More Progress On The Doll's Dress

 Yesterday was cold and windy with a high of -2C (windchill -7C). This morning it is cloudy and -4C (windchill  -9C). Today is supposed to be cloudy with a high of 2C. 

Lifestyle

I started the morning off making cookies. That takes a long time so while I waited for them to cook, I cleaned up my baking dishing and wiped down counters. I still had extra time so I did a bit of research on Acadians in our area. 

The search was interesting and I learned a lot about their community, churches, expulsion, and clothing. There are areas that people agree to disagree. There are people who are trying to make sure there is a greater awareness of the Acadian people in our area. What the explosion did was to almost wipe out the history of the Acadians in our area. 

After I finished baking the cookies and doing the research, I headed out to shovel the front landing and little sidewalk. It was an easy shovel but I got really cold. The NE wind went right through me. When I went outside later in the afternoon, the wind was still cold and raw. 

My muscles and joints hurt most of the day but I made myself get up and move. I was stiff and knew I wasn't properly aligned. I stretched in bed and had a series of cracks. I did feel better after that and hope I am going to have less pain today. 

Sewing

I did sew for a while yesterday but found the light wasn't as good as I like it to be. I sewed the shoulder seams on the jacket lining and then cut a bias strip to cover the raw edge with. I really like that method of finishing seams. 

That piece was set aside and I cut out the sleeves. They are lined so I had 4 little darts to make and then sew them together at the bottom. When that was done, I serged the side seams and tucked the serger thread tails back into the serged part. I cut out the remaining pieces and looked at the whole thing. 

The sleeves are to be set in next. There is still a lot to be done on the jacket. 

I put the stomacher into the jacket to see what it looks like. 

It looks quite white against the fabric. I do not have linen in a colour that is closer to the cream colour in the print. I haven't decided if I will make a stomacher out of the dress fabric. 

My last job of the day was to empty the box of recycling and trash into the bins in the garage. That made me feel good when I took the empty box back downstairs so I can refill it again. 

Knitting

I did pick up the stitches for the gusset in the morning and got it knit last night. 

Three more evenings and it will be done. I need to start looking at what yarn I want to knit a hat. I have the pattern chosen. I also need to ravel a pair of socks to reknit. They are huge on me. 

Thoughts

    It snowed again last night and the municipality has salted the roads already this morning. I have to shovel the front landing and sidewalk and will do it later this morning. I have some drifting in there from the wind. 

    Yesterday afternoon I sat and thought about why I am so tired of winter. It really isn't winter, I am just blaming it for how I feel. I have felt mentally off for a while and some of it is isolation which is self inflicted. When I get out, I feel better. Some is boredom from doing the same things over and over. And some is from not eating properly. Lastly, some has been from the pain I've had from the weather systems going through. I am working through this and trying to make some changes in what I do daily. 

Today

I am going to clean the bathroom first thing and then I am going to do a bit of meal planning. I will sew this afternoon for a bit and I may cut out more reindeer to work on. Tonight I will knit on the socks. 

Until the next time................................................