Not So Much Finishing Friday

It's this hot today,
and after three whole days completely off pain pills, I had a rather bad night and ended up back on full meds for the rest of the night.  That's always a bit hard to take, but on such a hot day it just sucks the life out of me.  And Theo. 


Last night I did get the remaining two sets of strips sewn together,
with a new color order on the smaller one, 
and the original order on the set made with 2-inch strips.  I'm really rather proud of myself for moving on to the next sets.  The way I usually do things is to finish the first set, set the second set aside "meaning to get around to it," and then spend the next year and a half moving it around rather than finishing it.  Of course, these still have to make it all the way to Ornament Stage, but I think them even making it to Long Uneven Strip Stage might be some serious personal growth on my part.  Or, as close as I ever get. 

In the meantime, I am keeping myself under close observation because in order to have something to knit that isn't wool, alpaca, or mohair, I was actually thinking that it wouldn't be at ALL a stupid idea to cast on a lace tablecloth using crochet thread and size 4 needles for a table that takes an 84" long cloth.  And I had hoped to get off pain pills entirely before my brain completely snapped.  Darn........................... 

Comments

Mandy said…
The photo of Theo says it all. Not often you see a cat so flat out.... Poor dear.
Sorry to hear you had to resort to full meds again. I know you try to avoid taking these when you can.
June 8, 2013 at 4:39 AM
Book Dragon said…
step away from the thread! :-)

June 8, 2013 at 7:41 AM
kathy b said…
I think I'd step away from that big a project TOO!!!

Feel beter
June 8, 2013 at 3:25 PM
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