#WIPWednesday

Published on April 8, 2026

I do not have much to report this week.

A horizontal colour photograph of a small grey knitted rectangles on wooden needles. Next to them is a small glass pot full of discarded wool. The wool is white and overblown in the image. Further back is a brown crochet rectangle with a red crochet on it.

I spent a little time knitting and that is all. The long Easter week-end loomed, my partner left for the coast, and I was left alone in the house. I took the opportunity to lounge, a lot. I rested and watched YouTube and ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot. I tentatively returned to reading and successfully finished The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot and opened the pages of The Warden by Anthony Trollope. I lingered in the joy of words and carefully read at regular intervals throughout the day.

A horizontal colour photograph of a grey bed duvet with on top of it an open book, a couple of bookmarks, and a tray with a tea pot, mug, and small empty bowl with a spoon in it.

Most mornings of the long week-end have been dedicated to Queer Out Here, an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer perspectives. My friend Jonathan and I have been working on Side A of Issue 10 for months now. It is difficult to work on it when energies are low and they have been very low for months now. We are close to publication and with most of the work left being on my end, I decided to give a push. So I rested, put aside nearly everything else in my life to allow time and energy for the audio work.

A horizontal colour photograph of a desk with a white, pink, and black mechanical keyboard. Around it is a pen pouch, a notepad with notes and a pen on it. The computer screen shows an audio editing software exporting audio. All around are plants, notebooks, some yarn, etc.

I could have engaged with fibre crafts more but nearly everything has reached a stage where I need to learn something new:

I need to line my crochet pouch
I need to cast off my knitting rectangle
I need to focus to complete the last row repeat on my niece's shawl

I am now returned to the usual routine. The long week-end is over and I am back at work. I took it easy and rested but on the Monday, I visited my local arboretum with my partner and walked a little too much. I have not crashed but I have to remain careful. I am cautiously optimistic that I am finding a way out of the long heavy fatigue of the past winter and I want to be able to enjoy this feeling. I want to carry on reading. I want to carry on crafting. I want to carry on work on Queer Out Here. I want to carry on going on a small walk to the end of my street and back, so easy does it. We'll see what this new week brings and if that's very little in the yarn department, that is okay with me.

A horizontal colour photograph of still winter bare trees with grass all around and bluebells growing by the trunks. The sky is blue and the air bright.