Last Monday I woke up feeling awful. Headache, body aching and very scratchy sore throat. Of course, that turned into the laryngitis that everyone else around me had, and I was sick with that for over a week. I felt tired, unable to think and mostly just wanted to hang out at home in my pjs, with kitties piled in my lap, knitting in my hands, and my audible book playing.
Luckily I got to do that this weekend, and finally woke today feeling almost normal.
But, over the week last week and the weekend, I finished a pair of blue socks, the re-do of Alyssa's hat (it was too small, now it's perfect) and got started on my Peregrine sweater. I'm using Malabrigo Rios for the yarn. It's sumptuous and lovely and all I can think about during the day. I want to dig my fingers in that yarn and work away the entire time I'm at home. I can hardly wait to wear it! So soft and lovely...and silky even though there isn't a drop of silk in it. I think the folks at Malabrigo work a little magic into their yarn...The color I chose because it was the only color there was enough of to make my sweater was Jupiter. It's a lovely pinky, maroony, red-dish color. Variegated, but since it's in the same color family it looks more like a deep, rich color rather than a mish-mash of a bunch of colors. From a distance anyway. It's beautiful, and I already have 6" or so of the body started. It's knitted in one piece (apart from the sleeves) so that's some pretty considerable progress...can't wait to see how much I manage to get done over the weekend! I'm excited.
Today's picture is of the lovely blue socks. They are quite thick and warm and pretty. The ones on the left are out of a color called "bella coola" and the ones on the right are "blue brick wall" (you'll notice the gold flecks in the one on the right). They are going to my friend Jeff after I wash them up this weekend.
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