May 25 2010
too hot to type.
It is. In May.
And I know other folks in different parts of the continent are guffawing about SNOW in May. (Bad word, snow). So I’m trying very hard to enjoy our heatwave here even though it slogs me out and makes me feel about as energetic as a snail.
However. It has been too long since I’ve last typed so despite the heat I am typing. And I also dyed today because it’s about time I do some of that too. Especially since it’s nummy new limited edition mill-spun alpaca-merino laceweight I just retrieved very recently from a local mill. They did a fabulous job and I can’t wait to get it up in the shop. 50/50 alpaca merino.
It’s gorgeous to knit with (I’m working on a pattern in it) and wonderfully soft. Great for next-to the skin wear. And it will be very pretty for lace knitting.
As of late it’s sort of been touch and go. Physically, things are a little better due to new meds. The trick is finding balance between meds and activity. Sometimes the meds are the culprit keeping me from moving about and sometimes I overdo it and the meds don’t do as good of a job. I’m getting there! Just being able to get into the dyeroom is thrilling. And I am quite happy to not have to deal with negative temps (again, my sympathies to those of you who are still stuck with frost and other bad words).
Otherwise, I’ve kept myself busy with my usual round of weekly startitis projects (see flyby photos below). I did manage to finish a few things (or halves of pairs of socks, that sort of thing). And one shawl is finished.
I don’t have pretty pretty pics of it yet - but here are a few pics:
Specs: Daybreak by Stephen West. Medium size, yarn is Oceanwind Knits Merino in various shades. I think I used 3.75mm needles. It’s gotten a lot of wear already.
Other bits of recent fibre-y activity (in no apparent order - just pretty fibre pictures :)):
hand-spun merino (Lakehouse Loft) - Wanida sock (Cookie A)
Sylvi
hand-spun corriedale (Lakehouse Loft)
wensleydale roving - potential spinning
wensleydale roving (more) - spinning in progress
Traveling Woman (in hand-spun corriedale from above)
And, due to aforementioned heatwave, plants are coming alive and blooming and just generally growing like mad.
I totally love poppies, don’t you? This is a shot of the first one to open.
This last photo is Sam’s magic bean plant, which grew from ‘just popped out of the seed pod’ to about 4 inches, as you see, overnight. Magic, indeed. :)
So, there we are. A sort of fly-by update but a blog post, nonetheless.
Hoping to post the new yarn by the end of this week. :)
