Grape Leaves
You can tell that school is over and I’m on vacation because I’ve started knitting again!
I’ve been wanting to make Peapod for ages, but never had the time or the right yarn coinciding with the appearance of a baby in my extended family/friends circle. I went through my yarn to find projects for the trip to France, and I found some Knit Picks Merino Style that Dell gave me a long time ago. It’s such a pretty purple, but it definitely makes my Peapod a girly Peapod. I don’t really have a baby girl coming to our lives any time soon, but I might as well plan ahead. The next little girl will be lucky enough to get something BEFORE she’s too old for what I knit. (I hope.)
Anyway, the project works up really fast (this is just since Thursday, and only done a bit at a time) and it’s very easy to follow so far. I had to give myself a quick refresher on reading charts, but this is really simple as far as charts go. The yarn is nice to work with too; I just hope that blocking the sweater will make the leaf lace pattern stand out more.
Travel knitting
I have finished finals for what should be my very last semester EVER of undergraduate studies. As long as all professors involved get my grades in by December 30, 2007, I graduate and I am DONE. This means I have a LOT more time for knitting now!
We’re headed to France for vacation tomorrow, and I stood over my knitting boxes puzzling over what I should bring. I wanted Eris to be finished (it isn’t) so that I could wear it around freezing cold French countryside. Will suggested bringing it with me, but it still needs sleeves, then weaving in, then blocking, then adding the zipper. I don’t want to take that much time and that much yarn! At this stage, Eris isn’t exactly a portable project …
I’m thinking about frogging the “Sydney Socks” that I started to make while I was on an airplane for bazillions of hours going to and from Sydney. I think I want to do the Monkey socks (like everyone and his or her dog) but I can’t make up my mind. Whatever form or pattern it takes, that project will go with me. If I can find the socks I’m making for Mom, those will come with me too.
I think that I’ll take Something Purple with me, too. I’m still on the first skein of yarn, so this is definitely at the pack-and-go stage.
I’m just so glad to have time to knit again!
