cough

Cough, cough, cough. The cold/flu/whatever ended last week, but it was nice enough to give a body-racking cough as a parting gift. I am no longer Jess; I am only Cough.

I got some meds from my doctor, and a coworker (who was a doctor in China) heard me coughing and was nice enough to bring me some traditional Chinese herbal syrup, which helped minimize the irritation. I loved the packaging so much I decided to post an image.

Sorry to whine, I'm really doing okay, nothing some antibiotics can't fix.

Right now I'm working on an Actual Knitted Garment, when I'm not too busy busting a gut. A pullover, knitted from the top down on circulars - my favorite sweater-making method. I'm sort of making the pattern up as I go along and it seems to be working out okay. I'm knitting it from the mess of Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk I received as a Christmas present last year, in a lovely shade of celery green, and I think it's going to be a keeper. Once you feel this incredibly soft yarn you will want to buy several hundred pounds of it, in order to make a pile of it to jump into and roll around in. I have calculated that this would cost a few thousand bucks, but man, would it be fun.

For those of you joining me courtesy of boingboing, welcome. I will let everyone know if I have any toys for sale in the coming months. In the meantime, there's always my booklet of toy patterns, available next week (eee!). I've heard from many people over the past week or so and I am so overwhelmed and pleased with their kind words and interest in my wacky toys. I couldn't believe how many guys wrote to tell me that they want to learn to knit just to make a robot! That's pretty neat.