 1 🧶 crochet match (Rav also gave me 4 immersion matches)
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The top left socks are Alegria by Rebekah Mauser (52 Weeks of Socks, Vol II)- start at heel, knit flat sole, edges are picked up as you knit top of foot, then in round for leg - it was an unusual construction but fun
I love socks and these projects don’t make me sweaty knitting in summer 🤭
Gray/grey - shall we start with our family’s hand knit socks for #showmeyourknits theme this week? TBH I did pretend gray was silver in December 🧶
I have a shawl ebook from @ravenknits.bsky.social but haven’t dug into it yet
I chose "Elemental" as my word today (thinking of Judi Dench's character in Chronicles of Riddick)
Rav search gives me 262 🧶matches (including element, so there's that) 115 crochet, 145 knit, 1 loom
and this shawl name is a good #patternwordoftheday www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Balance meditation app has a single called "Sunday Scaries" so #patternwordoftheday is Scaries - but it gives me 93 🧶 matches for "scary" (we'll go with it) - 31 knit, 62 crochet
This is just so adorable... www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
It's the weekend! #patternwordoftheday = weekend!
There are 662 🧶 matches, 447 knit, 171 crochet, 1 machine, 3 loom
I've had this hat in my queue since December 2023!
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I've been struggling, so not afraid to say I sought support through video counselling.
Today's #patternwordoftheday is "GRIEF" - there are 10 🧶 matches, 7 knit, 3 crochet. and I loved the background for this one - we may need to knit it for a few people www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Forgot to post this morning and now I forget my word...so #patternwordoftheday will be "Belated"
There are 4 🧶 matches, all knit - and funny story...
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Morning feeling = 'Why bother' but it has 0
So 'why' found me 42 🧶 matches, 26 knit, 16 crochet, with quite a few "why (k)nots". so I'll keep plugging away
#patternwordoftheday
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oops, forgot #patternwordoftheday
Good Tuesday morning - I started a course on creating a custom time management system - goal is to reduce "friction" in my day
There are 3 🧶 matches, all knit
This is a good mindset for me today www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
I'm doing more things that necessitate a change in my routines - not sure how it'll play out yet 🫤
"Routine" has 2 🧶 #patternwordoftheday matches, both knit
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Today I decided to look at the 75 Hard program - build my mental resilience - so #patternwordoftheday is "Hard"
There are 93 🧶 matches, 62 knitting, 31 crochet
This Hardly cowl would be perfect for my outdoor walks - its certainly an in between season (rainy today)
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My brain is overwhelmed and doesn't want to think any more, so I granted it a rest and decided to use the Merriam-Webster word of the day for #patternwordoftheday
"Benign" has only 1 🧶 match, in crochet
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I didn't believe what I heard, I have to go look this up, it has to be a mistake...
but I learned a bit from the wikipedia page on Heard Island and McDonald Islands
"Penguin" is today's #patternwordoftheday and there are 1,982 🧶 matches
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Today I'm going to focus...I have a lot of writing to do and no meetings, so head down, focus is #patternwordoftheday
There are 47 🧶 matches - 12 crochet, 35 knit
and the lovely @sammichstitches.bsky.social created this pattern
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What is real? What isn't? I don't need the added confusion...
"April Fool" has 9 🧶 matches, 3 crochet, 6 knit
#patternwordoftheday
Interesting sock construction or funny cowl? which is it?
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I experienced the Princess Bride with a full orchestra last evening. It hits alot differently - WOW...so much so I literally burst into tears with Grandfather Falk saying "As you Wish" #patternwordoftheday
There are 10 🧶 matches, 1 crochet, 9 knit
From 2022 - www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Hmmm, did you know about dammit dolls? I didn't until I needed to rip back what I'm knitting and figured #patternwordoftheday could be "dammit"
There are 7 🧶 matches, 5 crochet, 2 knit - 6 are versions of dammit dolls, but the 7th is 🧦
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I've been trying to do a daily journal and the habit seems to be based upon my 'seeing' the journal
"Journal" has 33 🧶 matches, 14 crochet, 18, knit, 1 loom #patternwordoftheday
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Its so true, I can look at a project & remember the time/place where I knit it
Listening to a bird singing as I drink my coffee in silence...
"Birdsong" has 15 🧶 matches, 4 crochet, 10 knit, 1 machine knit #patternwordoftheday
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Just not feeling it today - looked up if there would be a 🧶 match for "Drudgery" and yes, there was one knit pattern so #patternwordoftheday is
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