Woke up, coughed uncontrollably. Fell asleep.
Woke up again, coughed uncontrollably, suggested Neil might work from home in case I needed a dash to A&E to make my lungs go again. Fell asleep.
Woke up, had bleary-eyed breakfast, attempted to knit, failed, coughed.
Decided that no knitting/writing/spinning/thinking/talking could occur while I only have half a lung, so I made this:
It really was brainless, after a little bit of maths to begin with (which I messed up - you can see in the first picture that the warp is off-centre). I happily wove all afternoon, without the added brain-distraction of TV or music. The breeze came in and the pollen stayed out (thankfully!)
The yarn is handspun merino/silk blend which I spun at Mum’s last Easter with weaving in mind (it’s the yarn in the new blog header btw). The pattern is based on the one in the Schacht Newsletter, Winter 2008. It’s floaty and blue and gorgeous and took five hours from start to finish. Weaving is the new black.
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July 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
*hugs* I hope you feel better, hon. I take it the ‘wonderful’ pollen count is having it’s effect on your lungs?
The scarf is gorgeous, definitely looks like something that can be worn on a summer’s night when it there’s just enough of a chill in the air to make you want something to keep the chill out.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:57 am
Beautiful! Hope you are feeling better soon.
July 31st, 2008 at 10:18 am
It’s gorgeous! :)
Get well soon babe. xx
July 31st, 2008 at 11:22 am
That is gorgeous! I hope you feel better soon…
July 31st, 2008 at 11:52 am
OH NO! Hope you feel better soon. Love the scarf!
July 31st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
If weaving is the new black, I am woefully unprepared! I love that scarf, so airy!
July 31st, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Oh dear. I hope your restful day has left you feeling better, that sounds blechy.
Your scarf is lovely. I am seeing more and more people weaving lately, and wondering if I need to hop on that bandwagon, too. My yarn stash is way too huge, weaving would help me eat it up faster, right? :-)
August 1st, 2008 at 8:07 am
wow…that is so beautiful! Clever you! Hope you are feeling better soon…
August 1st, 2008 at 9:37 pm
The scarf is beautiful.
Hope you feel better soon.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
._. Evil lung problems. Hope they don’t last long.
Also, that scarf is just gorgeous.
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 am
So sorry that you are feeling unwell-hope you are well on the way to full recovery.
The woven scarf looks good, it reminded me that I did some weaving in Primary school [long time ago] and I did enjoy it.
The colours are wonderful.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
It’s beautiful!
(Finally allowed to get to the comment bit)
Green socks are exquisite.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Wauw, this looks realy beautiful!
August 18th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Wow Missus! Aren’t you a wiz with your new toys!
This is truly stunning!