Thank you Chris and new meds!

Whoo hoo, I had a final neurology appointment on Thursday (our insurance runs out soon). Anyway, the doctor was very nice and although I didn't have another MRI he seemed to think that my Copaxone shots are indeed working. He also prescribed two new medications. One of them is making all of the difference in the world to how I feel. No more foggy days, I can resume life as a functioning member of society!

In today's mail I received a lovely surprise from Chris over at her blog, "Stumbling over Chaos." There are 480 yards of Brooklyn Handspun's Carnival, already wound into a center-pull skein and ready for metamorphosis into some wild socks. Also there is a coaster with yarn pictured. This will be perfect to set my beverages on while knitting away. Thank you Chris!












I started a new sock yesterday. This one is in Blue Moon Fiber Arts' Socks that Rock in the Alina colorway and the pattern is "Fan and Feather" from Socks, Socks, Socks.

I'm off to clean out our garage. Someday we hope to actually be able to park the cars in there... what a concept eh?

Tut tut, it looks like rain.

Once again the sky is gray and the ground is wet. Another typical spring day in Washington.

Here are the completed Blossom Lace socks. These were knitted with Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock yarn in the Fire on the Mountain colorway. Thank you Jessalu for the lovely yarn, it was delightful to knit with.

A1 and A3 both have field trips today. DH is going with A3 and I'm going to take advantage of the empty house and clean up my desk, catch up on laundry, etc. My Mom is coming up this evening and spending the night. I have a neurology appointment in the morning and in case Brian has a job interview or meeting she'll take care of A3. Off to my housework.

Thank you Mia and Dulae!

Happy Monday to all! In today's mail I received the most wonderfully soft skein of 100% alpaca yarn. This came from Mia for a contest that she held, and I do believe that this is handspun! The alpaca wool came from Dulae, who is pictured on the label. What a sweet face! Thank you Mia.

I finished one of the blossom socks and started another in the STR Fire on the Mountain colorway. It is pretty intense. And although I don't normally mix lace or patterns with variegated yarn, this time I did. The result is that the socks will be very busy. They look like color crayon vomit and only a brave soul will wear these... at least in public. I'll put a picture up when they're both completed.





True to its reputation, we have a soggy gray day here in the Pacific Northwest. This would seem like perfect knitting weather; however, we're shampooing the furniture, etc. and trying to deep clean our house. Carpet always has been and always will be doomed in my family. Our next home will just have concrete floors with a drain in the middle of the room.




While looking through some of the pictures on my disk I discovered this one of A2 pretending to be a monkey. She has a belt for her tail and a pair of my gloves on her feet... at least the mystery of where my gloves keep dissappearing to has been solved.

Off in the background the remnants of what once was my garden can be seen. I have been trying to clean out the raised beds, but the large flat garden plot is a total loss. I've just been letting the chickens meander and scratch in it.