And Two Steps Back

This may analogous to doing the Cha-Cha, but not nearly as fun. I've been working all week (except for sleep and Thanksgiving) on getting the Hedera socks done, though in all honesty I suppose I should say "sock."

Unlike the week before when speed was my friend, this week has been nothing but a series of "oops and ouches" leaving me seriously off schedule for December project completion: 3 pairs of socks, 1 week apiece; 1 baby kimono, 1 week to finish.

Look, it only took a day or so to get half-way down the leg of sock one. I thought it was do-able. What I didn't count on was the monkey wrench of trying to accustom myself to a new, less supportive neck brace. Said soft collar has saddled me with more neck and shoulder pain (and thus more painkillers) than I had before. Can't imagine why this would impair my knitting speed or alertness (oh, feel the snark)!

I've been trying to make up for slacking by devoting all day Saturday to finishing that sock by Sunday, whereupon I'd be able to pick up the final piece of the kimono. But sadly, haste - she do make waste. Even when I tried to minimize the lace knitting damage by tinking back only the instep rows I'd screwed up, I somehow ran out of yarn for the repair. I stopped to collect myself for a few minutes before removing the needles, pulling out the last 2 hours work, then picking up where I left off.

I'm also fighting a sinus infection - a lovely thing that's left me enervated and sweat-drenched. What's not to love about having to change jammies in the middle of the night?

So please Knitting Deities. I'm begging you: can ya help a knittah out?