Sleepy Sunday

OK, it really wasn't that sleepy at all.  I guess after all that flip flopping at work about what time we com in has gotten me used to not having consistent sleep hours to begin with, so the time change isn't all that big of a deal. I'll get more confused in the evenings, because it doesn't feel like it should be that late. 

But today was kind of sleepy in that nothing really happened.   I got my fan set up to blow on my little seedlings.

They are growing so fast, I can almost see them getting bigger by the minute. 

The guy on the YouTube channel I watch says the seedlings need 14-16 hours of light per day, but my timer only goes 12 on / 12 off.  I'm going to try to remember to manually turn it on and off this year.  On when I get up; off when I go to bed.  Nothing complicated.  Wish me luck. 

The only other noteworthy thing I did was to get out most of my sailor hats and give them a wash and dry. 

Yes, I do put them into the washer and dryer, because on the ships, that's where they'll be washed.  If one isn't capable of holding up, I want to know before I send it off to a sailor.  It'd break my heart if his hat fell apart the first time he washed it. This is also why we don't use pastels or whites to knit hats with, because it would be terrible if they got stained up.  

I still need to print off the gift tags, fill them out, and attach them -- not using safety pins-- then they'll be ready to pack up and ship off for this year's Christmas At Sea. 

I haven't cast on a new hat yet, because I decided to finish this scarf, also for the Seaman's Church Institute.  

 It's supposed to look like that, because the scarf was designed to fit underneath their personal floatation devices. The ribbing allows for warmth around the neck, while the flat part fits comfortably under a life jacket. 

I think once I'm done, I think I'll probably have enough yarn to make a matching watch cap, or beanie.  I keep saying I'm going to knit more scarves, because sailors need those, too, but hats knit up so much faster.  

On a similar note, I'm up to season 5 of The Great British Sewing Bee, and it occurred to me...I have a sewing machine!  And though I was never anywhere near being a professional seamstress, I wasn't half bad.  I was thinking maybe I could find some simple patterns for stuff I could sew up and sell at my booth in the Farmer's Market.  Pillows, toys, accessories, things like that.  Nothing complicated.  

Once my seemingly immortal snakes go to that great herpetarium in the sky, I could set up a corner in that room to be my sewing corner.  Once I get the room cleaned out, that is.  There is a whole box of stuff in there that if you snuck into my house and tossed the whole box, I promise you I'd never miss anything that's in it.  But when I start going through it....I keep finding stuff I need to keep just in case I might need it someday. 

It's like a giant junk drawer.  

By the way, if you need a set of discs to reinstall Windows XP on an HP PC, hit me up.  I got you covered. 

 

Y'all thought I was joking, didn't ya?