Year of Projects Week 7

This week has been the week of the lurgy in my house. On Tuesday night I started to get an ear infection and I’ve felt rotten for the rest of the week. The doctor wouldn’t give me antibiotics for it; but luckily it seems to have started to drain. Worked some over time at work and then yesterday I woke up with the starts of Man Flu. I am *horrible* when I’m sick. I feel rotten so often with the ME/CFS that when I get sick on top of that it’s full meltdown mode for me.

It’s a massive shame actually, I wanted this weekend to work some more on my mums socks and to learn how to do some double knitting but it looks like I won’t get the chance now. Maybe best that I’ve stuck to simple things with how addled by brain has been!

All of that combined with preparing for a visitor this week and helping the OH with job applications has meant that sadly not much of my weekend has been mine. All for a good cause though, but I dare say if I’d have written the applications myself it would have taken less time! The thoughts are in his brain, but he really struggles to get them out clearly and concisely, and I thought I was the queen of Waffle.

Never the less here’s a picture of my two active WIP’s.

One nearly completed lizard sock. Needs a good old block, a mate (the toe is done) and then heels.

A pile of circles for a blanket very similar to POP! – which of course I found after completing the first set of circles.

And the daffodils OH bought me for Valentines day (I love Daffs, Roses are far too expensive).

WIP

4, Lizard Socks

DONE
2. From Norway with Love

11. Choose your own Dragon Adventure

1. Dr Who Socks

To do
3. Wisteria
5. Ziprelaxagon
6. Celestine
7. Sitka Spruce
8. Mary Warmers
9. LLP Fingerless Mittens (Star Trek)I
10. Francie
12. Nip and Nora
13. The Heart of Wales Shawl

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