Mood:  a-ok

I predict complete recovery from a cold virus that has had me down for about 2 weeks.  Until a couple of days ago, I wasn't sure but I'm getting my voice back, skipped a nap today, and generally feel like I'm on the mend.

I have to admit that although I enjoy stranded knitting (such as Fair Isle or Scandanavian knitting) I just have dabbled in that area with a few projects.  I knit them with one color in each hand. I have taken workshops from Beth Brown Reisel and others and had them explain and demonstrate yarn dominance and take for granted that this is an issue.  To keep it simple for me I make a decision which color goes in which hand and stick with it.  I write it down on the directions.   There is an excellent discussion of this on http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2010/04/mysteries-of-yarn-dominance.html  This blog is great about  stranded knitting.  She also posted a few days ago that two Dale of Norway pattern books are available for free download.  She seemed to be saying that other of their patterns might be available later.  I love the Dale of Norway patterns so quickly downloaded them.  http://allegroyarns.com/dale/dale_patterns/olympic_patterns.htm

There is so much wonderful knitting information out there and thanks to bloggers, Ravelry etc. you could spend all your time learning.

 Sometimes I get a bit intimidated by others work, but then I press onward learning, experimenting, and making techniques my own.    Linda