that was the most stressful I've experienced for at least 10 years!
The inspection is over, we now have to wait for the results, develop the action plan and keep everyone motivated to work to higher standards.
perhaps now I'll be able to knit.
Work has started on the Fern Fitted Shell and as usual I'm not knitting it in the recommended yarn. I've started it in Jaeger Ascot (the only yarn bought for me at Brighton) in the hope that the elastic content will keep the top fitted - my gauge is so off these days that if I knit anything in cotton it looks like a dishrag after the first time on. My stitch count looks good but the row count is less than it should be for the main body so I plan to knit a few extra repeats of the lace before I cast off the main section. I'll look at the maths for the top section when I get there - I always did like knitting by the seat of my pants!
So far I'm enjoying the knitting, the lace pattern is easily memorised, I enjoy knitting in the round and it's good travel knitting. It also seems to be getting the thumbs up from some of my fellow passengers
The inspection starts today!
By my calculations I'm at least a week behind in preparation.... that's hardly news!
Pictures of Manon will be posted once she is blocked. I'm back to miles of garter stitch to help me relax so no exciting pictures to show
For the first time in 10 days I'm beginning to feel human! The room has stopped spinning, the nausea has vanished and a small amount of knitting and pattern reading has been achieved.
The yarn that arrived this week is already on the needles so won't count as stash, no photos as the item is planned as a gift if I can finish it in time. It's a real pleasure to be working with wool again and a project on large needles where gauge doesn't really matter has got to be good for post-viral tension!
Our well trained postman left his job in December and since then there's been an ad-hoc selection. Since being at home I've noticed a pattern beginning to emerge - the letters arrive @ 11am and packages @ 12.30. Matt had taken Friday off and stayed home with me and he had the pleasure of meeting the "new" postman who does our parcel route. The postman turns out to be someone Matt knew from his time in the post office (over 20 years ago) so the "training session" didn't take very long - only snag was that Bob mentioned how many packages he'd delivered here this week - I must remember to have my own training session with him soon!
Today's deliveries were a fantastic surprise, one was an expenses cheque which will replenish the yarn budget and the second was this
Phoeknits had a blog competition to celebrate her birthday last week and I won the grand prize! I'm trying hard to resist the lure of starting this straight away - I think my head needs a few more days to stabilise so for now the book is bedtime reading and I'm contemplating a haircut to show off the earrings!