Not much

Not much exciting going on around here. I haven't finished any projects but I have decided to start two new ones. Well I don't plan on starting them immediately. They are in queue to be made.


The first is Eva's Shawl. The pattern link is on the right hand side column on the blog. I am going to use some Frog Tree Brushed Suri Alpaca that I bought forever ago for a shawl. The two other knitted shawls I started have failed miserably. So I am going to start this crocheted shawl with the third ball of yarn and if it goes well, I am going to frog the other two shawl projects to finish this one.


The other project is The Sock Yarn Blanket. I got a bunch of leftover scraps of yarn in the mail and I dug through my stash and found some others. I think this would be a great ongoing project to use up scraps of yarn that I feel bad for wasting. Or I could just be crazy. But if anyone has any scraps of yarn laying around their house, I would give it a loving home. Pretty much any weight yarn except for lace or super bulky I think would work.

Oh wait, I have another project waiting in the wings. The Wicket Eyelet Rib Vest. I have the yarn ready. I just need to get some stuff done so that I don't feel bad casting on a bunch of new stuff. Either that or I need to go through the WIP basket and clean it out and frog the stuff I will never finish.

At least I have most of the yarn for these projects so there isn't much spending going on. I am trying to save money for the Hawks nest retreat and Maryland Sheep and Wool Show. I am excited to be going to the Fiber Network's Hawks Nest retreat this weekend. Hopefully I will be able to get a lot of spinning done.

But, the reason I haven't really gotten anything done this week is my back. Zach had to take me to the emergency room Saturday night for severe back pain. Not cool. Although the doctor did give me much better medication than I was using. And he explained that tylenol doesn't really work on muscle strains and he showed me some stretches to do. Mostly I have just had to be better about the way I sit at work and when I am on the computer or knitting at home. And I was amused that the anti-inflamatory drugs made me almost as dizzy and loopy as the muscle relaxers. I have to say those suckers are effective though.