![Earlier this week, @marz1pan agreed to eat lunch at our local Irish pub to celebrate me finally finishing my draft of my Irish paranormal romance.
The proprietor, who sees me regularly, asked if I was knitting for a new addition. I said “No, these socks are for me!?!” and I held it up for him to see.
He smiled and walked away.
After he left, I asked Megan “Did he just ask if I was pregnant?”
She said “Yes. You didn’t misunderstand.”
And then I sat for a second. Someone asked if I was pregnant the week before Mother’s Day and I didn’t feel overrun by grief.
My gaping wound is healing and becoming a scar I can touch without it gutting me.
Two things have contributed to this:
- therapy
- doing the work of writing a heroine who finds joy after life lifes all over her.
While I hunt for and find joy on a regular basis, the act of working through this fictional plot has been healing. I’m so grateful for my writing journey.
I’m especially grateful to those who joined my Inner Circle Email List and read my romance shorts. Your support kept me trying when I got stuck. Thank you, Crew! I love you!!!
[ID: Frida Kahlo project bag folded down to show off the bees inside, rainbow shortie sock, salad, BLT sandwich against the background of a corner of my local Irish pub.
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So, Hunter Hammersen designed a really classic hat pattern. I love the way the ribbing sets off the lattice.
But, I’m a little bit OCD so I opted for ALL lattice. I know, you’re shocked. Now, this seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do until I got to the decreases. Once I figured them out, I was home free, right? Wrong. It was too small for my head and I needed to rip out 20 rows of decreases and figure out what row in the pattern I was on before continuing. Thankfully, I’m getting really good at recovering from mistakes.
Motivated by Plucktember, and the stolen time over the holiday, this was still a quick knit. Glamour shots coming soon (post-blocking).
Mine raveled here. (and there’s a KAL on ravelry if you’re interested. Everyone is super friendly, so stop on by!)
To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m listening to Divergent right now and it’s really really good. really.)
Frontier Dreams
