Last Thursday I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by all-the-things, compounded by a strained muscle in my back underneath my shoulder blade. (It's feeling better now, thanks!)

And then on Friday I got the best excuse for taking a break: a 26 hour power outage.

Oh, we were all fine. Yes, it was rainy and windy, but we live on a hill so there was no flooding and we had enough food in the pantry to make do until we decided to venture out for pizza from a place that still had power outside the neighborhood. Which, conveniently, keeps well enough stuck in a cooler with a bit of ice. So that took care of breakfast, too!

I had enough light that if I sat by a window I could crochet or read, so I worked on a new design idea (stripes! and minis!) and I was the only one not feeling bored and antsy after the third board game in the 19th hour of no electricity, lol.

It really was a much needed break and I didn't hardly mind it at all because my last big power outage was that winter storm in Texas a few years ago... Yikes. Below freezing weather is no time to be out of electricity. 70 degrees in Hawaii with no power, though? No problem.

I did have to play a bit of catch up on Sunday, answered a few emails, popped back into Yarnpond to check on my pattern testers, and did some more work on my new webpage for the Ocean residency. The next step is working on some compilation videos of the process and ordering wood panels to mount them on.

And just last night I finished putting together the registration page for the next Color Lab!

In this month's workshop we’re going to explore some different ways to make stripes feel a little more relaxed (and a lot less tedious).

We’ll talk about things like:
– carrying yarn instead of cutting it every row
– how to work with 2–3 colors without adding a ton of ends
– and letting stripes happen a little more organically

It’s a small, casual Zoom session—you can bring a project, a few different yarns to play with, or just come listen and ask questions.

If you’d like to join me, you can sign up here:

A quick note on how it works:

The link above will take you to the workshop page on Patreon with all the details.

You can join as a member (which includes free or discounted access, depending on your tier), or sign up for just this one session.

Once you’re in, you’ll get the Zoom registration link so you can add it to your calendar.

No pressure at all. I just wanted to make sure it felt easy to find if this is something you’ve been curious about exploring more. 💛

Okay, I'm off to finish writing this month's postcards for my super cool Patrons before we head out to a beach house for a couple days! I would say I can't wait to unplug, but we just did that for 26 hours last weekend. 😆

-Connie

P.S. The plovers are starting to put on their suits! Look at this sassy britches.

P.P.S. There are new wild florals in the Etsy shop — and this makes 25 in total already! My how a 100 day project can fly by...