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With the exception of the excitement of Surprise Senior Women Orthopedic Surgery Week, and no, you really do not want to hear any of those stories, we have continued with resting and a lot of downtime. Then my gmail wouldn't work, and I decided I needed something new to knit.
Silk seemed like a good choice, so I grabbed some that I dyed with my nephew and started peeling layers and stretching it out to what I hoped would be the right diameter. Then it all seemed like it might turn to crackers on me, but I kept going, and maybe it will work. Either way, I should have something to report soon.
Poor Brucie has some sort of plague, and we are into week two. I believe he is on the mend; it is just not happening as quickly as either of us would like. This has kept me out on the couch and up and down taking care of him, and my sleep schedule set to random. By Monday, I was just flat worn out and slept most of the day, and then I realized I was not feeling so fabulous, and I kept telling myself that it was just a lack of sleep combined with high pollen levels, but I began to worry that I had contracted a case of plague-light. Really, I did not feel too terrible, but I certainly did not feel great.
So, when I haven't been sleeping through the television shows that interest me, I am knitting through crap programming or reading. Last week I finished my Lady Violet's Dinner Gauntlets (Jimmy Beans Wool Downton Abbey Mystery KAL). I like that I now have this pair of long gauntlets, the knitalong was enjoyable, and the pattern was simple. You're only getting a blocking photo of one, but super-swear that I have finished both and laced them with their i-cords.
After I finished the gauntlets, I was not really up for figuring out a new knit, so I worked on more squares for the POP! Blanket. When I had the second set of sixteen done, I blocked them. I even took a crappy cell phone pic and tweeted it, but then somewhere in the midst of possibly coming down with this crap (denial? me?) I managed to delete it. Such is life, right? Anyway, the first thirty-two blocks are waiting in a bag, and I have knit four more. The good news is that I have been knitting the center circle with the second colorway (Rainforest) of Classic shades, and it looks like it is working well with the first (Watermelon).
In other news, it is time to find a new feed reader because Google Reader is going away on July 1. I was sad when they decided to get rid of iGoogle, but now that they are ditching Google Reader, I am starting to take it personally.
As if that were not enough, we are having septic tank troubles. Best-case scenario is that it just needs to be pumped. If there are tree roots in the lines, well, that is not what we want, but someone will be out to work on the system on Saturday. I hope things stay well enough until the repair/maintenance work is done.
I meant to get this post up this morning, but a stabbing ear pain drove away my denial and to the doctor. I have respiratory crud and an ear infection. On a more positive note, I was able to knit one more square for the blanket during waiting times.
A bunch of boring things happened, but, apparently, they were a bit more than I could handle. Oh, but it is all good, because I have more to share for February Finish.
Yep, I finished Bauble. I could probably work on getting a good photo of it from now until next February and maybe not come up with anything much better, so here it is. None of the photos really get the color right, so maybe squint and shake your head quickly and that might be it. I really like it, but think that it is probably a gift. I owe (my own weird decision and imagined obligation) a shawl and need to decide between this and a Swallowtail. Anyway, I omitted the beads because I did not think they really added much and was not sure if the yarn would hold up well to beads.
The yarn is Malabrigo Lace in Jewel Blue, and I still have 26g left of the second skein. I am thinking cowl--either Kuusk or Wavy Feathers.
