We had a great time with our little weekend trip, since my son has been asking to go somewhere we decided to include it as a birthday present. He's not hard to please trip-wise, and thankfully we managed to find a place to get gluten free pancakes, so all was well. I'm a bit worn out, but it was well worth it. He seems to be going through a sort of insecure phase right now, so spending extra time together was good.
I'm nearly finished with a monkey for donation, and finally broke down and got a yarn swift to help me wind up these twists that sometimes give me trouble with knots. Thankfully, my better half has a talent with such things, I like to say it's because he was a boy scout, but it's really because he flies kites (he started teaching my son while we were at the beach). I don't mind winding the yarn by hand, especially the recycled sari silk, since it balls up so nicely. The colors are so nice, too, I kind of enjoy exploring the different handiwork, colors and textures before they get hidden under layers.
So much to do, so much bad weather to make me sleep -- but push on we must! I was at least a little bit productive today. My son's school project is to make an invention, and he decided to make an insect habitat. I made him a fuzzy recycled silk caterpillar to use in his model. Boys and their bugs. The sari silk was perfect for the purpose though. The more I work with it the easier it gets to make it do what I want it to (sometimes, hah).
Just about time for me to get him ready for bed. Hope everybody had a good holiday weekend!
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