This is what I’ve been doing for the last two days:

I’ve been planning to go to Annie Modesitt’s Seaside Knitting Retreat in Ocean Grove, NJ this weekend. This colorway is called “Seaside” and is a special dye run I did just for the retreat. I’m really pleased with it. I hope you can see it well (my screen tends to be bright so it may be dark on some other computers). It’s got two blues, turquoise, purple and white (for the ocean, whitecaps, and sky). I applied the dyes in four separate processes to get the color distributed well and without repeats as much as possible. I do what I can to avoid having my color “pool” when knitting, though that is trickier than it sounds.

They will be doing a toe-up sock class at Seaside, with afterthought heel and lace. It sounds like a great project. I really admire and respect Annie, and was really looking forward to meeting her, and learning from her.

However, I’m sick again (still?) and am actually running a fever after a week of being on antibiotics. Now that the yarn is completed, I am going to actually do what I should have done two weeks ago: Stay in bed for a few days. Why I have to be totally miserable before I let myself rest, I do not know.

But I am extremely happy with this colorway! And the underlying yarn is to die for, a springy and cushy sportweight washable merino. Yum! Total luxury on the foot. I hope folks like it as much as I do.