First up, a couple of (somewhat) newly finished scarves. I found some yarn tucked away from long ago and decided it would make a couple of nice little accent scarves. There's the Madrona Lace Scarf by Evelyn A. Clark, knit in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock mediumweight, color: My Wild Irishgirlie.
I didn't have enough beads to use over the entire scarf, so I just placed them at each end (where they are pretty much invisible, sigh).
I also turned up a skein of the same yarn in a lighter weight, color: Firecracker, and used that to knit up the Cassis Shawlette by Petit Bout de Moi.
The pattern called for nine repeats of the border -- I did eleven -- but it is still rather small, so this will be a little dash of color around the neck rather than a full-fledged shawlette. I'll probably fasten it with a small pin so as not to lose any length to a knot. Made as per pattern, with the exception of a picot bind off along the inner neck edge.
This too has a bead detail (square bead at each point) also invisible unless you are right on top of it. Oh well, it was practice with placing beads.
I finally made it in for an eye checkup after putting it off for so long during the pandemic, and what do you know?, I needed a stronger prescription! I've needed progressive lenses for a while, but never wore them because I found them hard to know where I needed to focus, but there was no escaping it now -- I just need to wear them and get used to them. I still like to have separate glasses for close work, so I went with RED. Classic shape, and the red is clear so it doesn't shout RED the way matte does, but they are cheery and make me smile.
And the injury? Freak tripping incident that left me with a sprained wrist -- dominant hand, naturally. It's taking a while to get better, but I can now sew again, so there's that. The up side? So many drudgery tasks I couldn't do, plus tasty delivered meals -- back to real life now though!
