It's been so long since I had a fever, that I totally forgot what it felt like. Thus, I was shocked at Urgent Care Monday, when they told me I had a temperature of 101.5. In case you, too, have forgotten: Just walking across a room in a major effort!
I've mostly slept the last two days and when I was awake, I wasn't up for any difficult knitting. So I cast on for one of the patterns I've been wanting to make from
Island by Jane Richmond.
This is a super simple scarf knit from linen. I'd picked up some Rowen Pure Linen on sale at an LYS. The pattern calls for fingering weight yarn, but this yarn is aran. What the heck? I just went ahead and cast on. It's just a scarf.
In my febrile state, it did not occur to me that I should use larger needles. However, I am liking it so far.
I'm still working my way through
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. It's interesting, but not as good as his classic works. So I also started another novel:
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers.
It's about a failing middle-aged businessman who heads to Saudi Arabia for the deal that will turn everything around in his life. Of course, nothing is that easy. I loved Eggers'
The Circle, about a young woman who is hired by a Google-type company. I often like workplace novels; My favorite TV show of all time is
The Office. I'm finding
Hologram reasonably entertaining.
(I think it was made into a movie with Tom Hanks.)
I'll be linking up with Ginny at Small Things to
Yarn Along.
