And Stalled Again
Not a lot to report today. I woke up to an hour and a half early to one of those sour stomachs that make you lay in bed wondering if you should get up and vomit and get it over with, or just keep laying there hoping that it will go away.
I finally chose to get up and end the misery.
That was the worst of the day, but I did take it as a sign of some minor bug passing through my system, and decided to take it easy today. Tonight would have been craft circle night, but I cancelled so I could be sure not to share whatever with everyone. It seems to have been a good decision - I can't say I'm actively unwell, but I'm definitely less than well, if you take my meaning. No energy, and trouble focusing.
I can at least report that Gryphon's Sweater Vest has come off the needles, and is complete save for a light steam-blocking. Once we've done that, he's planning to get all dolled up and model it for the camera. So there'll be pictures soon.
Finishing the sweater vest left me with only one project on the needles - Wearable Hug 12, aka Bridgette. But I was faced with the same issue I had Friday, which is that the next time I pick her up for serious work, I need to attach in a new yarn. Since I use a threaded needle technique for that called a Russian Join, it's not as simple as just picking up the new yarn - it takes a lot of focus, good dexterity, and at least a little brains. Not something I wanted to tackle on a sick day.
So I have spent some time considering what else I might cast on for. I have the yarn to make the Market Square
Bag from Bags: A Knitter's Dozen, but when I pulled out my #8 circulars to try the cast-on, I realized that all I have are either way too short (16") or too long (at least 40") to work right. I need something around 24" for this one. So the Market Square Bag got put on hold pending purchase of additional tools.
I have continued thinking about a new lace project to replace the Wings of the Cat shawl, which is on suspended duty until I know better how I want to do it. I've been looking hard at Kiri, and thought I'd swatch a little with some mohair yarn I've got around. I tried two different starts, and didn't like the results of either. I think I'm definitely going to want a lighter weight yarn than mohair for that.
I have yarn to do about half a dozen pairs of socks, but the ones I most want to do are with a yarn I haven't used yet, which will mean a gauge swatch and calculating what size of the pattern to make - more brain power required for that than I have available today.
So the end result is that the knitting is again stalled out, waiting for my system to be more amenable to new challenges. I'm going to go try to forget it for a while now. I've got the season premiere of Charmed on the Tivo, and I think the thing to do now is watch the Halliwell's get out of the fix they left themselves in last season.
I finally chose to get up and end the misery.
That was the worst of the day, but I did take it as a sign of some minor bug passing through my system, and decided to take it easy today. Tonight would have been craft circle night, but I cancelled so I could be sure not to share whatever with everyone. It seems to have been a good decision - I can't say I'm actively unwell, but I'm definitely less than well, if you take my meaning. No energy, and trouble focusing.
I can at least report that Gryphon's Sweater Vest has come off the needles, and is complete save for a light steam-blocking. Once we've done that, he's planning to get all dolled up and model it for the camera. So there'll be pictures soon.
Finishing the sweater vest left me with only one project on the needles - Wearable Hug 12, aka Bridgette. But I was faced with the same issue I had Friday, which is that the next time I pick her up for serious work, I need to attach in a new yarn. Since I use a threaded needle technique for that called a Russian Join, it's not as simple as just picking up the new yarn - it takes a lot of focus, good dexterity, and at least a little brains. Not something I wanted to tackle on a sick day.
So I have spent some time considering what else I might cast on for. I have the yarn to make the Market Square
Bag from Bags: A Knitter's Dozen, but when I pulled out my #8 circulars to try the cast-on, I realized that all I have are either way too short (16") or too long (at least 40") to work right. I need something around 24" for this one. So the Market Square Bag got put on hold pending purchase of additional tools.I have continued thinking about a new lace project to replace the Wings of the Cat shawl, which is on suspended duty until I know better how I want to do it. I've been looking hard at Kiri, and thought I'd swatch a little with some mohair yarn I've got around. I tried two different starts, and didn't like the results of either. I think I'm definitely going to want a lighter weight yarn than mohair for that.
I have yarn to do about half a dozen pairs of socks, but the ones I most want to do are with a yarn I haven't used yet, which will mean a gauge swatch and calculating what size of the pattern to make - more brain power required for that than I have available today.
So the end result is that the knitting is again stalled out, waiting for my system to be more amenable to new challenges. I'm going to go try to forget it for a while now. I've got the season premiere of Charmed on the Tivo, and I think the thing to do now is watch the Halliwell's get out of the fix they left themselves in last season.
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