195 You can't keep everything

In this episode: Stash enhancement; hat boxes of joy; the rug of sorrow; knitting memory lane, letting it go. Repeat after me: It is okay to rest.

Thank you, past Brenda, for setting up [Esther](https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/esther-2) (by Camilla Vad) and [Boreal](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boreal-2) (by Kate Davies). Leftovers from Esther will become [Winter's Fern](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winters-fern) hats.

My [Elm](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elm-3) socks, , by Cookie A, in Admiral Hanf.

The Red Edge is for Season 3 of [Lupin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531336/), which I am hoping to watch next week, by the fire, with a cat on my lap.

Busting out hats using the [Two by Two](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/two-by-two-2) pattern.

Meet [onion](https://www.wildandwoollyshop.co.uk/shop/yarn/nettle-sock-yarn/), a truly sustainable sock yarn in oodles of colours.

If you like looking at very pretty old dresses, the [John Singer Sargent Exhibition at the Tate Britain](https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/sargent-and-fashion) is for you. Read more about Madame X and listen to experts discuss the painting [here(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/20012492).

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Music: [Perfect Holiday, by Cassette Deck](https://www.musicbed.com/songs/perfect-holiday/45838)

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