Like many others around the country and the world, most of us in Marin are currently in lockdown until further notice for at least two weeks due to COVID-19.
Schools, museums, and universities are closing and a multitude of events have been canceled — including baseball for our son, which we are pretty bummed about. People are going crazy hoarding toilet paper(?), canned food, and bottled water. (Please drink water from the tap! You don’t need to make things worse by adding more plastic to this situation!)
At home, we are trying to stay calm, keeping to ourselves, not touching our faces, and washing our hands often. All this I’ve realized today comes easy to me when I stay home because there’s constantly a pile of dishes in the sink that need washing, thus my hands are “Spic and Span” clean and I don’t have a chance to touch my face too much when I’m busy knitting! I think I may save myself! No… joking aside, I am glad that people are taking this seriously and hope that it soon passes.
Today would’ve been a day off at my office no matter what. The university gives staff members one day off during spring break. So, Sarah and I started the day off with a yummy blueberry pancake breakfast followed by a little knitting design inspiration and planning for me.
A new top in the works…
I have used this planning worksheet in the past. It’s kind of fun to jot down all the details of a project before you even start to knit. This should keep me busy the next few days. 🙂
Nick’s school wasn’t closed today, so he had some quick cereal instead — his favorite food.
I had lots of time to post on my IG and browse the many other accounts I follow. And then I saw MDK‘s post about March Mayhem. I am always happy to receive my Saturday “Snippets” email from MDK, but I had already forgotten about this fun contest they hold every year. MDK chooses their favorite patterns of the year and slowly we get to the winners through a series of votes. This year they are including sock patterns, which they hadn’t included in the past. This is probably a smart move since it seems like sock knitting is all the rage right now! Have you seen the latest release by Laine? “52 weeks of Socks” looks amazing! See for yourself!
This year I would like to cast my vote for the best designs. Since I’ll be spending quite some time indoors, I’ll probably have enough time to review all the patterns!
I downloaded my bracket 🤓
Do you follow March Mayhem? Are you casting a vote? I’ll let you know my 8 favorites per category by March 20, when it’s time to vote! I have my little chart printed out, a glass of wine by my side — perfect. Let’s get started!
