I've been retired for 5 weeks now, and can report that last week I started not hating it! I still miss the regimentation of a work schedule and haven't gotten myself into a new schedule, but some of the irritation of prior weeks is gone.
Last week was huge in the grand scheme of retirement projects. My boxes of fabric and yarn and other crafting supplies are no longer in the unlighted, unheated shed and are instead all over the house. There are 97 of them, but so far I've found at least 12 that are not crafting at all, and some aren't even my stuff. I am doing a review and purge of each box before moving things into the sewing room, and it's amazing the things that moved with me. It's overwhelming, but I'm trying to deal with 2 or 3 boxes a day.
The first box of fabric had several 3 or 4 yard lengths of 60" wide wool and wool blends, clearly destined to be pantsuits or skirt suits for work in the financial district of San Francisco! Since that's no longer a priority, and I have plenty of pantsuits, that fabric will be donated. There are several more boxes with similar contents.
Some of the yarn boxes are filled with single or 1-2 skeins lots bought to knit baby sweaters for my nieces and nephew, all of whom are in their 30s now and who are parents to my grand nieces and nephews, most of whom are already pre-teens. I will be donating that yarn as well although I will be keeping most of the sweater sized lots for the time being.
I have been knitting most nights, and other times too, and I've been invited to join a couple of knitting groups! These socks were finished in early October and I love them - Opal of some sort, my standard pattern except that I did the heels turns differently because I forgot which one I used on sock 1! I don't think it matters, and I did want to try different ones at some point. The colors are much more "southwest", more rust or cinnamon than tan. One of yesterdays boxes was sock yarn; at least 2 dozen Opals, and I know there's another box of Opal somewhere!
The weather has rather suddenly turned gray and cold, nasty really, with strong winds that make it unpleasant to be outside for very long. I don't remember previous Novembers being like this and neither do my Facebook memories; I hope it returns to the normal crisp autumn days before winter really sets in. I notice it more now than when I was working because there are things I'd do outside if it wasn't so raw and dreary.
That's all for now - another update with another finished project very soon!
