Greetings everyone!

Today, I am starting my long-planned blog about how knitting, spinning and crafting keeps me balanced and sane while life goes on and travels keep me exploring the world.

Today marks day 68 of waiting for a work and residence visa for the United Arab Emirates for my husband. This is, as we read and heard, not unusual. The process from start to finish can take up to 6 months. We had hoped it would happen earlier than later and were all hyped-up about moving our apartment into storage and started cleaning excess “stuff” right away. Now, we have reached a point where more packing or recycling will start to reduce the comfort of our day-to-day life. This is a funny point to be at: stuck in the moment and not able to move forward.

Since the actual date remains unknown I began to take up my regular activities: knitting, spinning, going to knit group, yoga and seeing friends. Ah, and not to forget my part-time work as a pharmacist. This keeps me in the moment and from fretting about the future.

Recently I started a few new knits and currently, I am working on a canted 3/4 sleeve shirt/sweater for myself. It was designed by Mari Chiba and published in the Knitscene 10th anniversary issue. I think I fell in love with the stunning colour first and then with the unique design elements. When I found the perfect color – Lady in Red – hand-dyed in Kamloops, BC by smith and ewe in my favourite Vancouver yarn store WetCoastWools the project was a “go”. This despite my current “no more yarn buying”-rule. But what can I do when something this beautiful calls out to me? 🙂  The knitting will need some blocking to show off the full length and I-cord borders.

Since the sweater has grown too big to be carried in my purse I have started a baby cardigan designed by Susan B Anderson for Spud & Chloe named the “Hello baby cardigan”.

My plan is to blog once a week. Hope to see you then!