I Think the Cough is Defeated

I am back and almost over my cough.  After a visit to my doctor last week, I finally got some new meds that actually seem to be working.  My table looks like a pharmacy now.

Reba had her last amino acid treatment.  She is showing real improvement.  Hubby and I know that the treatment is not a cure but it should make her more comfortable and stave off the inevitable for a maybe a few months to a year.  I am cooking for her and she is eating really well.  She has returned to her usual piggy self.  It is just fascinating to see her veterinary care team get excited about her gaining weight.  Who would think that this is a good thing in an already fat dog.

While I have been off work sick, I managed some knitting.  Not as much as you might think.  I was coughing so hard I pulled a muscle under my right arm and lost the use of it for 2 days.  No knitting time there.  I have also been very tired and did not feel like knitting. I have still not worked out how to knit in my sleep.  Despite the limitations, I did make some progress towards the 2018 Harrow Fair.

I was feeling really good about that progress until I updated my excel spreadsheet.  I have only truly finished one entry.

Knit from Ferner Wolle Mally Socks sock yarn.  I picked this up from the Little Red Mitten while Reba was getting her first treatment in London.  I bought a second ball as well to weave with.  The pattern is my own sock recipe for toe up socks.

This one is close to being done.  It is still drying and needs a loop added to the top.  The loop is knitted already and waiting to be sewn on.

The pattern is Old-fashioned Christmas from the book The Stockings were Knit by Mickey Landau.  This was fun to knit.  It needed big needles and worsted weight yarn.  I used Paton's Classic Wool.  I suspect that the red is a discontinued colour as I picked it up at the Len's Mills tent sale in London in the summer.  Off-white is always available but the white for this project came from Michaels.

The soft toy entry is coming along.  It will be a reindeer when it is done.  I have finished knitting the parts and have started to stuff the pieces.  It is fussy work and I can only stand doing so much at a time otherwise I will hurry the process and make a mess of the assembly.

The pattern is Best Friends from the booklet Jean Greenhowe's Christmas Special.  I used a discontinued DK yarn from my stash.  An almost equivalent yarn is Paton's Classic Wool DK Superwash.  The the old  discontinued yarn is Merino wool whereas the new DK Superwash is no particular breed.

Progress continues on the girl's sweater entry.  The back is complete and the fronts are well on their way to the underarm.  I am doing both fronts at the same time.  Somehow I think it is faster.  It really isn't but in my head, since I only have to do the fronts once, it goes quicker.

This is knit from Paton's Classic Wool DK Superwash.  Hubby picked it up for me at this summer's SpinRite tent sale in Listowel.  He swung through Listowel on his motorcycle trip in August.  As soon as I saw this yarn I knew exactly what I wanted to knit with it.  I have now convinced myself that purple is a Christmas colour to fit my overall theme for 2018.

The tea cozy is still in pieces waiting for assembly.

I have my next three projects already picked out and have the yarn for at least two of them.

I am hoping the cough finally goes away soon.  I want off the meds.  There are leaving me with a horrible bitter taste in my mouth.  However, I am one of those people who follows directions and I will be finishing them off like a good girl.