So I had my first Humira shot on the 8th of April. It hurt like a mother. A week later there was a noticable difference in my skin. Sweet. This past Wednesday I had my second shot and I took the advice of my mom and several other Humira takers on Ravelry and took the shot in my stomach this time. It didn't hurt. I barely even felt it. Double sweet. My fingers aren't hurting anymore and I'm actually able to write again (something that had become impossible with the joint pain in my fingers). Triple sweet.
I sat outside, sweated and didn't get itchy. Even sweeter still!
All this has given me a case of startitis (as the Yarn Harlot would call it) and I have cast on several projects even though I still have several projects that are just a sewn seam away from being finished. I need a case of finish-it-upitis. I cast on for my second Bellatrix Deux sock and started a pair of socks for my son. There's also a blanket that I started. I had this huge skein of white acrylic (Red Heart) and decided that a nice seed stitch throw would be the best thing to make of it. So far it is coming along good, but I've become a bit of a yarn snob in that I keep wishing it were a natural fiber like cotton or wool. I have about six or so projects on Ravelry that are in progress not counting the socks that I cast on for my son and the acrylic blanket. There's also another throw that I started about a month ago in seed stitch as well, but made from Suri Dream (knitpicks). I only have three skeins of the Suri so I'm taking my time until I can afford to get a few more skeins. I tried casting on for a scarf knit in self striping Felici (Schooner), but I couldn't get it the way I wanted and I think I'm going to have to try and look up double knitting. At first I tried a k1, sl1 pattern, but didn't like the texture that I was getting. Then I tried knitting in a tube, but I don't like the way it knits up that way either. With the tube scarves I always feel like they're off kilter and would prefer if both sides were attached in some way. This is what made me think of DK as an option. It's a technique that I've been wanting to try and a scarf would be a nice jumping off point. And for some stupid reason when I bought yarn I decided that I needed to try the new cotton sport yarn instead of getting more Suri (which I'm going to need more of eventually) and I have it in my head to cast that on as something soon. I need to finish some of this stuff. Some of these unfinished projects are things that I were supposed to send to my mom back at Christmas time (what can I say..... I hate the post office). Anyways, I'm off to finish up the first sock for my son. If I can buckle down then maybe I'll sew up the kitchener seam on that hood and get it finished so I can mail it to my mom and weave in the ends on the Jayne hat so I can send it off to my sister. Here's to hoping.
