Squared

My fingers are once again covered with eczema. The bugger reappeared last week and the lack of sleep of the last few days (baby is having another growth spurt, I think) has made it flare up.
Itchy fingers…

It doesn’t look too bad on the pictures, but it does make me want to scratch all the time. Which I don’t do, because I’m a good girl with willpower (and nobody wants bleedy fingers anyway). I do cover my fingers with cream when the itch is too strong. Unfortunately, I can only use lame-ish cream as corticosteroids and breastfeeding don’t work too well together. Le sigh…

It’s even more of a bugger, as it’s making knitting REALLY uncomfortable. Holding / touching the project is almost unbearable. It made me finish the mini seaweeds socks a little earlier than wanted. It also makes working on a shawl almost impossible. It’s using some baby merino lace and the fuzz makes me want to throw myself against the wall. Note: if you’re knitting for a person who’s got sensitive skin, and eczema, please be considerate in your choice of yarns. Safe bet would be to use super soft, non fuzzy acrylic. Or cotton. Please.

So what does a knitter do, when she can’t knit and when she’s got leftover sock yarns? She whips her crochet out and start making granny squares. I’ve used the granny squares pattern there, but I did modify it a little as it didn’t look quite right (or I was too tired and didn’t read properly, which is completely possible).

The squares are about 5cms wide. I used a 3.5mm crochet hook and it worked quite well. I got 5 squares from the leftovers of Dream in Color Smooshy used for the Seaweeds socks. I got 4 squares from the leftovers of Regia Galaxy I used for my first toe-up socks.

But now, I’ve run out of leftovers yarns. What should I do?…