Breakfast of Champions

This is my breakfast - my favourite cup (Denby Stoneware, gift from Carsten), my favourite fruit (organic Max Havelaar banana) and my medication. In my book, medicine makes you feel better. But not this kind. This gives you nausea, heat flashes, aches in your joints, dizziness, sleep deprivation and concentration problems. This is every morning, and lasts till noon. Next pills are not until dinner, and not as many.

So, when people, family, friends, anyone really, asks me to be somewhere before 10 in the morning, I would really like to! Love to, actually. Knowing that it will involve dizziness, severe sweating, extreme nausea and risk of a headache, I often say: how about 11? Or maybe lunch?

But, I am totally confident the medication works. My job is to not let it bug me too much, take it in stride and KNIT MY WAY OUT OF IT. Please pay attention to the picture again: the sun is shining.

I had all 65 kgs of Peterhead out on the floor right behind the table. 65 kgs of Peterhead is about 15 square meters of yarn - 15 square meters of PURE THERAPY! For almost a week, Carsten valiantly accepted the fact of the extreme need for yarn therapy! He actually remarked that he hardly noticed it! (Truly a King among Knitters Spouses) And our place is not that big......

So, next time I need therapy, I will jump straight into the Tweed300 stash - though only containing about 40kgs, this is the yarn of Hanne Falkenberg.........and I have all her patterns......

Keep the pills coming! I´m game!

2007 Status

I finished 60 projects in 2007. 36 in 2006. What should my goal be for 2008?
Asking me right now? 60
Wishful thinking? 100
At least? 2
So, I hereby commit to finishing .... a lot of projects in 2008. Including two new double knitted shawls - one for my mum, already moving along nicely, and one made to order, yarn bought, needles found, pattern ready. And socks, loads of socks.

I have also founded The NPKG - The Non Procrastinating Knitters Guild, with Charlotte! We will finish one Christmas present a month! Beginning now.

The title of Log Lady has been transfered to me officially for January. I will retire to this place:



In the sincere hope that Snow Will Fall! I will bring loads of yarn, books, warm underwear and music, and just wait for nature to do it´s worst. (And I am usually not disappointed!)
The Log Lady Title is appointed to a person actually physically having to administer firewood to heat generating contraption to keep warm, that being either stove, bonfire or fireplace. In my case also involving chainsaw and hydraulic cleaver. Excellent.

So, no news from me till february! No internet, no phone, and hardly any TV (takes a few days to defrost the remote in the winter).

Beckmanns Commandments: Do not leave Your home for a month without bringing knitting to last You at least two!

Queer Quandaries: How much more knitting can You do in one month, if You don´t have access to Ravelry?