apparknitchik

::cough cough::

It irritates the beejeebers out of me sometimes to know that I am A. a really bad insomniac (I can't sleep, but I can't actually do anything else, so nothing gets done) and B. a really bad sickie.

I know folks who, upon coming down with a cold or the flu, happily rest on the couch and knit.

I can't do that.  And it's a sure sign I'm coming down with something when suddenly not only to I have no will to knit or spin, if I even try it turns into a disaster.

So, the lacy scarf got this far, but no farther:

 

And the spinning? Half is done, the other half started, but I was too tired to do more:

 

Before the cold *really* hit, I decided that I could actually work something plain and simple, so I started another (insert shameless plug here) Scarborough Dude Scarf.  Since I've already made three of them, I figured I could get this one started without too much trouble:

 

I was going to knit it purely because I fell in love with those colours, but it turns out the other point five likes it, so he may end up with a new scarf this winter.

Once I finish it.  Because now that I'm feeling better, I came up with a neat idea that I wanted to try out, and put everything aside for the time being.  No photos.  Top secret for now -- and top secret for ever if it doesn't pan out.

wip it. wip it good: lace ribbon scarf

I needed to start something easy, something I didn't need to think too much about (because everything else I'm working on needs some thinking about, and since a change is as good as a rest...), so I decided it was time to get to another Lace Ribbon Scarf (designed by Veronik Avery):

 

The yarn is my handspun, 225g of Finn Top, dyed by Knitterguy, and spun during the last Tour de Fleece (yes, that's me, too).

It was always intended to be a Lace Ribbon Scarf -- and, in fact, this is the second time I've spun the yarn for this very same scarf -- the first time was in last winter's Fibre to Scarf exchange (organized by Ted Myatt).  And I'm finding more and more that when I spin, it's with some purpose in mind.  More on that in a future post.