Rat bites and stash

Warning: I will be including pictures of a wound that may be gross to some people.


Mah knitter and I decided to hold our weekly stitch n bitch in my hood last weekend, so we went to Boulangerie Rustique Sweet Lee's. We did not have any of the foods though they all looked yummy (and I'm definitely going to try the cheesecake next time I go) but we did order tea. It was a bit odd, tea in a glass is kind of weird.
I had Labrador tea, and it was very...umm...delicate. Like, lightly scented hot water. I believe I may have giggled repeatedly over my clear "tea".

Seriously, that glass of water is actually my tea. and I poured more from my little teapot, and it all looked just as clear.  At least A's was slightly yellowish?


My kids' school board had two strike days, so it was a long weekend for all the students in the house.
Tuesday, I got bitten by one of my rats. It was not his fault, it was totally mine. Long story short: Cas (the fat-ass) was stuck in a box, he started freaking out, because there was another rat in the box being a dick, and I tried to help him out and my finger got in the way of his face. It was kind of brutal. It bled a lot, it really hurt, and I washed it out and bandaged it up.
Did I mention this was my index finger?? my KNITTING FINGER!!!  The next day it was vry vry swollen and painful so off to the clinic I went. Apparently, I was the first rat-bite victim treated at that clinic so there was lots of conferring and phone calls to government health agencies. Rabies was their main concern, Rat Bite Fever (which I sung to the tune of cat scratch fever, which amused no one but myself) was my concern. I got a tetanus shot (a day later, my arm still hurts), and preventative penicillin.

Needless to say, there's not going to be much knitting in the next couple of days. I've been trying to knit with my middle finger, and while it's been slow and frustrating...I did manage to finish a hat, since all I had left to do was the decreases.

About the hat: I cast on the Antelope hat, a free pattern by Bohoknits using Quince&Co Lark in the colour Storm. Before I hurt my finger:

After I hurt my finger (waiting in the dr's office, trying to do the decreases with my middle finger, vry difficult)

Anywhooo, it probably took  me about three hours to do the decreases, when it really should have taken about 45 minutes. But it's finished, even weaved in the ends. I think i'm pleased with the hat. It has an interesting picot edge and eyelets. But I'm not sure I like it on me. I love the colour, love the wool. I'll have to wear it a few times to really decide if I like it.

Now, I've knit items with Quince&Co Lark and Chickadee and both were quite enjoyable to knit with. No splitting, no weird growth after blocking. Lovely colours. Comfortable against my skin. I would very much like to knit a sweater out of this stuff... Ooooh, I wish they had a sock yarn! I bet there sock yarn would be awesome, and would no doubt have a clever bird name (in keeping with the theme of using our feathered friends as yarn names)


Before the bite, I had also cast on a pair of socks with some sparkly Boreale yarn from Biscotte&Cie, it's a pretty sky blue and I'm using the Whozit sock pattern from Socks a la Carte 2. Haven't gotten very far.

I still have my pixie dust sock on the needles, I have about 2 inches left before the toe decreases.

And now on to the stash pictures-mostly worsted weight.

 Leftover balls, mostly worsted weights, some bulky, some sock yarn.

From the stash balls, I grabbed a couple of balls that are mostly full skeins, I'm going to use 4 or 5 of them, held together  to make another pair of leethal mary janes. At some point. When I can really knit again.

Sock yarn stash <3 Look at all mah pretties!

All laid out like that, really doesn't seem like a lot...I feel like I need more Noro, some more Quince&Co, some more Malabrigo, some Madeline Tosh (it's been so long since I knit with Madtosh) I'd like to add some Blue Sky Alpacas, some Juniper Moon Farm, some SweetGeorgia...I could go on and on.
Maybe I should start working on my Christmas wish list!