{"id":698,"date":"2023-01-02T22:16:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2023-01-07T16:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:09:57","slug":"jan-2-year-of-making-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/jan-2-year-of-making-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2 \u2013 Year of Making 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was a bit nuts, but I accomplished quite a bit, including weaving a few more inches on this project. <\/p>\n

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The more I work on my current project, the more I understand that the desk I’m using as a loom stand probably isn’t going to cut it for another wide warp project like this. I keep hitting the mic stand on my other desk when I pass the shuttle from the right. 😂 And it’s very difficult to do twinning or hemstitch with the loom on a hard surface, with no easy way to get a hand under the warp\/fabric to catch a darning needle.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd we will ignore the warp threads that are looking off on that back warp beam. Um hmm.<\/p>\n

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Before getting to work this morning, I spent about 15 minutes listening to a morning meditation and making a tiny digital line art piece in Procreate. I want to eventually do this as a daily practice, but I’ll settle for a couple of mornings per week as I adjust to a new morning routine, and getting back to streaming on Twitch<\/a> on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am US ET.<\/p>\n

The rest of today consisted of heads down work I’ve had on a to-do list for a while. I kicked out several website updates, a Linktree<\/a> refresh, some Twitch page tweaks, and packaged an order to drop off at the post office — I do have to wonder what the point is of the USPS self-service kiosk, when it’s almost always out of service? I wanted to scan my shipment before dropping it into the package drum. I’m going forward with the assumption the package will be fine. 📦<\/p>\n

Lastly I swung by the grocery store, plus picked up a Mega Millions ticket, because who doesn’t want a chance at $785 million.<\/p>\n

My office: As mentioned on Instagram earlier today, I tend to crop photos taken in my office while crafting.<\/p>\n

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The above is my office. Like many people, I suffer from feeling inadequate that I don’t have a 4,000 sqft clutter-free craft room, that’s gauzy and sun-drenched, with stylish furniture. The truth is that I work out of an increasingly crowded bedroom, and that knitting and packaging orders, or weavivng, or bookkeeping, or streaming (which requires lights\/mic stands\/cameras and camera arms), leaves the office looking pretty chaotic. While I can appreciate the Instagram-worthy pink and white and pristine aesthetic, my office is simply never going to look like that. I try. At some point I really want to install cabinets\/wardrobes and shelving to have a cleaner look, but I am happy to have this space, and functional furniture, and the items necessary to do what I do. I am very lucky, and grateful my husband is giving me the opportunity to grow a business doing what I love.<\/p>\n

So that was the 2nd day of January, a full day! I’m looking forward to streaming tomorrow and catching up with everyone now that we’re past the holiday madness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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