Hi all! A few things to update you on. CB is in the hospital. Nothing to worry about at the moment. He hasn’t been feeling well for a couple of weeks. He started having difficulty breathing last week, causing headaches and fatigue. He finally was willing to go to the doctor yesterday morning. The doc immediately found the oxygen level in CB too low and sent him to the emergency room. They performed tests on him for the entire afternoon and could not find the cause. Finally in the evening after doing a CT scan, they found pneumonia in a hard to detect region of the lungs. So, now he’s in the hospital for a few days to get better. They are also performing extra tests to see there’s anything else. It’s a relief to have found the cause of his illness. Now we can focus on getting better.
Remember that yarn that I named Forest Jewels?
I am going to start knitting something with it. I’ve always had Drifting Pleats from the book Knitting New Scarves
I joined Katherine’s Le Tour de Fleece 2008.
I had so much fun spinning and knitting for Fibre to Scarf Exchange, I thought I’d join up another spinning challenge. Maybe I’ll do well again doing a project with time restraint? We’ll see. Now I have to find something in the stash to get going.
Happy Fourth of July! I’ll be spending the afternoon with CB. 
OH! Almost forgot. Chris, here’s the cotton I have to work with:
I am not an experienced cotton person. Maybe it is usual to get cotton in this condition. (It was given to me.) I have at least 30 times more of this cotton. What do you think? Keep or let go?
I’m not happy to hear CB is sick and in hospital but since he IS sick I’m glad to hear he’s in hospital and that he can be all better…. soon! :^) Sending him healing energy.
I remember Forest Jewels, beautiful colours there. The Drifting Pleats looks quite interesting! good luck with that, not that you’ll need it, you’ll do fine :^)
hope CB gets better. my thoughts and prayers are with both of you!
beautiful yarn! nice colors. can’t wait to see the FO.
i’d dump the cotton. or boil it to sterilize it, let it dry, fluff it up and stuff a pillow or something with a hand knit outer case or something. would NOT waste the time to hand do it.
here’s a thought…send it to a mill with some other fiber (maybe wool?) to be carded and blended. then you just have to spin it. i’ve heard of some people that will do small amounts of carding… cotton/wool blend makes nice sock material….or you can weave it into towels…
hugs!
chris (vtknitboy.blogspot.com)