Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

tests done
Muga scan went fine yesterday, today's test was a PFT - pulmonary function test, a quick test. And that should be IT for tests, for awhile. I worked on a swatch in B&L's Softspun for the Braided Cable pullover, on the way there and back, and it's been hand washed and is dry. Gets pattern gauge. Like it a lot. Squishy. Yummy. Will get the yarn and CO as soon as possible.

lotsa knitting
I finished another Bon Bon Beanie cap last night, as well as the Baby Alpaca gift scarf. I ended up using the Irish Hiking Scarf pattern then edged it with 2 rows of single crochet. I only made it 40" long, for a single wrap around the neck (it's for chemo doc), and it just dipped into the 3rd, 50 gram ball of yarn. Maybe I can get a cap out of the rest of that ball...

MUST get back to the mitten pattern, but not today. Chemo sore muscles don't want to sit on hard chair, so I won't make them. Instead, I did some housework, and prepped several small packages for mailing and wrapped gifts for chemo staff.

As if I didn't have enough projects to knit, I saw a simple, but elegant hat on a show on the Sundance channel, I think, about French actresses. I'm going to try and replicate it. I'm also knitting a simple triangular head wrap in doubled Heirloom Breeze on 10's. We'll see if it works or will be too thick. In which case, I'll rip it and use 1 strand of yarn with 6's or 7's.

tea
Am enjoying the Davidson's organic English Breakfast tea that came in Mom's Blueberry Breakfast Christmas gift. I love a strong tea, and may try their Irish Breakfast tea, which is supposedly even stronger than the English tea. And I like that it's organic - gotta start replacing as much as I can with organic, as I would like to ward off getting the leukemia that can later come after having lymphoma. Once through this stuff is enough - thank you very much!

I've been eating everything in the house for awhile now, and am making progress regaining that lost weight. I've been trying to steer clear of chocolate, but there are times, like ALL the time, I just wanna dive into a bowl of chocolate pudding or a layer cake and not come up for air!

Back to working on the capelet (and keeping my mind OFF chocolate) - maybe I should do a 2nd sample in Lopi?