this week was mostly school work and research work and not much time to myself (even this afternoon, almost entirely spent grading while I was battling what was either an allergic stomach upset/food intolerance or maybe a little food poisoning - I never get VERY sick but I definitely don't feel right. I really suspect it's allergy related; it's been BAD here (hot and dry and I spend Wednesday afternoon in the field and there's some kind of funky solvent smell in the building right now)
But I did give a couple exams, and right now the easiest invigilating project is the big shawl out of the bamboo yarn (pattern is called Syyslaulu; the yarn is Theodora's Purls in "Egyptian Stucco")
I counted the stitches and it's close to 110. But 176 is the suggested minimum for an adult size, and I'd really like it to be a little bigger (I think it's multiples of 6 if you are adding stitches). It's a simple increase - just doing one every right-side row so it's easy to adjust. I'm still working on the first ball; I might see how many stitches I have as I get to the end of that one. I definitely don't want to run short; two skeins I got (the dyer picked them out for me) were ones she said she dyed together so they're as close to the same dye lot as possible. (I did NOT feel like alternating skeins, not for a project I knit on while invigilating).
I do need to clean house a little this weekend (if I feel up to it) but I also want to do some knitting; I haven't been able to for a while.
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