Well, I’ve been plowing through the W-I-P’s.
While Nate was reading Harry Potter, I carded and spun the rest of the Targee fleece I’ve been griping about much of the year. The skeins aren’t washed and set yet, so they’re still a bit kinky, but they’re done.
I haven’t counted yardage. I don’t even care. It’s done, and I never have to work it again.
Second, I finished the Daisy Swatch Turned scarf. Finally. It’s blocking now, and I’ll weave in the ends when it’s dry.
It’s really hard to see in its “barely there pink”. Even in person, so I have no idea how I’ll get the final picture.
All that’s left are the purple cable gloves I’m trying to write a pattern for. And I’m not going to finish those yet.
So, with all that out of the way, I was free to ball my newly spun BFL roving. This is the smaller of the two skeins.
See the stripes? Aren’t they cool? The ball itself is a work of art.
I’ve ripped and started the scarf three times. I loved it in the original pattern (Fiona Ellis’s Campus Scarf from Scarf Style), but it would only have made a 40 inch scarf with the yardage that I have, so I modified it and cut 30% of the width.
I still really like it, and have decided that I’ll dye and spin a full pound of roving to make another scarf the way the pattern is written at some point. Though I like the slipped stitch I added on the edge instead of straight garter as it’s written.
The color patterning is a little better on the narrower scarf. This roving wasn’t dyed in even sections, it was kettle dyed with spots and splotches, so I’m happy to be getting the striping that I am.
Today, I hope to get to the store to buy some Dawn dish soap and more lingerie bags, in getting ready to wash some of the alpaca that Pat gave me months ago.
About reading Harry Potter (no spoilers)….
If you recall, Clark was up every hour Thursday night. Nate bought the book at midnight Friday night. He got home about 1am, and read to me ’til 5am. We slept ’til 9:30, then read pretty much straight through until 8:30 am Sunday. Clark was up most of Saturday night anyway, so I still wouldn’t have slept much.
I napped for 3 1/2 hours Sunday, Clark was up ’til 11 Sunday night, but happily slept the rest of it, so I got 8 or so hours. We were up very late last night, and Clark woke up 3 times between 1 and 5.
So I’m not getting any sleep to speak of. I’m so tired. My vision shakes while I’m awake, and my head twitches sporadically.
My poor baby is sick again. He has a high fever, but no other symptoms. Additionally, he’s been teething for a week with nothing to show for it, and his bowels are still causing him grief. That’s been going on for about a month now, which is all contributing to his lack of sleep I’m sure. Right about the time I decide to call the doctor, he shows improvement, so I don’t, and he sinks back again. I’ve upped his constipation medication, and we’re treating him for the fever.
And someday, I’ll get some sleep.
July 24th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Gorgeous yarn! BFL is fun to spin. And soon you’ll find that stripes are hard to avoid from a multi-coloured roving…unless you blend the colours through carding. I’m dreaming of a powered carder (someday) so I can make tweedy yarns.
July 24th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
That yarn looks good enough to eat! Ahh…one of these days….I SO want to get a wheel. I’ll live vicariously through you until then :o)
Poor Clark and poor sleep deprived Mom! I’m so there with you right now. Riley has been teething up a storm and is the crankiest kid I have ever seen lately. And…he found his screaming voice. I mean….High pitched shrill scream that cuts right through you….ever 5 minutes… It’s been oh so fun around here too. I feel your pain. Hopefully the fever and bowel issues are teething related and once his teeth pop through it will pass.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I was wondering if the issue of food allergies had ever come up with Clark, I don’t have any kids but I ‘ve got losts of allergies and a friend’s son had a very difficult 6 months or so when he was Clarks age and eventually they realized that he was allergic to wheat gluten and his fevers and asthma attacks were part of the allergic reaction/cycle. I hope that he feels better soon and that you get some good sleep.
July 25th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Oh, I like your BFL roving, such pretty colors La! (The grey Targee stuff looks cool too, but I like grey. And I didn’t have to work with it.)
Poor Clark, he’s not having the best summer, is he? I wish there was something I could offer besides hoping and praying for you all. (Crasins?) I do hope you’re able to get some sleep soon; exhaustion just makes bad things worse.
Are we still on for tomorrow?
July 26th, 2007 at 9:36 am
Wow – those colors are beautiful – and I love the daisy scarf! I recently got some Lavold angora so I might be making your zig-zag scarf soon. I have enough I think for that and some nice fingerless mitts. 🙂 Sorry Clark hasn’t been feeling well – Jamie woke up with a fever today so I’m a little concerned because he is hardly ever sick. I’m so excited about Stitch ‘N Pitch – I’m still not sure what I’m going to bring knitting-wise since I don’t have any small WIP’s – guess I’m going to have to start one! I’ve been looking at another loom on Craig’s List. My weaving lessons have finally started, and I’m thinking this is what I want to do with most of my handspun!