What a Difference ...

... a good night's sleep makes! My arm is still a little sore, but my joints no longer feel like they are falling apart. I think my reaction this time was a bit worse than after my second shot (this time in addition to the achy joints, I also felt really, really tired), but luckily the effects lasted only a day like last time.

As much as I enjoyed having a weekend where we were doing a lot of hanging out at home, I'm also glad that Rainbow is back at school today so I can work on one of her Chanukah gifts. I cast on this hat on Friday but didn't get very far (I get an hour in the evening after she goes to bed if I'm lucky), so I'm hoping that I can make much more progress during the school day this week.

This is my own version of the Musselburgh-style hat that everyone is making these days -- a tube with a crown at either end. I'm doing mine a bit differently (using a spiral pattern for the increases/decreases), but the general concept is the same. One end will be shoved inside the other and it will be reversible. I'm referring to it as a Pittsburgh hat -- of course pronounced in the Scottish way: "Pitts-boro."

I also pulled out my Shifty pullover this weekend, after at least a week of ignoring it, and added a handful of rounds while we watched an episode of Bake Off.

I think now you can see where I changed the main/background color; I did think about blending it in somehow, but I couldn't think of an easy way to do it. I really don't care all that much, to be honest, though I know some people would be bothered by a horizontal line across their torso. Frankly I think there's so much going on with the handspun that it won't be terribly obvious. If I can find the time today, I will slide half of the body stitches onto a spare needle so that I can try it on and make sure it fits. It looks okay to me, but I want to be sure before I carry on. There's still quite a bit of knitting to do on this, and I don't want to waste my time if it won't fit.

I hope your weekend was restful and your Monday is calm! See you back here on Wednesday for an update on the WIPs and my reading (spoiler alert: it's been good!).