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Hi Jenny.

I am sewing quite a bit.? I've really enjoyed copying garments that I see in a store or own.? It's mentally challenging, involves lots of pattern drafting, and exciting to see how close the clone is to the original.

I'm going to have a granddaughter in November, so I've made baby blankets and some other things for her.

I'm working on a baptismal cloth for a friend who has a grandson with a baptism coming up this month. The family wanted a great grandmother's damask napkin embroidered with a cross and the baby's intials.? I've gotten the cross done thus far.? The digitizer is completing an interlocking two-letter monogram for one of the other free corners.? This is not difficult with the right equipment and is very satisfying to do.

Knitting.? Hmmm.? I am embarrassed to write that I've only been knitting socks.? Endless socks.? Have I "aged" out of knitting sweaters?? I have definitely reached S.A.B.L.E. All of those beautiful colors kitted up for jumpers.
Two UFOs have me stopped in my tracks.

One is Blue Corn Cafe and if anyone has suggestions, I'm open.? I successfully redesigned the body to fit perfectly. body and neck treatment are done and look great. I got off track on the sleeve design, but thankfully I've only done 5 inches or so.? It's just a traditional drop shoulder sleeve.? My mistake is that I calculated the rate of decrease so that when it reaches the the bottom, the ribbing will fit my small wrist.? Dumb move, I think.? This decision makes the rate of decrease once every three rows.? Who has ever heard of that?? I should have stuck with a slower rate and engineered some decreases evenly spaced around before doing the corrugated ribbing.? OK, should I just rip it and recalculate or what?

The other is AS'? Elizabethan Jacket.? I've done the sleeves and misinterpreted the sleeve cap directions.? the last 4" or so need to be frogged and redone.? I know that I should just do it.? Motivate me.

Yesterday,? a friend and I went to our first movie in 18 months.? We went to our tiny one screen threatre to see Roadrunner, the Anthony Bourdain documentary.? It was well done.

After my annual physical this spring, my internist opined that I should be safe at my gym once again.? I've begun going again daily and it's been wonderful to see everyone.? It just makes me feel great to exercise and take these classes.? With the Delta variant, I don't know how much longer I'll be able to indulge in the movies or my gym.? I know all of you have your own frustrations about this, but it just makes me so sad to think I'll have to stop again.? No way I can do those cardio classes with a mask stuck to my face.

That is all I've got right now.? Hope everyone is doing well.? What a crazy world it is.

Mary.