Congratulations and this.....
...go out to justcinful , who correctly identified the 15 intel agencies from the Saturday pop quiz a few weeks back. This lovely yarn is on its way to her as we speak, and I can't decide which is more exciting: seeing what she will do with this, or seeing all of the nifty kool-aid dyed yarn she slaved over this weekend!
Other stuff that's been happening here include a birthday for my favorite husband (on St Patrick's day no less), a very sick Leon-kitty, and a sick me. Yes, me....yes, again. Leon and I spent the latter part of the week and the weekend sleeping (a LOT) trying getting well, and I think it worked because we're both much better. Don't let anyone tell you that eating right, excercising regularly, and getting enough sleep aren't the path to health. They'd be wrong. I know because that's all exactly what I HAVEN'T been doing and I've been down for the count twice is three weeks. Does it come as a shock to all of you, as it was to me, to find that Girl Scout Thin Mints and Diet Pepsi are not a balanced diet? Who knew? Don't cry though, there's always Do-si-do's(wow, they don't call them that any more) They have peanut butter in them, and peanut butter is full of protein, right? So there you go, those and some milk --gotta have that calcium-- and I'll be right as rain in no time.
So anyway, with all of that sleeping, neither Leon nor I had much time, energy, or the attention span to knit, so all I have to show for all of that down time are a handful of swatches and a couple of half-hearted attempts at starting new projects. Here's a little list:
It all started with a cone of Valley 2.6 from Webs "Garage Sale", which has been languishing in my stash calling my name. It's a lusciously soft, dark brown, heathery, chunky yarn (I also have it in dark burgundy, hooray!), and I've been dying to start a sweater with it. So I did a very quick swatch, confirmed that it was my favorite yarn EVER, and then rolled over and went back to sleep. It was just too much work to do any of the math to start a sweater. Sadly, they only have two other colors left, but if you're looking for a chunky, rustic, yummy yarn, go quickly and grab some. You won't be sorry.
Then later, in the midst of some sort of fever-induced chill, I decided that I desperately needed a pair of Fuzzy Feet. Nevermind the thick wool socks laying all over the bedroom, only Fuzzy Feet would do and I had to have them NOW. Yes it was stupid, but seemed like a good idea at the time. Don't you just love cold medicine? So anyway, I pulled out my lovely brown Cascade 220 that I balled up months ago for this very purpose, because it is, after all, the best yarn ever, and set off knitting. I think I maybe got 2 inches of the first cuff done and then, well, I went back to sleep.
At some point in all of this, my hand fell upon the skein of Knit Picks Merino Style in "Storm" that was part of an exploratory order not so long ago, and I decided that maybe while I was just laying in bed doing absolutely nothing, I would go ahead swatch up every single yarn I own so that I would just be ready to go whenever the mood struck me, and I would never, ever, ever have to swatch again, and I would start right then with this yarn. Right then. So I did. Please stop laughing. It WAS a good idea, right? OK, it wasn't. What it was, as a matter of fact, is downright stupid, because...well, because it was, and we all know it. But I started it anyway. I did about 10 rows and then went back to sleep. Yup, with the knitting in my hands. However, I did decide that THIS was actually my favorite yarn EVER, and that I was going to buy enough for a sweater in every color they make, except pink, of course. Ick. Luckily, the laptop was all.the.way.down.stairs, and that was just too far away -- instead, I slept.
By this time, it's Sunday afternoon and I'm slowly coming back to my senses as the fever breaks and the cold medicine wears off. I look around at the yarn carnage that is the floor around my bed and decide that someone should really be monitoring me when I'm sick. I mean, really, what if my hobby was something like -- I don't know -- antique swords, or even pottery? Oh my god -- can you just imagine the mess I could make with a wheel and some Robitussin? So I get up, gather up all the yarn and needles and swatches and such (not to mention the forgotten tea cups and coughdrop wrappers) and I head purposefully up to my work room in the attic where I put everything away in its proper place, make my little swatch notes (to the best of my memory), and grab my euclan so that I can give these little guys a quick wash. Somehow, somewhere between the top of the attic stairs and the living room chair, a skein of Andean Silk in Barn Red, a set of #7 needles, and "Last Minute Knitted Gifts" ended up in my hands. I have no idea how that happened, but it did. And so, that was my last swatch of the weekend, which I did actually finish in one pass. Turns out that this is my favorite yarn EVER, and I'll be casting on for the hourglass sweater any moment now.
Oh wait...what's THIS?
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