Rhinebeck this year nearly didn't happen, as fate seemed to indicate that I shouldn't go. First Emily was unable to come out for the trip. The boy said he would go to keep me company, and things were good again. Then it got closer to the weekend, and the weather forecast was looking worse and worse. 50% chance of precipitation. 70%? 90%?? Snow AND rain? I didn't want to drive 8 hours roundtrip in that, nor did I want to drag the boy through it - he supports my knitting habit, but I didn't want him to be miserable, and was beginning to rethink if I should even go.
I decided that by the Friday before, I needed to make my final decision. (Why yes, my initial decision was to put off making a decision.) I could still cancel the hotel room, but did I really want to give up going? While I was whining about how much I wanted to go, but how much I didn't want to drive, and how I wasn't sure if going alone would be worth it.. I realized there are bus trips from Boston! Duh! I quickly found that there were still seats open for the Sunday day trip, made my deposit, and canceled my hotel room. I was prancing around the apartment, I was so relieved.
That is.. until Friday night when I got home from work, feeling more drained than usual. I woke up Saturday to find my head filled with goo - what a lousy time to get sick! I spent my day in bed, resting and trying to stay hydrated. If I felt well enough, I would still go. After all, I'd have a few hours on the bus to relax as well.
Sunday the alarm went off at 5, and with just a little bit of a residual runny nose, I took some dayquil, grabbed my things, and went to meet the bus. The weather was somewhat atrocious, snowing on the Mass Pike, drizzling and cold when we arrived at Rhinebeck, but I had layers, and I was there!
Fast forward ahead to today, where I am home sick, and being diagnosed by the boy as having "sheep flu." Ha ha. Funny, that guy is. There is a Swatchy post to be made, but right now I feel too miserable to do it.
Hurray! The sweater of doom is practically finished!
It needs to dry, and I need to make the Bruins logo for it.. but all the knitting and seaming is done. Seaming took forever (damn saddle shoulders), and my rough estimates for yarn requirements were very close at the end. I might have been able to knit one more round on the neckband. Maybe.
I sort of don't know what to do with myself now. I have some socks to finish, a ton of UFO's to attend to, and I need to decide on what color to use for the Wollmeise glove KAL I'll be taking part in. Here's my wee stash, with two unknown skeins still on the way (finally managed to catch an update at Claudia's site, and couldn't resist.)
I'm really not sure what color would be best to use. Arlene (far right) is begging to be a shawl of some sort. Red hot chili (far left) might be a little much for gloves. I'm leaning toward Pfauenauge, as that's the colorway I keep thinking is too pretty to put on my feet. Maybe one of the new skeins will be an obvious choice, if they arrive in time.
One last new purchase, some more seasilk, but in a 150 gram skein. Apparently I paid a bit more than regular retail with the previous skein, at $39 for 100 grams. The Loopy Ewe had some "mistake" 150 gram skeins for $42 - it seemed irresponsible NOT to buy one. =)
