I'm out of bed and back in business again... Thank you to those who wished me well - it was really a nasty virus but it's gone now! While being ill I did some knitting - and  I seamed up Rachels Bolero! And I'm quite pleased with it, too! I knit it up on a bit smaller needles - 8 mm (pattern says 9 mm) -  which made it quite fitted - but I'm ok with that - because the fabric seems to stretch a bit... well ribbing always does...So here she is:

details:

yarn: one strand of 123 silk-tweed, shade "forårsgrøn", 100 g pr. skein, used a bit more than 3 1/2 skeins, - and one strand of rowan kidsilk haze, shade "jelly", 25 g pr. skein, used 2 1/2 skeins
needles: 8 mm, circular
pattern source: 123knit.com, pattern available both with a yarn kit or alone to download
model: rachels bolero, design by rachel søgård

So- having finished this I want to cast on to something new... of course while still knitting on my present UFOs... Why don't knitters come with 4 hands??! Or 6?!

Right now I am discussing with myself which one of these two I should at least swatch for this weekend:
1. This lovely cardi from latest Knitty... - I want to make it using black alpaca from Garnstudio. I don't know if it will work, gauge-wise - so I really need to make a swatch.

Or - should I start this one..I think really the question is: should I start it today or in a couple of days -because  I really can't wait to knit this one:

Observant readers may remember that I put in an order for this one a couple of weeks ago. I'll have to wait another couple of weeks for it because the "camouflage" shade is out of stock at the moment. After ordering it I also couldn't resist this one - so here we are...  I guess I should take it easy for a while, now, yarn-shopping-wise...Ever heard a knitter rambling over this theme before???! ;)