Well, the sick spree seems to be finally ending. We are starting to get our strength back finally. It really hit us all very hard. It took me 3 weeks to recover, and I still am quite tired if I do much of anything. Even Beau (Who btw never gets sick) is still dragging around some. The kids seem to have bounced back ok though so that’s good.

We also bought two dairy goats for Dominic’s 4H project.  I know, I know angora would have been my preference too, but they don’t really show so well at 4H, and the boy like to win if he can.  Sooo dairy goats it is, as we could really use the milk.  It can have an off flavor, but usually this is because of poor management, not the goats.  The milk I had was sweet, ultra creamy and yummy.  It was close to what you would get from a Jersey or Guernsey cow.  So milk and cheese for us in 3 - 4 weeks or so… You can read more on my other blog.   Back to fiber stuff…

I STILL haven’t quite finished the blankity blank gloves lol. For those of you who don’t know, I am making them for my paramedic friend, Christlyn, for when she has to work wrecks, because she can wear them under the latex gloves and keep her hands warm. She has to have the tips out, so she can feel for pulses and stuff. She has been out of work all winter, because of an injury, and so hasn’t needed them. She won’t have recovered from her surgery until it is quite warm. So I got off the rush rush train and have been dawdling with these. Why?

I really do not like kniting fingers. Well, more specifically I do not like knitting fingers on tiny yarn with size 0 needles that are nickel plated. Oh and the yarn is alpaca. I can just bet you all know where my head was lodged when I did that…..it was dark…so very very dark…

Anyhow, I only have one finger left, or rather about a half a finger. Here is a picture of the middle finger, quite ironic really since I felt like I wanted to show my own middle finger…to myself for doing this on nickel plate needles lol.

Really, I am not usually prone to flipping middle fingers at people, but the thought was there, to my shame lol.

Anyway, I have completed that finger, and half of the pointer finger, but this glove had to be knitted at a much finer guage. The first one was too thick, so we decided to just use it for the left hand. Since Christlyn only needs her right hand to be very free for inserting IVs and such. Poor girl, so happens I made the hand too big, and ended up with a few extra stitiches for the pointer finger, so I just decreased. That and the fact that I jump down to just one yarn instead of two made it pucker in a little. Still it looks ok when it’s on, and will fit well. I am not doing the &%)@#7 fingers again. IF she has a problem, I will be happy to show her how to tear them out and re do them, however since she doesn’t like to do things like that much, I think I’m safe. Next winter when her hands aren’t freezing to death, I highly doubt she will take of the latex gloves and think, “Dang, that sure does look funny at the base of that pointer finger.”

Anyhow, my point is, there is a time to worry over a look of something, and a time to JUST NOT CARE. I don’t have to look at it, and she won’t care so I don’t either. sniff. I am not submitting it to the “wonderfully crafted objects award” so it should be just fine.

So, working on the next issue, let me know if you find any really cool blog posts or have something like tutorials and patterns on your own site! I will also be choosing a new contest winner soon.