![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
The Crochet Pile - February 2026
Aaand February was far less successful at smallening - in fact I did the opposite.
Finished this month: 1 project
Finished from The Pile: 0 projects
Added to The Pile: 1 project
And I'm about to be adding another new project today! (One with a loose deadline of this Friday, however.)
I made a quick one-evening project - a cat bed fitted to the top of a tall bookcase that stands beside their cat tree. I had been trying to keep them off it, but eventually I decided they (Dora, specifically) were more likely to get hurt trying to leap up there with it partially blocked (and knowing I'd be upset) than if I just allowed it.
It does have an inset light inside which has an outer piece on the top however, as well as the cord for that, so a bed to cover those to keep them a little less accessible to curious paws, seemed not unwise.
Climbed up the stepladder to take some measurements, then grabbed some of the cheaper blanket yarn I have.
They love it up there, of course; highest spot (they're allowed/can reach) in the house!
(The bookcase is almost 2m tall.)
So that wasn't much of a detour, really! Unfortunately, I haven't crocheted much in the latter half or more of the month - due mainly to medical issues. (My IV medication, which I get every 4 weeks, was delayed through some absolutely nonsense fuckery with insurance and a new specialty pharmacy - which I was forced into changing to - that is horrible at everything. So it was 11 days late - I went to stay with a friend because I was in such poor shape before it came to infusion time.)
Before that mess, though, I did work some more on my blanket - this isn't the most up-to-date, I've worked on it since, but gives a better idea of the size I'm going for, perhaps!
And the one project I added to my Pile is another flower net market bag, this one in my favourite cotton, which is a size up - and only a single colour. I'll be making a few tweaks to this one as well, mainly in the top/handles but a couple minor things elsewhere. I finally picked it up again yesterday after a bit of a lull due to feeling crummy, and added nine rows of netting; it's not halfway done yet (especially considering the handles), but looking good!
The project I'm planning to start today is actually - very loosely - related to the medical industry bullshit: I want to crochet a small thank you present for the extremely nice and competent nurse at my neurologist's office (myasthenia is managed by neurology, despite being an autoimmune disease) who has been doing her job with all this but also going above and beyond - she fought my insurance company into giving me my meds, quickly; she's hounded my pharmacy and gotten them every permutation of paperwork they fuss over; she's also checked in on me personally by phone/message a few times.
I'll be up near the office on Friday morning for something else, so I'm hoping to drop in and either give it to her or leave it there for her then.
We'll see!
I'm also informed that there's another neighbourhood craft market for Spring, which will be 'maybe sometime in March or April', so I may wind up switching focus a bit to make some more marketable things for that. (I had 3 days notice for the one last Autumn, so mostly brought things I already had made, and I made $151 off a table fee of $10, so if I can it very well may be worth it!)
Anyway! The Pile hasn't smallened, has in fact biggened again in February, but we'll see how things go from here!
So at current numbers:
Active WIPs: 21
(Subset that are market batches: 14)
Hibernating: 6
Total projects (complete, WIPs, everything): 143
Finished this month: 1 project
Finished from The Pile: 0 projects
Added to The Pile: 1 project
And I'm about to be adding another new project today! (One with a loose deadline of this Friday, however.)
I made a quick one-evening project - a cat bed fitted to the top of a tall bookcase that stands beside their cat tree. I had been trying to keep them off it, but eventually I decided they (Dora, specifically) were more likely to get hurt trying to leap up there with it partially blocked (and knowing I'd be upset) than if I just allowed it.
It does have an inset light inside which has an outer piece on the top however, as well as the cord for that, so a bed to cover those to keep them a little less accessible to curious paws, seemed not unwise.
Climbed up the stepladder to take some measurements, then grabbed some of the cheaper blanket yarn I have.
They love it up there, of course; highest spot (they're allowed/can reach) in the house!
(The bookcase is almost 2m tall.)
So that wasn't much of a detour, really! Unfortunately, I haven't crocheted much in the latter half or more of the month - due mainly to medical issues. (My IV medication, which I get every 4 weeks, was delayed through some absolutely nonsense fuckery with insurance and a new specialty pharmacy - which I was forced into changing to - that is horrible at everything. So it was 11 days late - I went to stay with a friend because I was in such poor shape before it came to infusion time.)
Before that mess, though, I did work some more on my blanket - this isn't the most up-to-date, I've worked on it since, but gives a better idea of the size I'm going for, perhaps!
And the one project I added to my Pile is another flower net market bag, this one in my favourite cotton, which is a size up - and only a single colour. I'll be making a few tweaks to this one as well, mainly in the top/handles but a couple minor things elsewhere. I finally picked it up again yesterday after a bit of a lull due to feeling crummy, and added nine rows of netting; it's not halfway done yet (especially considering the handles), but looking good!
The project I'm planning to start today is actually - very loosely - related to the medical industry bullshit: I want to crochet a small thank you present for the extremely nice and competent nurse at my neurologist's office (myasthenia is managed by neurology, despite being an autoimmune disease) who has been doing her job with all this but also going above and beyond - she fought my insurance company into giving me my meds, quickly; she's hounded my pharmacy and gotten them every permutation of paperwork they fuss over; she's also checked in on me personally by phone/message a few times.
I'll be up near the office on Friday morning for something else, so I'm hoping to drop in and either give it to her or leave it there for her then.
We'll see!
I'm also informed that there's another neighbourhood craft market for Spring, which will be 'maybe sometime in March or April', so I may wind up switching focus a bit to make some more marketable things for that. (I had 3 days notice for the one last Autumn, so mostly brought things I already had made, and I made $151 off a table fee of $10, so if I can it very well may be worth it!)
Anyway! The Pile hasn't smallened, has in fact biggened again in February, but we'll see how things go from here!
So at current numbers:
Active WIPs: 21
(Subset that are market batches: 14)
Hibernating: 6
Total projects (complete, WIPs, everything): 143
no subject
I'm glad you finally got your IV. A gift for the nurse who helped is a lovely idea.