Lisa Lorenzin (she/her)<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/makeShitMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makeShitMonday</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crochet</span></a> edition, in which two new projects are begun, and the timer is ticking down...</p><p>I am Not Speedy at crochet. Small projects like slippers that say "easily completed in an evening" generally take me several days, and my frequency of working on projects is often sparse, so larger things like shawls or wraps generally take *months*.</p><p>So of course I've started two projects that I absolutely must finish by the end of June... 😬</p><p>A friend is turning 50, and my BFF from college and I are joining her on a celebratory trip. I decided I wanted a new light wrap for cool evenings - and then I thought my BFF might want one too - and of course I need to make one for the birthday girl! </p><p>So they chose fibers and colors, and I ordered some lovely silk/alpaca yarn at the beginning of April... not realizing it was on back-order and wouldn't arrive for over a month. 🤦🏻♀️ Then I mixed up who gets what and started on the BFF wrap, rather than the birthday wrap, but I want to finish the birthday wrap first to make sure it's ready for, well, her birthday - so I switched mid-stream.</p><p>And it's my first time working with lace-weight yarn, so there was definitely a learning curve there on tension! But it's a [relatively simple pattern](<a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/artfully-simple-angled-scarf/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mooglyblog.com/artfully-simple</span><span class="invisible">-angled-scarf/</span></a>) and goes pretty quickly, as long as I pay attention and back-check each row to avoid having to frog a bunch if I make any mistakes. I'm optimistic that I'll at least get their gifts done in time... And then mine can be my travel project for the trip! 😇</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/crochet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>crochet</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@cannibal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cannibal</span></a></span></p>