quickie from the sickie...

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Yesterday I spent the morning at the clinic. I finally decided to go see a doctor about this dry cough that I've had for over 2 months. I dropped B off at school, hopped on the metro and prepared for a long wait. I brought my watermelon sock with me.

I underestimated how much knitting I had left because in the 2 hour wait to see the doctor-I finished my sock.  And by finished, I mean that I finished the toe decreases but couldn't do the three needle bind off as I hadn't thought to bring a third needle. I was able to hop onto clinic wifi and put out the call (aka facebook post about how I was bored) and the lovely A showed up and kept me company through what would have been a very boring wait.
Anywhoo, the doc couldn't hear anything, so I was sent for a chest x-ray. Nothing showed up on the x-ray so I was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics and hycodan cough syrup.  So, i'm basically fine, minus the incessant coughing, and the back pain (from uncomfortable waiting room chairs, lack of sleep and brutal coughing). Oh, and the runny nose I now have. *sigh*

FO: Watermelon (vanilla) sock:

I've already cast on the second sock-it's my travel project, and I like to have the first couple of rows of ribbing established before I tuck it away in my travel bag.
I think at some point this week or next, I may cast on another sock. Not a vanilla sock though, something with a pattern. I'm getting terribly bored of vanilla socks, plus I have some really lovely solid sock yarns languishing in the stash basket.


FO numero dos; optimistic-mitts! I really liked this pattern, and I really love the finished object.
First mitt, almost done.

Both mitts, second ready for binding off. If I make these again, I'd bind off in pattern-would look much nicer.

Finished! My favourite part of these is the strap and button. It was fun choosing the right button out of my button box. The strap was seed stitch, which I normally cannot stand, but seeing as how it was only 30 rows of a 7 stitch pattern, it was tolerable.

Aren't they super cute?! They are just perfect for slightly chilly mornings. I lurve them.

Progress on the Hitchhiker has been slow, but I'm at 30 points now, so yay!

I only have this:

Tiny little amount of noro left-bottle cap for scale, but i'm not quite ready to stop knitting this hitchhiker, I would like it to be full sized, with all 42 points. The lovely A, again to the rescue (and because she lives closer to the LYS) graciously picked me up a ball.

And now an abrupt ending, because I'm suddenly very, very tired.