the saga continues...
I am feeling unwell today, fever is back. Of course I discovered this after the dr office was closed, so we'll see.
I have crafting add right now, I've begun a ton of new projects (all on ravelry) and discovered to my dismay, despite actually having a rather extensive supply of different colors in the stash. Right now it seems all about purple and blue, which is ok but I do like other colors too.
In other news, apparently my sex life would be improved if I wore 3 inch heels. It says nothing about my feet and back though, and I do expect that the subsequent sacrifice of health in those areas would counteract by far any improvement.
So about the yarn...
I began a market bag after elann's usual lightening speed shipping, to help carry purchases at next weekend's Madrona festival. I don't feel well so it's going slowly compared to normal, but fast compared to many projects.
here was my start:
and you can see I have made some progress.
In other news, I am wishing I had 5 more skeins of Malabrigo in the matisse colorway to make the Printed Silk Cardigan in the new interweave.
The yarn is just so soft and lustrous and it really is even that much better than regular malabrigo. I know! Hard to believe, but everyone last night at Miro agreed. At $12 a skein, though, it's a bit out of my current budget to afford it right now.
So here's some more eye candy:
and
I have two of this last one, it's the matisse. The purple is (yes, I know, more blue and purple) light hyacinth. I said I would marry regular malabrigo if I could, and for the silky I think maybe some sort of fiber geek spok mind meld is where I'd go.
Go get some.
As Ferris Bueller said, "If you have the means, I highly recommend picking some up"
I've been in bed all day hardly up at all. Hardly even lifting my head up. My temp is 37.8 (sorry guys, our thermometer was in the bargain bin apparently because it only does metric. And "any day now" America will switch. Jimmy Carter said so in 1978. heh. Since I run low normally, this is a temp more of fever for me then it would be for someone else.
In other boob related news (sorry guys) I got to buy bras online. Trouble is, I don't know what size I am (yes, I did measure) because I am still swollen. So I got two, and we'll see, but that's what places like onehanesplace are for.
The bag project got a quick boost in my queue due to a thread recently on ravelry about plastic bags. I was appalled at how many folks were so blase, that they thought by reusing a bag once, it was very "green." These people by and large had never heard of biodegradable pet bags, and were flummoxed at the thought of living without a car and shopping. Perhaps they buy plastic bags which are sturdier but that made me laugh--who hasn't suffered a tear and groceries all over? I usually, in the odd circumstance that I don't bring my cloth bags in, make them repack bags in paper if they've neglected to ask me (we use them to carry recycling and non-meat food to our yard waste bin, and they are fully biodegradable and made of recycled material where we shop most often, but then again lately I use my own bags instead anyway).
The fever grows, ebbs and flows, and before I descend into complete rhyme, I suppose that is enough for now.
I am hoping I'll feel up to Madrona on Saturday.