Let me tell you, it was hot in the plant. So hot. It was so hot, I thought I was going to be sick for a while. I went into the bathroom to try to cool off, and they didn't even have the air on in there. It was like a little sauna. After sitting for a moment, with sweat pouring off of me, I got up and went back out to my fan.
That right there is why I don't want to give up brazing. At least I have a fan. Lots of folks out there just have to suffer through the heat.
This is going to be short, because I really, really just want to go to bed. I did want to show you what I worked on over the weekend. First, I finished another hat.
At this rate, I might singlehandedly be able to fill my friend's blessing bags. I cast on a new one, and knit a couple of rounds to establish the pattern, then decided to take a break from hat knitting to work on this scarf.
This was the scarf I started back in 2017, when I went to Missouri to watch the solar eclipse with my friend Peggy and her husband Ed. I got to looking at it, though, and realized if I continued the pattern as is, my scarf would end up being about 20 feet long. So, I did what any red blooded American would do. I ripped it out and started over.
I added three more repeats, and I think it'll do much better this way.
Shorter, wider scarves are the in thing these days. Heh, at the rate I'm going, by the time I finish, long, skinny scarves will be back in style.
Ain't that the way of it?
Finally, my Memorial Day tradition is to watch war movies -- one from each major war the U.S. has fought in (except the Revolutionary War, which I commemorate on Independence Day), and this year was no exception. In addition to my usual Lone Survivor, We Were Soldiers, and Taking Chance, I also watched 13 Hours this time around.
Because Chris, Sean, Glen, and Tyrone deserve to be remembered, too.
Never forget.
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