I've
ordered Morning Rain -- Melanie Berg's lace weight yarn, mentioned yesterday. I
agree, Beverly, that Sheepish looks awfully nice, too. But I am anxious
that this should be a shawl-for-use, and was afraid that Sheepish might come
out looking keep-for-best.
I tried to compare yardage and weight with J&S Shetland Supreme, and
was stymied by the failure of the Loveknitting website to give the weight of
Berg's skeins. A guess would have been right, but it's wiser not to rely
on guesses at critical moments (general rule of life). I floundered for a
while before I thought of Ravelry. The answer is that they are very similar --
860 metres per 100 grams for Berg. 800 for J&S, I think, or
thereabouts. That'll do. The baby is not going to take a tape measure to
the result. So I ordered it.
A dear friend would like a stripey hat, and I am delighted to have an
excuse to knit another. But Loop has sold out for the time being, which leaves
me feeling slightly smug for having acted fast. Alas, I didn't get around to
taking a picture in today's brief light. Tomorrow, I hope.
I've done the heel flap of the 2nd Kaffe Fassett sock, turned the
heel, am making good progress with the gusset decreases. Loveknitting says
that the lace yarn has been dispatched already -- a great incentive to press on
fast.
Life
It's tough, but we're doing pretty well. The care package we
have been waiting for, for so long, is excellent. My life is easier in
some ways than it was before, now that I am not allowed to help my husband
to move (although I have done it a few times, when someone else was here
to help). I'm constrained, but so I was with daily hospital visiting. I'm not
very strong, but can't think of any specific markers in the past year which might serve
to measure my decline.. And maybe this is what being 83 is meant to feel
like.