Monday, February 27, 2012

Sick, Boom, Bleh

Not the best week for yours truly. I got sick, yes, with the sore throat and the tender noggin and the sniffly slimey yech.

And my 3mm Addi Turbo lace needle broke. This needle was in my bright Kauni cardigan, which was all the way up to the neck shaping when I was so rudely interrupted by the failure of my tools. Not that I'm blaming the Addi. I put a lot of stress on that cable, pushing around far too many stitches on a too short cord.

Well, that's fine. What with the sick and all, I wasn't in the right frame of mind to work on neck shaping and short row shoulders in the round. What I was in the mood for was some Stephen West. Pretty colors and yarn, shown off with some simple magic in the knitting. I've almost finished a Daybreak, but I don't have enough yarn for the cast off, and now must rip. And I had ten wedges of a Spectra, but this morning I decided that the gauge was too loose and that I didn't like the proportions of the neutral to the colors. So that got ripped this morning. Oh bleh.


That's why there's no pictures today my pets. Go visit Ravelry and Stephen West. He'll keep you entertained for a good long while.

5 comments:

  1. Hope you feel better Laurie :-)
    Those are great patterns.

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  2. Sick here too. Second cold of the winter. Disgusting.

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  3. Still sick here too ... sigh. I've had back to back issues with colds [hehehehe] since November. Blah!

    Love Stephen West. Have yarn and one of his patterns. Must start that now that spring is springing!

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  4. Spectra in progress here too. GMTA! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3303063501022&set=a.2210694672484.135599.1401026787&type=3&theater Feel better, friend!

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