Be careful what you wish for

I've occasionally thought, usually during a miserable drag of a day at work, that it would be wonderful to have a day off when all I had to do was stay in bed and maybe read and knit a little.

Let me go on record to say that such a day is not as much fun as you might think.

Wednesday the power at my house cut out about 6:30 in the morning. There being liberal leave, and the winding curve down the hill being an ice sheet, I opted to stay home. Once the Viking was off to his work (no liberal leave for nurses), I started trying to think of things which needed doing around the house. A distressing number of them were impossible.

Laundry? No, can't do that.
Dishes? Nope.
Vacuum? Nuh-uh.
Get pictures off camera? Oh, hell no.

... and so on, until I realised that there really was nothing to do but get back in bed (to stay warm) and maybe read and knit a little. Which was fine for about the first six hours, and then I started to get antsy. It turns out that once you have read a novel, and knit several inches on a current project, and taken all the naps you can usefully take in one day, there is in fact a point where a day off with nothing to do becomes dull.

The Viking did return home from work safely, bringing with him a bucket of fried chicken (apparently KFC had power, though no one else much did) which broke up the tedium somewhat.

About 5:30 we decamped to Maman's for hot showers, which improved both our moods. When we got home, the power had been restored, though it took a long time for the house to feel warm again.

And now, some yarn:



This is my skein of camel yarn from Snow Leopard Trust. This is supposed to be the white colour, though as you can see it's off-white. Quite a bit off white.

Also visible is that the spinning is a bit uneven, though that wasn't unexpected and it's not dramatically uneven -- a little overspun in some spots, a little underspun in others. Nothing gamebreaking, though I wouldn't use it for socks.

I'm having trouble coming up with words for the texture -- it's not squishy soft, but it's not scratchy either. I'd say it's hard, in a worsted-spun kind of way, except that might lead you to think it's stiff, which it's not. Firm? does that work?

Anyway, nice yarn. I'm going to make a scarf from my skein.