Worrywart Knitter : It Is Spring!?

Whee, it has been quite a winter in Southeast Missouri. We've had ice, snow, tornadoes, wind storms, warm days, freezing cold days and some days all of the above in the same 24 hours! Mother Nature likes to keep us on her toes, but I can't say I've been paying her any compliments lately.

So in-between the storms, I try to keep crocheting and knitting to keep the worries away, but it has been difficult considering the many things I've had to worry about!

But I have been working on the usual knitted hats, I am crocheting a scarf in a rainbow of colors, mostly to use up some multi-color yarn I need to use or loose. It's been sitting in my box for several months, but I usually pick it up ever night and do a row or two. My husband asked me to crochet some juggling balls for him which worked up really quick and easy. He loves to juggle and is trying to teach our granddaughters ages 7 and 5 how to juggle. I just crochet a circle and then use a tennis ball as my guide for the size and shape. I use the cotton yarn I make my dishcloths from, a nice cotton from Lily Sugar and Cream. I love all the colors it comes in!

Crocheting with my Sugar and Cream yarn is also a really good de-stressing activity if I am waiting somewhere like a doctor office or picking up a family member. It packs easily in my purse with my aluminum hook and dishcloths are so quick and easy to make. My sisters and daughters love the dishcloths. I've made hundreds of them. They work up in about 30 minutes.

But I have to say the last week was weather horrible, even for Southeast Missouri. In all the years I've lived in my town, which is over fifty years, we've never had a tornado come through. Last week we had not one but TWO tornadoes come through my town! Now we are a town of about 45,000 people, so the city is not huge so when a storm comes through you are going to know someone affected by it. The first one hit a block from our church and the office where I work. The next one which came two days later went right over my daughter's apartment which is less than a mile from my home. My heart was in my throat all week and I think I know what a panic attack feels like now.

While grabbing our record box and my purse and laptop, I did not even have time to think about knitting or crocheting through the storm. THAT was how upset I and worried I was. I know if I cannot knit or crochet during something it MUST be bad! And it was..

But today is a sunny day so hopefully we can relax and get back to work and of course more knitting and crocheting!

Here is the second sock I am knitting in a very soft ball of Hobby Lobby I love that Wool.