I'm feeling well enough to blog, I suppose. But no photos today - too pooped to pic!

So Sunday started off okay. Our Knitsmiths group was great, as usual. Anna brought in a fabulous sweater she just finished in Rowan's Big Wool and Biggie Print. It looked terrific on her! And Emily brought in a shell she completed using Noro Kureyon (inspired by Shobana's). Beautiful colors. Of course, you'll just have to take my word on this, because the bad news is that I hadn't remembered to bring my camera. And on the ugly side, as I sat there trying to make it through a couple rounds of the Dale bug sweater, I started feeling worse and worse and worse. That was the fastest descent into sickdom that I can remember going through. By the time I left Knitsmiths, I was having the full blown flu. That night was the worst so far, but I'm still relegated to the sofa for most of the daytime.

I thought about knitting and even tried starting a simple little hat out of some Kureyon leftovers (Emily's shell and Teresa's bag were so lovely I wanted to use that yarn again), but I didn't get too far. And then I mostly obsessed about how ugly I think the pattern is coming out on the Dale bug sweater. I can't seem to get a consistent tension going with my left hand this time. The stitches are looser for a row and then tighter for the next, so the pattern isn't a smooth as it was on the sleeves. I'm sure it will get better as I continue and get more into a rhythm on this sweater. In fact, I had the same concerns with the crazy continental, but now that I'm wearing it, it's all good.