what i can do....even when i'm poorly...

.....and over the worst of the headache and sickness - knitting hats for babies:

Save the children's Knit Kit

Knitting a hat for a newborn baby can help save its life. Telling politicians to do their bit could save the lives of millions of newborns each year.

A newborn baby can't regulate its own body temperature. It loses lots of vital body heat through its head which make it more prone to pneumonia - a disease which still kills around 2 million children each year.

::read more plus link to pdf of instructions and labels

Made one last night and part way through second. And I can use some of that knitting stash thats been growing through mumblemumble years. And they're easy to carry for the odd moment or journeys (but not knitting needles on aeroplanes, I guess)