Yarn Clubs and Snakes

It's been a busy few weeks. I've really enjoyed my first month of preparing my Yarnimal Crossing monthly yarn club. I've especially enjoyed the creative process - choosing the yarn colours, designing the graphics for the ball bands and thank you cards, making stitch markers and even deciding on a tissue paper and stickers to match the theme!

The dyeing part was hard work, just because of how ill I am at the moment, but Tom, my teenager helped with the more physical jobs, and we got it all done between us!

I've been SO nervous about whether people will like my yarn. I have sold my yarn in the past, but I've never sold "mystery" yarn before, so I've been quite anxious. The feedback I've had so far has been brilliant though, so I should be able to breathe a sigh of relief soon. My February club is now available on my website, so if you'd like some, be quick! Orders close in a few days.

In other news, I had a Nuclear Medicine Scan last week, which was terrifying! It's all to do with my gastro issues, so I've just got to be brave and get it done. I have another scan in a few days, which I'm dreading, but I need to know what's wrong with me. The worst part was lying on the thin, metal strip! I can't lie flat because of my spinal issues, but had to, and keep still too, with my arms in a restraint! It took two nurses to get me sat back up and then back in my wheelchair. Sorry, whoever you are! 

Speaking of my gastro issues, I'm a bit gutted (pun intended). I posted a Vlog on my YouTube channel yesterday, and talked about my version of the temperature blanket... A bowel movement snake. Her name is Poo Noodle and she's not at all fecal. She is a bit phallic, but we'll forgive her for that as she has a lot of growing to do.

It seems as though people do not like it when bowels are discussed, as I lost a TONNE of subscribers and I barely had any to begin with! I don't want to feel as though I shouldn't talk about something so important, and I keep thinking of the wonderful work that Bowel Babe did, but it is disheartening that people are either horrified by me talking about poo, or disgusted, or whatever other emotion made them unsubscribe. It's silly, I know, but my world is small and I get very sad if I think I've upset someone, or annoyed them, or that I'm just being silly posting Vlogs and perhaps I shouldn't any more.

Then the other part of me gets excited about future Vlogs and podcasts, and wants to create content, even if I am rubbish at it, because I enjoy doing it so much. I'm so conflicted! I've been planning the next episode of my Audio Podcast, and I love the process of researching what I want to talk about, coming up with ideas and creating a script. I think maybe because that side of things is similar to teaching, lesson planning and designing curriculum. If only one person listens, I guess it will be worth it. Even if it is my Mum! (Thanks Mum ☺️). 

I'm still enjoying knitting my Stormseeker socks and have a few more rows before the heel. The pattern is so clever, and I'm really looking forward to March/April's pattern which I'll be knitting in a colourway I've ordered from Greenlambkin Yarn. I'll show you when I get it! Here are my current socks so far:

Aren't they pretty? The yarn I'm using is the Christmas Ornaments colourway by Spectrum fibre and I love the speckles so much! I'm definitely a speckle person. 

Right, I'm off to read my book for a bit before I go to sleep - the first in the ACOTAR series. I'm a bit behind the times! I'm not sure what I think yet... Has anyone else read them? 

Until next time...