Hello, friends,

This week’s blog post is brought to you by homeopathic sinus tabs, herbal compresses and lots and LOTS of tea.  Oh, and coffee.  I can’t leave out the morning cup of coffee because, let’s face it, without the morning cup of caffeine, the headache would be a lot worse than it already is.

When my husband peeked into the bedroom to check on me this morning and ask me how I was feeling, I think I said something in my head but what came out was more like, “Uuuuuuurgh.”  I can’t be completely certain, though, because my ears are plugged up and I can’t hear much.

So, if you haven’t guessed, I have a head cold.  Not only a head cold, I have a whopper of a head cold.  Normally, I try to avoid sounding sound wimpy, but I haven’t had one like this in a very long time.  I won’t try to gross you out with the details because this is about knitting, not snot, right?

In the words of my 14-year-old daughter, “I’m sick and dying.” [slight exaggeration]

But, the sun is shining and it’s Saturday as I write this, so the hubby and all but two of the kids (who are currently reading and napping) are out helping my parents-in-law and doing outside things, so it’s pretty quiet in the house.  And since I have been left largely to my own devices today, I have been moving from room to room with my tea mug in one hand, a supply of tissues and my current almost finished project in my arms, mom-style, kind of like carrying an infant with you wherever you go.  It even hung out in the bathroom with me (over the side of the tub) while I tried to steam my sinuses open with a hot essential oil bath.  [Sorry, no photos of that.]

This project is so close to being finished, I can almost taste it!  You know the feeling, right?  I’m on the last row before the bind off.  THAT close!  You can’t put down a project when you’re on the LAST ROW, for goodness sake!  I might be just a little bit obsessive about it.

BUT…

The last row on this project has about eleventy-million stitches in it, so I’m really hoping to have it done by next week.  That’s not much of an exaggeration.  Just keep knitting, right?  As I am typing this, it is sitting on the end table beside me begging me to pick it up and keep working.  It wants to be finished, too.

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you may have seen some obscure photos of a wildly striped design in some very bright colors.  (see photo above) Yep, that’s the one.  This is actually the second time I have knitted this up and it’s going to be sent out to my tech editor very soon.  Well, as soon as my eyes stop watering enough to finish typing it up.  It’s going to be fabulous!  I can’t wait to show you the whole thing, but you and I will both have to wait until it goes live for that.  In the meantime, you can anticipate asymmetrical stripes, bold colors and lace.  I promise I will let you know as soon as I possibly can.

Here is a photo of our adorable (and somewhat obnoxious) bummer lamb.  Her name is Jessica and she is getting so big!

And now, back to knitting.