How long?
OK, I’ll get the whingy bit over and done with at the beginning. I’m still ill 
– still being “otherwise distressed” after four (or is it five? – I’m losing count) days. And Ruth has had it too, although she’s been OK since Saturday afternoon, although she was still under the weather yesterday – so much so that she fell asleep just before dinner time:
So I’ve been to see the doctor who has given me the name of some stuff that I can’t get on prescription, that the pharmacist doesn’t have in stock… Update: it’s not in stock because it’s not made any more…
Enough of Moaning Minnie. Unfortunately I’ve either not been feeling well enough to knit, or just not been in the mood. However I do need to confess some progress…
The conversation on the phone with my mother on Thursday went something along the lines of, “That yarn you agreed to pay for for my birthday arrived today, but don’t worry, I’ll finish your scarf before I start it.” Now if you’ve been paying attention (and there’s absolutely no reason why you should) starting the scarf was in itself going against the spirit of the WIP-Wipeout I’m trying to commit to. Ah well. Let’s have a little look at that scarf now shall we:
Does that look finished to you? Me neither.
So clearly I won’t have started the Sunrise Circle Jacket yet, will I? Obviously not. So what is this then?
Er…. – a swatch? No, it is indeed the back of the jacket (don’t you just love the way the colour goes from burgundy to copper and back again – yum). And it’s worse than that. Not only did I buy the 10 balls needed for the pattern, when I looked back at Stash I saw that they had exactly 5 balls of it left. And by a curious coincidence exactly 5 balls of Karaoke is what I need to make this felted bag. And I’ve been wanting to make a felted bag. And I was beginning to be a little concerned in case I didn’t quite have enough yarn for the jacket anyway, so it would have been irresponsible not to get them all – right?
Alright then. It’s time to get serious about this. I AM NOT GOING TO BUY ANY MORE YARN UNTIL I HAVE KNITTED UP THE STUFF I ALREADY HAVE.
Anyway, all this not knitting time has been spent reading – I’ve finished Victoria Finlay’s Colour:Travels Through a Paintbox – it’s been a fabulous read – an adventure story to all sorts of remote and exotic locations, tracing the origins and history of paints and dyes. I hadn’t really realised before just how fragile some of the pigments used by artists in the past were. (I kind of knew that many of the Masters have faded, but hadn’t really taken on board why, or how much.) Nor had I realised how dangerous some of the pigments were – both to obtain and to use.
Well, time to find some dry toast for lunch…
three comments:
Man that Karaoke is freakin beutiful! I had no idea that colour-way looked like that.. SO pretty!!pixie () (link) - 27 March '06 - 16:38
I don’t suppose you want me to check if they have more of that yarn over here do youDonni () (link) - 28 March '06 - 02:35
Awww, what a sweet picture of your little one. Hope everyone’s feeling better soon.alison () (link) - 28 March '06 - 04:36
