workin' my fingers to the bone

This is my latest fantasy yarn. It is a handspun, kettle dyed superbulky wool from Uruguay - handpaintedyarn.com. Color is Cognac and it is divine, in my opinion. I am going to us this to make the Cape May capelet on knitty.com. A little math was required, since this is 65 yds/ 100 g and biggy print from Rowan is 33 yds/ 100 g. I will order the same number of skeins - I might just have to use two threads to get the desired thickness. I am salivating just waiting for this yarn to come. Of course, I have plenty of unfinished project that need my direct attention. I have finished the Pig, and will post pictures as soon as I take them. I am finishing the basketball - I managed to finish the second hemisphere, joined them and filled it with polypropylene beads. The weight of the ball is a little bit more than I expected, but the tension and squishiness is right on. Now I will embroider the ribbing on with the deep purple to make it look like a BB. Not sure which stitch I will use yet. I think it will require a bit of trial and error.

Skipped out of work yesterday, but am here today (Labor Day, how appropriate), purifying yet another prep of protein. It took me about three days to convince myself that my last prep was crap, especially after it sat in the fridge for four days while I recovered from throwing out my back. There is little to no motivation to be here today. My mind is very distracted and I guess I should be grateful that I am doing a mindless prep and not something more mentally taxing.

I am still learning my way around the blogger website. I have yet to figure out how to get a pic into my profile area. I click all of the requisite buttons, but I am convinced they are just taking me in an electronic circle.

There is only a skeleton crew in here today. My Husky friend ( a UConn grad ) is here. Unusual for him to work a holiday. I guess he is getting more motivated to get work done and graduate. Time marching on and all. Also, our Wonderfully Talented Undergrad is in. No sign of the Boss, though B was in on Saturday, when I had Halley with me. I was impressed this time she remembered Halley's name - first time I think in about 3 years?!?

So I am going to start knitting the third dinosaur and need to finish stuffing and sewing them up. There is a deadline. The niece is expected sometime near the end of November. So crunch time is here - need to get the projects finished so they can be sent out.

Off to prep the protein...