It's been a slow week, one full of fog, clumsiness, word tangles on my tongue, and general all-encompassing fatigue. This was expected. The break in the pill arrived and as always my body and mind collapsed. It's okay. It's not for very long and I am already back on the pill for another two months.
Patterns are beginning to emerge. I find myself not exactly welcoming this break in the pill but resisting it less. I know what is to come and I can prepare for it, linger in it. It is a time of rest, a reset of sorts too. I lie down and look at the world outside of the window. I speak and let whatever words wants to come out flow out of my mouth. At work, in the office, all of this is much harder. I need to present a certain façade but I am only in the office for a couple of days. The rest of the time, when I am working from home, my eyes can glaze as my fingers take over the routine tasks I know how to do without engaging my brain.
All of this has meant little craft work has been accomplished. I have not worked on my niece's shawl because I'm nearing the end of the pattern repeat and this requires my brain to be engaged. This is okay. I have no deadline and I can take my time. The rest... well let's get to the usual template to fill you in.
Crochet
Triangle shawl
by Briana K. Designs
No progress.
Project pouch
I have the third panel! Now all I need to do is sew or crochet all the panels together, make a lining out of a cotton fabric, find a zipper, and sew it all up together. Easy. Well... not quite. My sewing skills are nearly non existent.
This project pouch does not need to be lined but pointy tools will go in and I don't want them to catch on the crochet fabric and tear at it, so lining it is. Plus it's an excuse to learn more skills. I don't do well with practice exercises and much prefer to learn as I make something I actually want.
Having no clue of what I'm doing, I turned to Mastodon for advice and got plenty which has made the whole process feel less daunting.
Fingers cross all the hormones symptoms calm down enough this coming week for me to tackle the lining. Sharp needles mixed to extra clumsiness and brain fog sounds like a recipe for disaster...
Granny squares blanket
No progress.
Knitting
Learning to knit
I've managed to keep up my practice. It's not been daily but every other day I've knitted a handful of rows. It's slow going but it's a new skill, one I've not settled into so I need to have a relatively clear brain to practice.
Still, I'm glad I managed a few rows and no frogging. This is an improvement, especially when I consider the state I have been in.
Onwards to next week with hopefully just the long covid symptoms to manage. We'll see. Hormones don't always settle back down on schedule...