I was beginning to think it'd never happen, but it did. Last week, I finally finished spinning and plying the Campfire fiber I bought at Fiber Revival. I not only bought that fiber at FR, but I spent that day spinning it and thought I was doing pretty well. I spun nearly every day since, but it still took me over a month to spin just 4 ounces. Sheesh!
That's really okay though. It was a joy to spin; the colors were very soothing to me and the fiber (merino/silk) was so soft. I think I've accomplished pretty darned close to what I was going for with this.


Fiber: Sereknity 70% Merino/30% Silk
Colorway: Campfire
2 ply; 22 wpi; 560 yards
I'm not sure what to use this for. I initially was thinking about
Abby, but that only requires about half the yardage I have here. This is so nice that I want to use it all. I'm thinking a lacy scarf, but it'll have to wait. As you may have noticed, my last two lace projects haven't gotten very far; one was even frogged.
I haven't had the concentration level need for lace for quite some time. I hope to regain that concentration very soon though. Which brings me to the second part of this post.
To make a very long story short(er); I've been having some health issues for a while. When I say for a while, I guess I really mean most of this year. You may remember back in February when I was diagnosed with thyroiditis. With this condition, the thyroid goes from being normal, to overactive, to underactive, and back to normal. This can last several months. Back in May I was told everything looked good and to come back for bloodwork in September just to be sure the levels stayed normal.
Well, for several months I've been having pain off and on in my hip area and muscles all over. It got so bad that the pain was daily and I wasn't able to sleep. After I started noticing a lot of my hair in my hands after washing it, I decided that instead of just having bloodwork done, I'd make an appointment to see the doctor. Turns out that my thyroid levels did not come back to normal; I now have an underactive thyroid.
This is no big deal; just take a pill every day. I'm fine with that. Turns out that the thyroid can cause all the other problems I've been having as well and after just over a week on the meds, I am already feeling a difference. I actually had a couple of totally pain free days over the weekend. Today's not as good, but at least I know it's just a matter of time before I feel good again. I'm not really sure I remember what "good" feels like but I'm anxious to find out!
You're probably wondering how my not being able to do lace has anything at all to do with all that. Well, turns out that lack of concentration is also a symptom of underactive thyroid, so I'm blaming my inability to do lace entirely on that.
That's my story and I'm sticking with it!
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