craziness

It got a little quiet around here, didn’t it?  Not intentionally, that’s for certain.  The latter part of the week was pretty chaotic.  I was very, very sick on Wednesday night and Thursday and was pretty well forced to slow down for a couple of days.  I’m fine now, feeling better.  Unfortunately, this was one of those moments where I realized that I have to slow down, back off on some things a bit, as my need to do 8 things at once was part of what got me so sick.  So, the blog got quiet, I didn’t do a marathon of dyeing as planned this week and I’m trying hard to focus on one thing at a time.  Not easy for me!

I have done some things in the last few days – I’m not slowing down that much, after all.  That’s what makes this a random kind of post.  A little of this and a little of that.

There was a little knitting.  I re-started Danny’s sweater and actually knitted past the point where I was on Wednesday.  And I did it all during a movie last night.  Here is the boring shot of the back of the sweater that I promised in my last post: The reason I’m showing you this is because the yarn is just delightful.  Surprisingly so because it has my least favorite thing in it — acrylic.  Yep, this yarn snob is knitting with ackrylick.  And liking it.  Hell has not yet frozen over; it is after all 52% merino.  But the other 48% — “acrylic microfiber”.  (As an aside, one of my biggest pet peeves with yarn is calling acrylic something other than what it is — like, microfiber.  Its acrylic.  May as well call it what it really is – plastic.  Or better yet, shitty for the earth petroleum product.  Rowan does this a lot.  Irritating.)  Anyhow, I actually like this 48% shitty for the earth, nothing natural about it petroleum yarn.  It doesn’t feel like plastic yarn.  The merino is far more prominent – it behaves like a superwash merino.   Nice.  The really fun thing is that it has this great rounded look in the strand and it maintains that.  My stitches are nice and plump looking.   It has a squooshy look and feel to it.  And its kid-friendly, washable and durable.  I’d use it again.  It knits up super fast, so I may actually finish the back this week.

There was a little dyeing.  Not a lot, as I’m working on the not-over-doing-it thing.  I dyed up the rest of my BFL – there was only 2 pounds left.   I dyed it up in the new colorways, 4 ounces of each.  They’re really fun.  They were just out of the bath then, so more pictures next week.  I also dyed up the yarn for Mr. Greenjeans: The purple looks a little intense right now.  It too was wet.  Hoping it will mellow when its dry and reskeined.

Lastly, I do plan on a “Name that Colorway” contest in the next few days.  I have to find some time to put together something coherent, including prizes (likely Painted Sheep Gift Certificates).  Keep your eye out for it this week.

That’s my random.  I’m off to do some work-related work.  Don’t you love “short” weeks?  Having Thursday and Friday off means I get to do 5 days worth of work in 3 days.   In the interest of not working 3 10+ hour days (see I’m slowing down), I’m working at home a bit on a Sunday.  After that, another movie and more knitting.

Enjoy your day!