Membership Recommendations and A Warm-up On the Way

My Sunday was relaxing, although I was busy all day. Sunday is my day to sleep in and I indulged in that, catching almost eleven hours before awakening. It's how I catch up on my sleep after six days of short sleeps. I also don't exercise on Sunday, it's a "catch up" day for my body too. 

For years I've been told that catching up on sleep 
on the weekends is actually not good for me. But, 
I've been in my sleep/wake schedule for years, and 
it actually works really well for me. I only get one 
day a week to "catch up", but I do love my extra 
3-4 hours on that single day. 

DH was involved with his computer and then with the football game, so I took advantage and did another five rows of looming on my shawl after breakfast. It still doesn't look like I've done a lot, but I've actually done almost 1/8th of the total threads. Of course that means that 7/8 of them remain to be woven. Last week I didn't weave very much, I tackled loose warps, tightening where I could, and I marked a couple of broken warps that I'll have to adjust when I get to that part in the weaving. I have plenty of silk still spun, so making a broken thread whole again isn't a major problem. 

DH is the Vikings fan, I support the Denver Broncos. But,
after this week's games, we both finally have one in the 
Win column, both standing at 1-3. We'll have to see 
who does better this year, his Purple People Eaters, or 
my beloved Broncos. 

I've been watching a series of classes on Craftsy.com for my knitting machine. I'm just aching to get to work on it, I want to play with my new toy. I think I've finally figured out where I will set it up, but I'll have to pull it and box it back at the end of every work session. I don't have to room to keep this "active". Still, the e-classes have been excellent and I'm excited to dive in. BTW - Craftsy (which recently purchased itself back from a different company) is offering a fabulous membership offer to anyone interested. One year for only $5 (normally $79). That would give you total access to any of their classes, and the quality of their classes is top-notch. 

I fell into Craftsy because they had a series of 
machine knitting classes by the woman who wrote 
several of the machine knitting books I have on 
order. I've been watching her classes and the 
quality is excellent - so much better than anything 
I was viewing on YouTube. It was hard to beat 
a $5 membership offer, so I nabbed it. I thought 
you might be interested, so I posted it here too. 

Another membership that I nabbed on special, was the National Sewing Circle. They currently have a one-year membership offer on tap, also for $5. Again, this allows you to access any and all classes and patterns they have available. As a note - both of these memberships are auto-renew, but you can cancel them at any time, so if you decide you like it, but not enough for the full membership cost, just mark down on your calendar that you want to cancel your membership in September next year. Viola! Problem solved. 

I learned to sew at my mother's knee, and she was a 
professional seamstress for many years. So I learned 
a lot. But I haven't done any serious sewing for more 
than two decades, so I decided to join for $5 and 
refresh my skills. I'll get my money's worth, I'm 
quite sure. 

On that crafty note, I'm putting on a hoodie, making my oatmeal, and enjoying the fact that our temperatures this week are expected to be closer to our normal - highs in the upper 60's and low 70's, and lows in the lower 40's to lower 50's. Since we actually got below freezing last week (thank goodness for those tomato covers I purchased earlier this year), it will be a nice autumn warm-up. 

A month or two ago I purchased three of
these Tomato/Plant covers from Amazon. They 
were a reasonable price, and a LOT easier to 
handle than the old mattress pads we had been 
using to protect my tomatoes in cold temps. 
We used one of them for all three of my 
tomato plants last week for several days, and 
they work really well. I'm pleased with my 
purchase. 

Have a truly excellent day, be kind to everyone you happen to meet, and spread some love and joy - we all need more love and joy in our lives. Be safe, stay healthy, and please, wear your mask. I'll be back tomorrow.