Em was sick last week, with a throat infection.
Being such a giving child, she gave me her germs, and I've spent the last couple of days with a sore throat, coughing, achy and unable to talk.
Needless to say, the housework is suffering, but it's made for good knitting time!
I started the Savanna jumper, with a few minor changes.

I've done ribbing at the bottom, as I'm not overly fond of stocking stitch rolled edges.
And I've swapped all the stripe colours around. Yellow is my least favourite colour, so I figured out the dominant colours, then changed the stripes around. Let's hope it all comes out alright!
This pic is closer to the actual colours, but it still ain't right.

I really like working with the Nundle wool. The ballband recommends that it be knitted as an 8ply (DK weight), but this pattern calls for 20sts/4". I think this tension is more suitable to the yarn.

Knitted at this tension, the fabric is nice and firm, not at all airy, and personally, I feel that if it were knitted any tighter it would be a bit too dense.
The yarn itself is yummy. Pure wool, nice and lofty, and minimally processed. You find a lot of vegetable matter in the yarn.

It's also full of lanolin. Knitting it up, it already feels cosy.

And I guess everyone has heard the wonderful news about the miners. They reached the surface at 6am on Tuesday, their 14th day underground. They were out of hospital by midday, and one of them was even at the pub by 6pm Tuesday night!

Right now, I'm heading back to the lounge with my tissues, my headache tablets and my pillow. And my knitting.