It’s Furious Balancing

As the weather warms up, I’m becoming more and more aware of how much I hate the summer and how much I am not looking forward to months of unrelenting heat and blinding sunlight. I can enjoy the milder weather we’re having now, the lilacs and forget-me-nots, but there’s this Impending Doom lurking just around the corner.

Michigan summers suck.

I’ve decided that the best way for me to cope with my Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder is with Wellbutrin and lots and lots of fall/winter knitting projects. I can stay in the house, crank the air conditioning, and play with yarn; before you know it the outside will be clean and cold again and it will be time to wear some lovely, bright, handknit hats and scarves with my austere black winter coat.

For now, you get pictures from the backyard. The one positive thing I can say for the warmer weather is there is better lighting for photographing the Finished Objects. As always, click the pretty pictures to make them bigger.

This is the One-Day Beret from Through the Loops done up in Noro Silk Garden Chunky. I finished the bind-off on the drive home from ThreadBear.¹ It was a tad on the large-ish side, so I did a quick hot wash/cold rinse to tighten it up. That and a few minutes in the dryer did the trick.

Despite the “purple mushroom” comment, I do love this hat. It’s going to go hide in the sweater bags in the closet with the cedar sachets and the rest of the Yarn Stash until November or so.

I wish I could do the same. Pass the Wellbutrin.

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1. There will pictures of the haul from ThreadBear up here soon. There was cashmere and alpaca involved, both on sale. [↩]

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