My COVID adventure and how I spent all that isolation time.

 I had to read that last post to see where I left off. Ah yes, I had had 4 negative tests. Then, on Day 8 of Rick's isolation, I tested positive. DANG!! That meant another 10 days of isolation - although the rules are incredibly fuzzy these days. But that is what I decided to do. There went the rest of August and some of September!!!

There was lots of knitting. My hooking mojo, or lack thereof, was telling since I never don't feel like hooking. Although my experience seemed milder than Rick's, I was definitely not myself. Bad, bad headache, body aches, little cough and runny nose.

I knit another Shift Shawl - this time with some incredibly soft and cozy yarn that I had purchased at Michael's to do a different Andrea Mowry pattern. But the gauge was off, so I decided to go back to my slip stitch relaxation technique and made a lovely shawl combining two shades of Yarnspirations Cloud Cakes from Caron. It proudly boasts it is NO Wool and is machine washable and dryable. I just won't stand too close to an open flame.

Here is a picture of the shawl, which I probably didn't need to soak and block but did anyway. (I just noticed my little critter rug in the lower right corner.)

These cakes are 8.5 oz/240 g, with 760 yards/695 m each. And I think without a couple they are $14.95 each - but who shops at Michael's without a coupon? Not me.

There is enough yarn left for me to reverse the colour order and start a smaller shawl for my grand daughter who is very excited. Seriously, this yarn feels like polar fleece, is extremely cozy and even if she only uses it to watch TV, it was worth the low $$$$ and was a good time waster. No complicated parts, so perfect to do while binge watching whatever. 

When the knitting got tiresome, I remembered a jigsaw puzzle that my son and DIL gave me as a gift a while ago. With 4 days ahead of me, seemed like the perfect thing to do. And I did!!

This is a puzzle about iconic hairdos from the 1800's to now. And each little image was a puzzle unto itself, which was great because the outside border did not come together too easily. As my sister said "there are 3 days you will never get back". And she was correct, but man it was a good time waster lol.

I am still laying pretty low, and bought a bunch of N95 masks for the fall. I think we are about to enter another wave, so want to take all the precautions I can. 

Oh, and because this knitting crazy grandmother wants to treat all the kids the same, I bought two more cakes of this soft yarn at Michael's this past Saturday. And yes, there were coupons. There will be two more cuddle wraps/shawls for my grand boys. In lovely earth tones that should look amazing together.

The shifting will go well into the weeks and months ahead. 

Stay tuned.