Socks and sickness

I've been ill for two weeks now with a horrible virus / cold. Others have described it to me as a flu that goes away and comes back again. As I ache a lot anyway (ME), I didn't notice the aching bones but I did feel I was almost well towards the end of last week until, on Saturday, I felt like I'd caught a new cold! It's been very inconvenient at work as we have our AGM this Saturday but I'm glad to say they're managing without me! On top of it, I caught a sickness and diarrohea bug from my daughter via her son via a friend who was sick at his birthday sleepover on Saturday, and came down with it on Monday evening. That was no joke. I never want to go through that again, ever. I was weak and wobbly yesterday and still sleeping off and on, not even well enough to feel like picking up the knitting needles! So I'm very slow with those socks, but I am getting there and will have to get busy clicking on something else soon. Hmmm... now what...?
Tummy's still a bit wobbly today which, for an eater like me, is frustrating and pretty miserable!

SP Question 11(?)

What is the best thing you've ever received in the mail/post?
Now that's a leading question right in the middle of such a setup! But I have to avoid the obvious and say I think the best thing I ever got in the post was the notification of passing my Maths Higher in 1975, which meant I had enough qualifications to go to art college that year. I've never been so excited to receive a letter nor so happy after reading it!

Socks for Labrador Rescue

Labrador Rescue Scotland is holding a fundraiser on Saturday 20 September, so I'm knitting as much as I can to create stuff to sell and/or raffle. I started on a pair of Tofutsies Tidal Wave socks on Sunday 17th. I really should have them done by now!! I was quicker with Sock Wars III than I've been with these. A couple of things have held me back. One, I've been ill for nearly a week with a horrible cold which has left me with a very husky throat. Two, I've now broken 3, yes 3! of my 5 x 2.75mm bamboo dpns, as you can see from the photo!

Fortunately they're a decent enough length to still be able to knit a short row with. I guess they weren't very good quality to start with, they were a bargain straight from Hong Kong on eBay, after all!

I thought I'd also include a photo of Jet's usual nightly routine of cleaning Jazz's ears, something she's apparently done since Jazz was a pup.

SP question 10

What Olympic event would best describe you knitting/knitting style?
My first thought was the marathon, but only when I think of my Orkney Pi, which has been on the needles since February!
Knitting with dpns makes me think of archery! I like to knit fast with dpns, with fine yarn, and it feels like a precision activity(!), needing accuracy. And then there's fencing, and shooting, though I don't like the idea of the speeding bullet and the connotation of harm associated with it.
(I have a cold and am too fuzzy-headed to be witty so don't expect too much of me, anyone!)
What sport includes lots of false starts, I wonder? Perhaps trampolining - lots of highs with some false landings?!
What would denote lots of frogging and number crunching? Synchronised swimming perhaps?
I'm labelled (and sometimes criticised for being) a perfectionist and it seems to me that, with the notion of sharp needles and the need for precision, archery or fencing are the most appropriate Olympic sports for me. There! Round the houses and back again!

SP Question 9

Have you ever entered your knitting (or anything else) in the fair? Would you ever consider it?
No, not yet. I was going to do it this year but I've not finished what I was going to enter...! Last year, I entered Agnes' Feast (the textile sculpture in my header - see one of my early posts) into the Plockton Show, which disallows work by professionals. As I also included some RTT leaflets, I think it was discounted and thought to be a professional exhibit. But I can't be sure. Perhaps they just didn't like it!
As I'm about to teach a knitting leisure class, this is my last chance to enter knitting into the Plockton Show and it looks like I'll miss the boat (for those who know Plockton - no pun intended!).
Would I consider it? Obviously, yes.