It has been over a month since I last posted on here on the blog. Things got a little crazy as the month of May drew nearer and the start of June has been almost as bad.
May was already looking to be a full month with deadlines for design projects, last month of school activities for my kids as well as shearing and lambing season at the farm. Then to add interest to it all my whole family came down with a very unpleasant stomach bug/fever thing that took 3 weeks to go thru all of us. It has really only been in the last 2 and a half weeks that I have felt fully recovered.
In the meantime the weeks march on and I’ve been playing catch-up. Been super busy on the sheep farm with shearing and lambing. I hope to share some fun posts with you about all that very soon. The above photo is most of our ewes after shearing. One of our oldest lambs, Gertie, is looking confused because everyone was skinnier and much less fluffy.
I have also been working on lots of crochet designs that will be published over the next 3 months. Including my latest design that the Casual Crochet group at Longmont Yarn Shoppe is testing for me. Currently it is called “Testing Pool Shawl 2018” but I’ll give it a better name once it is ready for publication. Last year’s testing pool pattern was named after one of the testers, so we will probably do that again.
Since I wasn’t already busy enough (ha!) I am also headed out for some business trips this month and next. I’ll be going to the TNNA Summer Show in Cleaveland, Ohio the end of this week, then the last week of July will see me traveling to Portland, Oregon for the CGOA conference.
Once the conference ends I will be staying in Portland for a couple of days to attend the Craft Yarn Council’s Crochet Instructor’s Program. Then I will be spending a couple of days visiting a friend that lives north of Portland before heading home.
Between my 2 business trips, we will have family coming to visit. My dear mother-in-law the end of June, then my younger brother is coming out for a working vacation after July 4th to help me repair our deck.
I think this summer is going to slip by way too fast. I promise to try and get more up on the blog the next couple of months. Though some of my posts may just be photos with short captions if things continue as crazy as this summer started.
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