Second Side Syndrome?

I recently read the wonderful new book, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off. In it she discusses various knitting illnesses, including the common Second Sock Syndrome, which I catch on a frequent basis. She did not, however, mention anything about illnesses regarding halves of garments. Here is a picture of the almost completed back of the Bonsai Tunic (I have since finished the back but was too lazy to take another picture).


And now I find myself rather unmotivated to start the front! So, apparently I have contracted a new illness. Second Side Syndrome or maybe Second Half Syndrome, so as not to confuse it with the original SSS. Yes, this shall be SHS. It stinks. This must be why knitting garments in the round was invented.


In the meantime I plied some merino and tencel that I spun. I also spun silk hankies. The hankies are the ones on the spindle.
I so want a spinning wheel. I enjoy the spindle but it is such slow going that I get frustrated when I open up my spinning box and see all that unspun fiber and I think about how long it will take to finish it all. I want to actually knit something with the stuff!

My vacation is over. I have to go back to work tomorrow morning. The days of sleeping late and knitting all day are over. At least until mid-June (no summer school for me this year, no way)!