Having overestimated my strength and recuperative abilites this week, I knitted for a couple days. That ghastly orchid pink yarn that looked so wonderful on the moniter is ...ghastly. I slog onward tho, armed with a ton of kool ade for when it's finished. The dye test swatch turned out a great color, so there's hope!
I learned a few things in the making of this shawl. My attempt to put some texture and design into it is a definite learning process and however this monster turns out, I'll treasure it for that at the very least. I should have started at the top and worked down, to insure it tapered porportionally into a triangle...and probably will work out some basic arithmetic next time. It's a bit elongated so far, so the increases should have been consistently more increased. Doesn't help that I can't really tell the shaping, since it's overgrowing the needles. I'm using my dear old Addi's for this.
I did get a set of the Denise Interchangable and fell totally in love with them. They've never come apart in the knitting, but they snap together so easily I'm constantly afraid they'll snap apart just as easily. I'll get over this in time, lol, they're almost too comfy to be real.
Having corrupted my crocheting mom into learning to knit, she needed a circular needle or two, so I passed the old Needlemaster set to her. Mom will be 83 in March, she's going great guns with the knitting challenge.
I kind of miss the old set, (probably one of my sentimental things) but I have a few Addi's and absolutely love them and the Denise kit.

Ouch!

Trip to hospital and had bit of surgery. Back when feeling stronger, but am home today. (Yay!)
Remember me grumbling that my tummy hated me lately? It got really mad at me again Monday night so I wimped out and went to the ER. They removed nasty gall bladder yesterday, lol. (Owie!) It's been sore and chronically inflamed for quite a long time, but I attributed that to adhesions from the exploding appendix episode ages ago. (I never really get sick, but when I do, it's an epic.)
Why am I sitting at the puter? Cuz...this is most comfy chair in the house...and I ain't gonna try getting in bed til I find all the pillows.
Toby (bless him!) got most of the tile laid in puter room while I was loafing around and fending off nurses with sharp objects. He forgot I wanted the under-stuff under the tile so not sure how that's going to progress. On the other hand, doubt I'll be in here yanking anything up this week. (Sigh of relief from beleagured familykins...)
This post is probably a little incoherent, I still have Gecko vision.