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I got very little sleep Friday night and have been struggling all week to recover. Not enough sleep is yet another one of those things that exacerbates my MD. But the good news is that the bridge was down after Friday and the rest of the weekend has been clean up. It’s been a rough week with cutting back my meds and then the whole bridge business messing with my sleep. Hopefully this week my body will start to get adjusted and I’ll get back on track.

Anyway, on with the knitting! Remember how I said I was almost done with my Embossed Leaves Socks and they were the prettiest things I’d ever made? Well, I frogged them. Both of them completely. I started out with aluminum needles because I didn’t have the size I needed in bamboo (which I prefer) but then I got the bamboo needles midway through the first sock and switched to those but then my gauge changed so I went to needles a size bigger for the next sock but it still seemed too small so I went bigger again. By the time I was nearing completion I realized that, yet again, I was in denial about my gauge issues. One sock was too big, one sock was too small. At least at that point I knew what size needles I needed to use to get them just right (2.25mm for the record). And, knowing myself and that I wouldn’t be able to stand them not being perfect, I frogged them, rewound my yarn, and started over. I’m doing both at the same time since this seems to be the only way I’m capable of making two objects of the same size. Work on one for a while, get to a good stopping point, switch and work on the other for a while, repeat. And now I’m flying through these. This picture was two days ago, I’ve now turned the heels and finished the gussets on both socks so they’re in the home stretch:

They fit, they match, I’m happy. In between the frogging and the restarting, I finished up Stephen’s Birthday Socks:

The pattern is by Sockbug and is called Garter Bars. It’s a nice easy pattern and very gender neutral. The yarn is Tofutsies in colorway “Footsteps” - I love working with Tofutsies yarn and although I don’t care for these colors for myself, the striping was interesting to watch as I got further along. Most importantly, Stephen likes them and they fit, but he doesn’t get to have them till Friday!

Here is Clapotis with two stitches dropped although I’ve now dropped three. It’s such a fun pattern! I’ve decided this will be my birthday present to myself.

I’ve been taking a break from spinning for three or four days now. I had been spinning every day and just loving it but I was getting a lot of pain in my right thumb and shoulder and decided to take some time off rather than aggravate it. I think it’s due to the pinching and lifting the spindle into the air as I draft more fiber before I wind on the spun yarn. I really want a wheel but they’re not cheap so I’m taking a break and looking into a super light weight spindle. But, I do have some newly spun yarn from before this break so I’ll post that soon.