My spinning and knitting are way behind my self-imposed schedule. Somehow that always happens when I set goals for myself. I have a fascinating Infinity Peacock Moebius Wrap on the needles that I’m really loving. I’m using Dream in Color “Smooshy” in the Good Luck Jade colorway. Every time I take a photo of the moebius, it comes out too dark to even see what it is. Maybe once we have some genuine sunshine I’ll be able to take a real photo and post it.
Spinning? I haven’t touched my beautiful Matchless in over a week. I feel as though I have abandoned it! I really need to spin something and soon!
One thing that I need to make ASAP is a second hat for my sister. She was told that she could expect to start losing her hair while undergoing chemotherapy (she gets chemo every other week on Mondays). I knit her the hat from handspun alpaca (not a very heavy hat for Minnesota winters) and sent that to her thinking I had a wee bit of time before needing to knit a thicker, warmer hat for her as she had only had one chemo session and she wouldn’t start losing her hair until after the second or maybe even third session. On Saturday her hair started to fall out in huge clumps. By Sunday she was nearly bald so she shaved the few remaining tufts off. Monday morning she went to her chemo session and said she nearly froze. :(
Thankfully my wonderful friend SuperM sent some beautiful thick squooshy BFL singles in a colorway that will make my sister absolutely drool. I’m casting on for Melody’s next hat as soon as I finish this post. :)
My sister sent me a photo of her now bald head. The last time I saw her without hair was when she was an infant. I admit to getting a little teary when I saw her sans hair. The second picture she sent was of her getting her chemo medications. The stuff being pumped into her was a bright neon orange (per Samuel). I can honestly say that I am kind of glad that I cannot see color! I don’t care what color it is as long as it makes her better.
Today Samuel’s uncle passed away. This was not unexpected (brain tumor) but it is still saddening just the same. The uncle leaves behind a wife, four adult children and four lovely grandchildren.
Today we actually had sunshine and clear skies. This is the first time in two weeks that we have seen the sun and it was very nice. Now the skies are clouding up and we are expecting snow tomorrow.
I think it is time to end this post and start knitting. How could anyone be sad working with such beautiful singles? :)
