As it turns out, Myria has pneumonia :( I had begun to suspect such and it was confirmed yesterday afternoon. So she’s resting as much as possible (I’d have to tie her down to keep her in bed) and taking the recommended nostrums. I feel really bad; she’s pretty miserable, poor kid. Sleeping is the real issue here - every time she lays down flat, she clogs up so badly she can’t breathe. A couple of good night’s sleep would go a long ways towards restoring her energy and usual good spirits.
The cowl for the poncho is now about 18” long and I think I’m going to switch to ribbing for the next couple of inches before proceeding to the increases for the body. This has, so far, been a surprisingly pleasant project and I have been reasonably pleased with the LB Homespun. There has been a little discussion on the K-list the last couple of days about the yarn bunching up but I haven’t had the slightest problem with it mis-behaving. And it yields a really nicely textured fabric. My original plan for this piece was to make it only in the color shown (“Modern”, it’s called) but I’ve been thinking about adding another color and swapping between the two in thick (20 or 25 row) stripes. I’m still mulling it over…could be fun!
The kimono front is about 19” at this point and I’ll be joining a third ball when I pick this up again. I really like the New Tweed. It works up so nicely. Last night I was having a bit of a problem with the yarn twisting up and curling back on itself. Somehow, pulling the yarn out from the center was adding more twist. I have been pulling from the center on all these balls and hadn’t had this issue with any of the others.. I wound up (ahem…) cutting the yarn, passing it through the ball to the other side and then spit-splicing it back together. Total loss of yarn - about 3” and no more twisting problems!
I may declare an embargo on both the sweater and the poncho today. I think I want a “play” day - just pick up some yarn and play with it to see what happens :) I’m enjoying both the above projects, but they get a little boring from time to time…
It snowed yesterday, but not as much as had originally been feared. The sparrow on the feeder is a young male (one of this year’s crop, I think) and he hung around for quite a while, resting and enjoying the shelter and essentially limitless food supply of the feeder. We’ve seen the youngsters do this from time to time, especially when there’s snow or when the temperature is very cold. Adults don’t seem to be so inclined, but the kids know a good thing (and a free handout) when they see one :)
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How ridiculous is this?! When I read about Myria, my first thought was maybe she got it from my TMK, who had pneumonia recently. Which is completely insane, Since We’ve Never Even Met!! I guess that’s just how being blog-pals works; you forget sometimes you don’t even really know each other.
All of this aside, I’m sending big thoughts of soothing steam to Myria’s lungs—or maybe thoughts of dry desert winds, whichever she prefers. And to you, too, since you said you were sick as well!
Thanks Ryan, I’ve passed on your good thoughts. I’m fine - just had a brief sniffle/cough thing for a couple of days. Moved on much more quickly than usual.
But, bizarrly enough, I’d had the same thought about Myria and TMK :)
