My afternoon coffee is ready and I am able to now begin my long overdue post. I have not even been reading many blogs in the past week.
A couple of weeks ago I finished a scarf on the Harrisville loom, made from a Pagewood Farms sock yarn and a little Baby Ull for the warp. Another sock yarn served as weft. I ran out of weft yarn so it is a little short, but long enough for someone to use as a traditional scarf. Both of the sock yarns were multicolored, the weft being a self striping sock yarn made a cool plaid effect. The Baby Ull is the brown edge of the warp. Sett: 15epi, structure is a twill combo with twill and basketweave.
Last week I finished a rag rug on the Nilus. In spite of the fact that this loom had been warped for this rug for almost 9 months I LOVED weaving this project. I just wish rugs were not so hard on the hands. The stripes were not planned but the fabrics do coordinate. I think I was meant to be a rug weaver. I just love how you can make something so quickly that would be so useful or decorative! I have another rug in the planning stages now.
Sometime in the middle of last week (I have really lost track of exactly when) I realized my youngest daughter was really sick. She had been sort of sick for a while (fever, dizziness, muscle aches, extreme fatigue) but it all came to a head (literally) last weekend. After being treated inappropriately for a sinus infection and refused a mono test by 2 different doctors, she was finally diagnosed with mononucleosis by a nurse practitioner with a good set of eyes and ears. Tonsils the size of fat sweet potatoes were almost obstructing her airway, preventing effective breathing. Sinuses obstructed by something, adenoids I guess. Lymph nodes the size of eggs. The ear, nose and throat specialist said (unhelpfully) that she should have had her tonsils out as a child. OK, seriously not helpful. I have never seen anything like it. I could link you to pictures of mono tonsils but I won’t since google works for that.
