highlights

• Finished my wool 2x2 rib beanie, and started working on my london bonnet!
  • Currently working on a Making entry for this hat. I did write the pattern down, but I have to make some adjustments. It turned out to be sliiiightly too small so I’ll specify how to fix it next time.
  • Update: the basic pattern is done!
• Started reading Loud by Drew Afualo
• Met up with a brilliant friend of mine and we attended a fiber arts crafting night at our local lesbian bar. It was a great time.
  • We chatted a lot about organizer burnout and I felt very seen by our talks. We made some plans to conveine in fellowship with some other local organizers and build a better support system. I’m excited for whats to come.
• Picked up Modern Improv Quilting by Laura Veenema at my local library
• The election happened. It is, in a word, devastating.
  • I fell off the wagon a little in terms of keeping up with my self care. But it’s getting better. I’m just grieving.
• Made a winter happiness plan
• My partner made homemade bahn mi from the dac biet cookbook and it was absolutely fantastic.
  • Now we get to pick the next book for our cookbook club!
• Made a new set of nails and they’re v cute (may need to make a nail page hehe)
• My partner and I traveled to see the Anderson Japanese Gardens. Although the fall colors were likely at their peak a few weeks ago, we still really got to see some wonderful colors and hang out with the ducks, koi, and trees.
• I organized my studio a bit more and de-cluttered some of the supplies that didn’t have a home. I ordered more pegboard baskets so that I should be able to get things up but still in view (yay ADHD!)
• I scheduled a bucket list trip!! My partner and I will be taking the California Zephyr train to San Francisco this winter. I can’t wait to see the snowy views and the landscape of the western US.
  • As much as Amtrak is lacking compared to long trip train services in other countries, I’m still thankful to have access to it.
  • I plan on reading all the books and knitting all the things.

website updates

• I organized all of my book lists (tbr, read) into JSON files to store here
  • Including migrating my 2023 data from Notion
• Added the reading log page which I’m very fond of
• Reorganized some CSS so that it’s more consistent across the code base

media

• Summoning Salt’s The History of the Mario Kart DS World Champion youtube video

I didn’t watch as much tv/videos this week, or feel inclined to include any links this week. I think I’m just tired, sad, and in need of some offline reset.