Mrs. Collins Makes Stuff

Hello darling. Well, we hit another making dry spell. I made exactly one thing in July. Just one. I knit it very fast and it was a big one. But once she was done, so was I. It was an incredibly exciting month, with a lot going on. Some of it wonderful, and some of it painful. But we will get into all of that in a bit.

• Finished Objects:

Paris Toujours by Isabell Kraemer. This was knit in Stranded Dyeworks in Anti-Valentine. There is a separate post for this project.

• New Cast-ons

Ram’s Horn

• Works in Progress:

2470 Women’s Lace Border Tank Top

June 2022 vanilla socks

White denim skirt

10 pairs of pajama pants/ shorts

• Goals for next month

Finish all the pajama pants

Sew a new Lawley skirt

Sew a toile for Saltwater slip

Try a macrame project

So, that is what I did. For the whole month. Even though I have yet to sew a single thing in the last month, I have my eye on a few new sewing projects. I would like to make a Kielo wrap dress, by Named Clothing. I would like to make another True Bias Ogden Cami dress hack, this time an unlined one. I would like to cast on my Shatar Vest. So, I have plans. I have wants and making dreams. Unfortunately, I have had no making drive. I have also been a temporary (I hope) resident of the frog pond. I have cast on a few things lately, and have not been feeling it. Most recently I ripped out a Lace & Fade Boxy. I haven’t even cast on a charity knit. I seem to have lost my urge to hand make. Feebs has officially requested a new Abb t-shirt, since the first one I made was a Hot Mess and is already falling apart. Hopefully I will get to that this weekend. I already have some really cute space print jersey knit. I will cut it out this week. I will!

July was super busy and a lot of fun. We kept the first weekend very easy. We ended up watching fireworks from Feebs’s bedroom window. The following weekend was Feebs’s 8th birthday. And guess what… We did it. After years of planning and stress, we were finally able to surprise the girl with a trip to Disneyland. We were originally supposed to take her for her 6th birthday, but that happened in July 2020, and we all know where we were at that point. So we had to postpone the trip until things were open and safe. We completely surprised her and she had the best time. It was made even better because her bestie was there too. The O’s surprised Meems with a trip as well. The girls had a ton of fun. Feebs realized that she is a big fan of rollercoasters and other rides, oh joy. Mama isn’t a big fan of rollercoasters, but I sucked it up and went on everything that she wanted to go on (aside for Splash Mountain, that was a HARD NO). During our trip I was not injured. I didn’t trip and fall or cough weird and hurt myself. Why, then, did my back start hurting two days after we got back? My back still hurts, a month later. That hurt has stopped me from sewing, it has completely disrupted my workout routine, and made me start to question the needs of my aging body. I also developed some dizziness crazy, and have an MRI with contrast scheduled for mid-August. I am not excited. Contrast means Prednisone, and Prednisone means very manic me. I feel like hot garbage when I am taking it and I am so very unpleasant to be around. Oh well, needs- musts and all. After the Disney trip weekend, The Father came to take Feebs out for birthday dinner and shopping. It was so good to see him and get to spend some time. The following weekend The Husband and I went to a Star Wars themed burlesque show called The Empire Strips back, in SF. It was so funny and an incredibly fun night out. The mother came and stayed with Feebs. The rest of the month was taken up with work and regular day to day activities.

My goal for next month is to work through why I seem to have a block on making. It is okay, and I am not self-shaming, but I can’t quite figure out why I am not feeling any kind of making. Once I can figure it out, I am hoping to find a project that makes my heart smile and get going with it. I start school at the end of August, so I need to get on with my making while I can. What will probably happen is I will start school, get completely swamped, and then find my making mojo. That always happens… We will see how it works out.

Loves,

M