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We recently had a long weekend here in many parts of Canada. For us however, it was a semi-holiday. I was going to do a little more on the weekend, but having come down under the weather on Saturday, I spent Saturday and Sunday resting up. And since everything was closed on Monday, ended up staying in Monday too. G had a weekend of studying in prep for his exams, but came down sick on Monday. (different symptoms).

This means every little fun, but it does mean that I made extra efforts on my knitting. After all, a somewhat uncomplicated pattern was about all I could manage on Saturday. Yet, somehow, I still managed to mess up many many times on the sleeve of Urban Aran cardigan, easy fixes, so I could manage them. But it was okay. Something to keep me occupied when I was resting in bed. I had so little energy that even reading or a little DS game playing was too much for my failing concentration.

Monday, was a different story, my concentration was 80% back, and I tackled one of my outstanding UFOs - Ornette Socks. For some reason, the second half of the second sock was particularly hard for me to execute. I had a lot of trouble with the counting, etc. I must have knit and ripped it at least 1.5 times, and I knew I had to get back to it before too long, or it may languish and never be done. In hindsight, It was too complex a pattern for me to work on non-exclusively.

I present a little photo to demonstrate the completion of the pair:

All the details to follow another day.

Urban Aran still needs another 3/4 of a sleeve and the collar before it reaches finishing state. But it’s much further along than it was a couple of weeks ago. I am pleased at the prospects of it being finished in time for colder weather.

Speaking of weather, they are forecasting rain again for all of this week. Before the humidity had a chance to let up, we’re at it again. It’s down right impossible to wash and block any item I’m finishing these days. But never you mind, I’ll just keep working on them, and I see myself doing a lot of finishing in the fall.