Well, I may have to withhold judgement on complaining about the FCEK pattern-writer and not-enough-yarn.

I joined the three flower motifs for the end of the stole, and began crocheting the body. And I got about 6" of body out of perhaps a third of a ball of Legend. I have three balls remaining, so if I can get 18" out of each one...that works out to 54," plus the original 6" I got out of the partial ball.

So it might just work out after all. Perhaps I was not meant to find more yarn in this dyelot because I will have enough. (Yet another example of my superstitiousness).

I've been pretty much exclusive on the stole this week, partly because I was worrying about the amount of yarn, but mainly because it's been too stinking hot (even in my airconditioned house) to think about quilting or knitting wool socks or knitting on my wool vest. (Yes, I know, the Legend is wool, but it's crocheted in a big lacy open pattern, and so, seems less hot).

And once again, I wonder as I do every year: how does a person survive weeks on end of heat indexes (indices?) over 100 degrees? It's like cabin fever, but in reverse: you're trapped inside, but that's because you'll die of the heat if you go out. I'd never make it in a tropical country.