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Yarn, hot tea, and a warm blanket

No one ever likes being sick but sometimes it seems to be the inevitable fate of even the best germ-ninjas. Yesterday I succumbed to some sinus gunk that has me at home today, wishing I was at work instead of feeling all icky and tired. My morning has consisted of the alternating tasks of sleeping, reading and drinking fluid. Restlessness had finally gotten the better off me, and I find myself in front of the television, having relocated with my blanket,  tea and Kleenex. I have decided to watch some Star Wars and see if I can make some progress on this almost-abandoned sweater that I started back in January.

This pattern is in a book that I've had on my shelf for quite some time. Indigo Knits has some really neat projects in it, most of which call for reclaimed denim which can be manipulated and altered further after knit into garments by using distressing techniques on the yarn once it's knit up. Very cool stuff!
As much as I would love to work with reclaimed denim and cotton yarns at some point, right now I have a room full of wool yarn that needs to be used up before I go acquiring yet more yarn. So I decided during the cold of last winter to use some yarn that I bought on sale from a yarn store in Omaha that is sadly long gone (for those of you familiar with Omaha, it was one in the Benson area that I can't even remember the name of any more). 
This is SuperLana superwash wool in shades 23 (off-white), 166 (medium blue) and 17 (dark blue). Gotta love the descriptive color names. Since this yarn is much thinner than what is called for in the pattern, I am making the largest size of the sweater using size 4 needles. I finished the back of the sweater about 5 months ago and haven't touched this project since. It should be enough to keep me busy for now but also allow me to stay cocooned on the couch and basically immobile.
Since I have two shades of blue, and a very limited amount of the dark blue, I decided to alternate the blue stripes in between the off-white stripes. Now to bundle up on the couch and start on the front. And hopefully kick this bug's butt so that I'm back on my feet before too long.

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