Traditionally, certain "women's chores" were assigned a day of the week. I don't think my mother ever did that, but my 100-year old mother-in-law still does. I think that is how she has lived to be 100. Now, a few of those things are "off" her list, but I think she has replaced baking and marketing (grocery shopping, which I do for her now), with more cleaning.
Here is a list of the "traditional" chores.
- Monday - Washing
- Tuesday - Ironing
- Wednesday - Mending
- Thursday - Marketing
- Friday - Baking
- Saturday - Cleaning
- Sunday - Day of Rest
I certainly never ascribed to this list, probably because I always worked outside the home, and chores were done when you could "get to them". And, as a craft and fibre person, they were never a priority OR the rhythm of my days.
Ironically, I have come to the point in my "making" where I have so many things on the go, that I am seriously considering making Days of the Week lists for both my rug hooking and my knitting/sewing.
Maybe that will keep me on track for everything. lol. Here is a sneak peek at what that might look like.
Monday - Hook on Crows pattern - it is small, and easily portable to my Kawartha Rug Hooking group. This was designed by Wendo Van Essen, and I bought it from her at the Annual in London in 2019. She is a very talented fibre artist and can do anything, including design great patterns. Here's a link to her blog https://wendovanessen.blogspot.com/
Tuesday - Kitchen Sink pattern - which is the most fun I have had in a long time. This was finished so quickly, and ate a lot of "worms". This will be a pillow, but I think I will go bigger and make one that will actually go in the "kitchen".
Wednesday - two name signs, for a newborn boy and his older sister - These have a hard stop date, which is the long weekend, so they are pushing all the others aside. (Gifted these, and they were a hit - totally forgot to take pics of them finished.) And this draft post has been sitting for a long time.
Thursday - Evvie's rug (sometimes a rug chooses you, not the other way around) - a whole other story for this one. Just a little progress to share, but will post the story of this rug another time.
Friday - my personal political statement rug - design only at this stage - for the Artistic Coalition group led by Maggie Bathory in the US. She has invited fibre artists to express their opinions: outrage, sadness, anger or whatever about the state of the world these days. Hopefully, I will get this on backing on one of the "Days of the week" next week.
Weekends - not assigned but can work on any project except for Crows, which is definitely Monday.
Oh, by the way, I still manage to do everything in the traditional list, except Baking and Resting. I just don't assign days to those. I squeeze them in whenever. They aren't nearly as important to me as the fibre projects.
Pssst. I am not sure this list will stick, but it might help juggle everything. And I also could have days of the week for my WIP knitting projects. And another for my sewing stuff. Will share that in a future post.
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