Test Results!

So thank you for the prayers and well wishes

while I have been so sick for the last 10 days;

the test for the COVID-19 came back negative

which is wonderful but leaves me feeling in a bit of a conundrum.

What have I been dealing with?

Not Strep, Not Flu, Not Covid....

Oh, great, there is another virus out there waiting to pounce

which is also pretty miserable in every way but not fatal!

My medical advice is to

 1. wait out the fever by several days and resume normal life

2. go back to my Primary Care Dr for redirection

3.  take another COVID-19 test if I am still sick in another week

I am going to go with door 1 !

 I managed to finish the gusset, 

turn the heel, work the ankle

and then begin the k3, p1 rib up the leg!

 the only place where pooling appeared is at the ankle

but as you can see, it quickly corrected itself when the stitch count returned to 64 stitches!

 The heel is nicely patterned on the back, too.

I took copious notes because, let's face it, I (we) won't remember 

exactly what we did at which stitch number if it isn't written down!

And while working on sitting up today instead of lounging in bed most of the day,

I changed up my activities to some spinning which I haven't done in a long time.

This is the Polworth roving which I am loving as far as spinning ease and softness delights....

it's just a bit boring to spin the same color for miles!  Poor me!

Socks on Sunday

 I've been working on these socks (Zigzagular) 

and decided to work the gusset and heel way for this toe-up sock.

 Using the guide for my socks, I saw that I was ready to increase for the gusset.

 I worked the gusset and heel and I remembered how to work it without the book!

The stripes  worked out beautifully

 but more importantly, the heel has no holes 

and is so much easier to knit! 

It's nice to have a win on the needles!

Sunday Socks

 The Alcedo Socks are now completed and blocked!  

This was the January project from the Boost Your Knitting book. 

 The yarn for these socks is a sport weight.

The yarn I am not impressed with-it's superwash Merino but feels like mercerized cotton and splits, 

a LOT!

The socks are comfortable on and that is a good thing; 

 I'm just not thrilled with the blackberry-like texture of the socks! 

 The gusset and heel was the lesson to learn in these toe-up socks.

I really like the way the gusset feels and once you figure out where to begin (there is a lot of figuring first) I really enjoyed it.  The short row heel is genius--no wrap and turns!  And thus, no holes.

Very good part of this pattern/lesson.

 After being gone all day on Saturday, Lena was thrilled to see me and to get my attention,

she knows how to own the photo session!

These were actually the first two pictures I took of the socks!

I had to give her a brushing and then she let me have my turn with the socks!