knitting school dropout

i recently dyed silk scarves with a bunch of the webs ladies. our friend/co-worker gail is the very talented dyer behind the fabulous book hand dyeing yarn and fleece. gail is the kind of person who shares her gift with people. don't you just love people like that?
so, now i am the owner of a pretty silk scarf. i think i'm definitely going through a blue-green phase.

for the last few days i've been kind of struggling with headaches and insomnia, so i'm really just not feeling like myself. the bummer of it all is that staring at my knitting just makes headaches worse. so, in an effort to finish something before tnna, i started an entirely new sweater. it's 90% stockinette, so i can knit (and purl) without having to look at it at all. excellent cranky couch knitting! and look, a nearly complete sweater.
the sweater will have elbow-length sleeves and some neat details at the fronts, but that's secret for now. it's a top-down cardigan, and i'll be self-publishing that pattern (along with a few others that are almost ready) very soon on the blog. i'm using valley yarns goshen in a new color called "pacific".

if you're heading to tnna this weekend, cecily and i will be at the interweave booth first thing saturday morning. you can stop by and check out the book, if you'd like.