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February 05, 2005
Everyone else has the Clap, so of course I want it too
I'd been resisting the lure of Clapotis just fine, but lately I've been seeing a lot of pictures of other people working on and finishing this pattern, and I can't resist any more. I too want to be beautiful without even trying. So I cast on this afternoon:
How do you like my exotic stitch markers?
The yarn is, of course, recycled (what? you think I buy yarn? hah). It's merino from a secondhand sweater that was a pinky colour with darker pink and brown running through it; I dyed it with green and blue Kool-aid. I'm not sure I like the resulting colour all that much, but I'm going to give it a while to grow on me and if it doesn't I'll just dye the whole thing later. I do like how the green parts and the brownish parts are forming a stripe pattern, but I'll have to wait and see when I start dropping stitches. I'm a long way from that, though.
I've been battling a sinus infection all week, and just as I was starting to feel better, on Thursday I started feeling like I was getting another cold. Ugh. It seems to have mostly passed, but I still feel like I need to sneeze. So I haven't been getting much work done, and I'm seriously in danger of not having my spring Knitty submission ready in time (wouldn't be the first time. . . ). A case of STARTITIS isn't really what I need right now.
Posted by jodi at February 5, 2005 04:04 PM | categories: sticks and string
Comments
If you've never tried one I *highly* recommend getting a neti pot for sinus stuff. I can't believe the difference it made. It's a little wierd at first but the effect is well worth the wierdness. I got one at the local HFS for about 15 bucks. Money well spent and definitely better than meds.
Posted by: Lynn at February 5, 2005 05:20 PM
As long as you aren't planning to give The Clap or sinus infections to anyone else...
Posted by: mk at February 6, 2005 04:15 AM