Hurting

My left knee is killing me. The rest hurts too, but not as bad. But I have a very hard time concentrating on my lecture planning. If I wasn't such a loyal, good girl I would call in sick.

A trick that fixes two problems

At least that's what I'm hoping I just did. I suspect the wool fabric of the Uvdal gown of giving me allergies. This has only happened once before, and that was a wool with quite a lot of cashmere in it so I attributed the allergy to that. But my eyes have been itchy ever since I started working on it. I'm not sensitive to wool on my skin, but I have an over-sensitivity too inhaling wool dust, caused by frequent exposure of course. This time I (maybe) react to the fabric, and I'm afraid it may be like it was with the other fabric, that I have to take allergy meds to wear it. But before I reach that sad conclusion I tried washing it, however, to see if it is something from the dyeing process that causes my troubles.
The washing will also help get the pleats more even; I'm not totally happy with the way they look on the (my) left side, but if they are stretched out by the weight of the wet dress that may do the trick. It certainly looks better now, when it's hanging to dry in the bathroom.
Handwashing four metres of wool isn't my idea of fun, however, especially not the wringing to get rid of water.
But at least it's finished: all seams are felled and it's hemmed. Tomorrow I start on hose.