Yesterday was a full day of making things. Ken and I made fruit salad, repackaged chicken for the freezer, and made turkey burgers. After that we watched Longmire and I crocheted. Believe it or not I only got a couple of rows done on Vicki’s afghan.
I am halfway through row 47. The afghan has 53 rows in total and I can’t wait to be done. After this afghan I have three more in line. Each of the rows takes about an hour and half to complete at this point. Also because it is so big, the room needs to be cool enough for me to work on it or I get too hot. It is time consuming but in the end it will be gorgeous. I change colors every row so there is that goal. Also it helps to see where the beginning of the row is with the color change.
I had to stop crocheting last night as I had a sinus headache edging towards a migraine. I pulled out the eucalyptus, heating pad, and tylenol. They all helped eventually but by the time I was feeling better it was too late to do more crocheting.
My goal at this point is to finish a row a night. If that is the case it will take me six days to finish the afghan. If I’m lucky I’ll be able to do more than a row a night but I’ll have to see how the week goes.
After I’m finally done with this afghan, I’ll probably plunge into another one. I like to have a big project going along with a bunch of little projects. I need to finish making some crocheted lace that I started. It is made with a steel crochet hook which is very small. This means I have to pay more attention to it when I’m crocheting and I have to have a strong light on it so I can more easily see it. It is beautiful but hard on my eyes.