Thanks to everyone for their comments regarding my horrible headache. Unfortunately it has been a multi-day affair. It was so bad yesterday that after taking the twins to daycare, I came home, took some painkillers and curled up on the couch. While still a dull throb, it is much better today. While there was a point in my life where I had a headache every day, and let me tell you that was absolutely no fun, I can mostly function with them. While I was pregnant, they disappeared. Thank goodness as being pregnant I was limited in what I could take. It seems that my respite from a regular headache seems to be ending though. I’ve seen many a doctor about the problem and have just come to accept them. They aren’t debilitating enough that I want to take a regular medication for them as the last neurologist prescribed. No thanks.
On the good side, lazing around with no short people about did give me some knitting time. While you’ve seen me flit from one project to another, I’ve had multiple starts and stops on the secret gift project for Marina that have occurred behind the scenes. I’ve finally struck on the right project and have actually been making some decent headway on it. Since time isn’t standing still on this and well there is pretty much a deadline, I’ve set a quota for daily production that will have the knitting finished within 14 days. Finally assembly and end hiding will add another day or so. I’m using the same yarn that was purchased for the previous iterations so there’s been no affect on stash. Laying on the couch, I was able to do two days worth of quota knitting. My hands were a bit tingly by the time I was finished so I moved on to another project..
I finally knit the collar for Trellis. I did make one pattern modification to this. Instead of knitting the collar and then sewing to the neck edge after grafting the second side, I attached as I went. I picked up one stitch every other row until the 11 in the pattern and then subsequent rows, I would slip that last stitch, pick up one and then pass the slipped stitch over. I continued to the middle back, put those stitches back on the holder and did the second side to the same spot. Then I kitchnered the two together. Done. No sewing. Yay. It lays nice and flat and is a far neater seam-line than my sewing would have made for. Now I just have to sew the sleeves and side seams. I’ve picked out buttons from the collection and will be able to call this little guy done soon. It will then be winging its way off to New Orleans for my impending nephew.
Having gotten tired of working with cottons, I pulled out Birchington and finished another pattern repeat. I’m getting very close to the point where I’ll turn around and start reducing for the second half of the square. Birch has some 299 stitches at its widest, I figure that around the 150 mark would be a good spot. I don’t want what Elaine calls Shawzilla at the end of it. I ain’t that big. At last count, I had 119 stitches, so 3 more repeats and I’ll be there. I got the shipping notification that my order from WEBS left yesterday so I expect to have that soon. I wouldn’t think that UPS ground takes all that long from Mass to NJ. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it tomorrow. In the meantime, I switched from the Addi Turbos to some Clover bamboos that I had about the house. The knitting is easier and I’m not picking up stitches that have accidentally slid off, but I’m having more issues in pushing the stitches onto the needle. Hopefully the ebony ones will be the answer. Still looking for the perfect needles. Aren’t we all though.
Craft on.
