A New Year

Oh holy cats, it was cold here today! Highs got up to the oh-so-NOT-balmy mid 30s, but the whipping wind made it feel like the 20s. I'm not a fan of cold weather anymore, but at least I got to wear my newly-made fingerless mitts and my knit cap from the Knit Happens group.

Work was okay, mostly a day of catching up and re-prioritizing. Unfortunately, the cold from hell got the best of me, and by the end of the day, I was queasy from coughing so much. The inhaler & tessalon pearls did very little to slow things down, so I stopped and bought a box of Allegra. It's not doing much either. I really don't want to go see the doc because she's of the belief that if I try hard enough, I can suppress the cough through sheer willpower alone, and I don't want to be lectured about my lack thereof. Bah.

Did some more crocheting tonight, this time with a felting wool in shades of rose and cocoa. I'm going to felt the swatch tomorrow and see how the colorway comes out. If it's as pretty as I hope it will be, I'm either going to make another set of wrist warmers or go whole hog and make a purse/bag.

I pulled out a selection of yarn to take to work tomorrow so a pal can pick out yarn for her own wristwarmers. The Diva promptly jumped up into the chair where I was stacking the yarn and arranged her fabulous self across the cushion. Of course, I had to snap pix and take a short video. She suffered through it all with her usual grace and patience, blinking calmly at me as if to say, "Well, if you MUST make a fuss, go ahead. Do focus on my left side; it IS my best side, after all."

Bedtime, hopefully soon.

Yarning, Part 2

Finished one of the fingerless mitts last night. HUZZAH! I am inordinately pleased with the results. Amazing what happens when you use the correct size of crochet hook! ;)

I started the second mitt last night after getting home from the movies, and the dark purple is working up nicely. I may make another set with some cotton yarn I have in my stash.

I have a feeling I will get a lot of crocheting done today because what I thought was just a random allergy thing has turned into a cold, complete with laryngitis. I woke up at 4 a.m. because I couldn't breathe or swallow properly. Blek. Not the best way to bring in the new year, maybe, but not the worst, either. Plan for today is to drink lots of hot tea, maybe venture out to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (despite my loathing of Tom Cruise and his gigantic teeth), and spend lots of time with yarn and hook.

Happy New Year's Eve!

Yarning

The Salty Sheep in Swansboro is running a 20% off everything sale, so of course, I had to drive out there and wallow. I nabbed a midnight-blue Malabrigo, some sock yarn for a certain someone, and a couple of skeins of worsted cotton so I can crochet a set of arm warmers as seen on Rachel's blog at www.cornflowerbluestudios.blogspot.com.

After an unintentional nap this afternoon and a brief bout of furniture re-arranging, I started the arm warmers in the acid green yarn. I was buzzing along when I started wondering about the size of these things. Did I misread the crochet hook size? I had to come upstairs to check Rachel's instructions, and sure enough, I was off by about three sizes.

Oops.

My next purchase will be several sets of reading glasses that I can stash around the house. I have a set, but, uh, I don't know where they are. I remember using them in knitting class back in November. That seems so long ago...

So the plan for tonight is to re-start the arm warmer project, this time with the correct hook (size J). I'm still planning on making an intentionally mis-matched pair---one acid green, one deep purple. Why? Because I can. ;)

Peace, love, & yarn, y'all,
Me