OK, yesterday I awoke to snow. Today it’s past noon and it’s 67 degrees. Much better.

Today I slept until 11:30 (after first being awakened by a sales call that hung up on me at 9) which I really needed. I seem to not let myself rest unless I’m actually sick, not a good thing. And even though I took a sick day yesterday, I thought I’d get a nap but pushed myself on the sock deadline instead.

Late evening yesterday, while I was proofknitting my pattern, I realized that I had made some choices early in the design that just would not work as far as explaining them in print. I would make them that way if I was knitting for myself, but this was not going to work. So I had to go back to the spreadsheet and start over. The numbers are my least favorite thing (how many inches around for 11 sizes, how many stitches is that, will that number of stitches work for the number of stitches in the repeat of the design, etc…). But I had to do it and so I did.

I’m nearly to the toe on the sample sock, so I’ll get the pattern and a scan of the sock out today, which was deadline day. Then I’ll send out the actual sock in case the publisher wants to take different photos than what I send. Whew!

If I feel better today (I’m mostly well, with small setbacks that don’t last long) I will go to Border’s “Common Thread” gathering tonight in Ann Arbor. I hope to meet Jillian tonight… we’ve been corresponding for a while (and reading each other’s blogs) and she moved to Ann Arbor maybe a month ago. Between illnesses and bad weather we haven’t met yet. Maybe tonight. Check out Jillian’s blog, Knittingfrau.

The picture is some tiny sox I did last summer out of leftover Regia Clown ringel along with a solid Regia melon color. Very fun.

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