I haven’t been feeling well since Friday, and I’ve been getting a lot of knitting done. In fact, yesterday, I did almost nothing else. The lame part is that both of my inner ears itch. I hate that. Also, while my throat doesn’t hurt, it is amazingly dry and scratchy, which is extremely uncomfortable. Blah, blah, blah… I don’t feel good. Pity me.

Let’s get back to the knitting, which is far more interesting than my ailments.

If you ignore the fact that I’ve been neglecting the seaming of mom’s sweater, I’ve been doing really well. On Friday, I started Veronica’s Christmas doll. It’s a rotten picture. You’ll get a better one, I promise. Saturday, I finished my first clog. Sunday, I finished the second,

and felted them both. You’ll get to see them completed tomorrow.

After the clogs were done, (which means I’ve finished my project for the Green-along! See sidebar if curious), I started brainstorming and swatching for the Flowerswap 2004 (again, see sidebar). My swap partner is Myra, from Hawaii. I’ve been thinking about this project almost every day, trying to decide what I wanted to do. I’ve never knit a flower. I want it to be a cool one. I’ve been looking around for the right yarn, trying to think of the right flower, etc. I played around with the idea of knitting something that grows in my garden. (Or something that I wish grows in my garden).

The last few Friday evenings when I’ve been manning the store at Columbine, Cher has had me balling some hand dyed mohair into little, 80 yard balls that she sells for $2.50. As I was winding them up this last Friday evening, it occurred to me that some of the pinks and greens would make pretty flowers, and the price was sure nice. So I came home with 5 different balls, two pink, three green.

Last night, I started playing around with flower ideas. I’ll post more about it soon.

Saturday, we all went up to Sequim for the lavender festival, which ended up being a single, rather smallish holiday bazaar. No regrets though. We had a good time. Thanks to my friend Hayden (yes, the hat’s namesake) for posting about it. I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise. Anyhow, we took some snapshots of the ferry ride home. If you’re interested, click the following link.