+++ Whoops! Here comes the cheese! +++

Seasidegal58

Agree with the others!  Have you any plans for what you are going to make with it?  Fingerless gloves comes to mind.....😉

KajiKita

Seasidegal58 said:

Agree with the others!  Have you any plans for what you are going to make with it?  Fingerless gloves comes to mind.....😉

And wrist warmers! 😊

I agree, it’s well worth investing in good materials - when we do projects like this we spend so much time with them looking at them, touching them etc, so the look and the touch of them is important 😊

Loving the idea of you just smiling at the stash and it bringing you joy. And yes, put them in the craft room! I bet if Mr Redo could see you right now, he’d be urging you to use and enjoy the space that he loved ❤️

KK

CCW007

Love wrist warmers, great for working from home as I find them easier to wear whilst typing but make a big difference to body temperature.

Watty1

I still have wrist warmers my grandmother knitted me 35 years ago. She made a lot!! I love them.  They make such a difference to body temperature 

doingitanyway

You are doing so well. The glasses on the craft table made me well up so goodness knows how tough it was for you. Not a very MSE comment alert, but if buying wool gives you some joy, then buy it. 

EssexHebridean

Would turning Mr Redo's craft room into a space solely for you to use be a workable idea, or would it be too emotionally tricky for you/difficult to navigate with others? It might be that the thought of sitting in there knitting some of your stash with music or an audio book is a soothing thought, or it might be that it would simply make you feel his loss all too sharply - there's no right and wrong in it, just what works for you. 

The immediacy of moving things like glasses which feel very much part of a person's presence is definitely one of the toughest parts of clearing things after a death I think - there were small things like that of Dad's that felt almost inappropriate to move, if that makes sense. 

in_need_of_direction

my sympathies for what you are so bravely facing.  it was the removal of my dad's slippers from home that hit me hardest - only thing i know is that there's no guide book for grief.  keep chipping away

Alchemilla

Sending love.

I found DH's wedding tie in the garage last weekend.

We married in 2006. Had a laugh about him leaving clothes in the garage but the mice had been at it so it had to go xxx

redofromstart

Slow and steady progress here, with a major diversion to garden planting schemes while the weather was suitable.  

His study was set up with a workshop desk, and a wall of kitchen type cabinets and a worktop in an L shape so it will be great storage but not a comfortable room for an armchair.  I suspect if/when we market the house I will revert it to a bedroom as it is a small double.  I was chatting to Greenbee about ideas for rooms and the more logical 'me' room would be the third reception (living room), which was his indoor workshop.  Currently full of power tools, and wood, and paint but nothing impossible in terms of relocating it to the garage and the outside workshop.  It'll need a lot of rescue work first.

PennysIntoPounds

Gosh what a lot you're doing. Hope you're making time for medicinal wine/cheese and crackers/sweet treats too. I do so wish we lived closer so I could help (with the sorting, not scoffing your food and drink!)