It’s the last day of spring break which never lasts long enough. I got a lot of knitting done but not as much as I would have liked (but what knitter ever gets as much done as she/he really wants). I purchased the yarn for the Voyager Lace Stole and began it.
Those who are familiar with the pattern will remember that it calls for a provisional cast-on that you pick-up and bind-off later. Notice that there is no provisional cast-on attached to this fine bit of knitting. That’s because I can’t stand trailing around all that extra yarn and I think it looks tacky to boot. So after I knit the six rows of garter stitch, I went ahead and picked up the stitches, unpicked the crochet chain, and performed the longest picot bind-off that I’ve ever managed to date. No more trailing, turquoise waste yarn. Behold–a close-up:
During my visit home to see my folks and my sister, I managed a feat so spectacular that I still get breathless and my pulse races just thinking about it. Are you sitting down? I talking them into an LYS crawl. And none of them knit or crochet. Even my father went (although he didn’t go into the stores–that might have been expecting a bit much). At Sealed With A Kiss In The City, I scored some Sockotta yarn. BTW, when the directions say to look for a green house, they aren’t kidding–the house is margarita green. Then we moved on to The Gourmet Yarn Company, where I found my real prize–
Earlier that day I found out that Matt’s cousin Blair and his wife Andrea are expecting their first child. In fact, this is the first kiddo on my husband’s side of the family since his cousin Sara was born 18 years ago. This means that I get to start knitting baby things. It’s a good thing my mom was at the store to reel me in; otherwise, I would have walked out with the yarn for a blanket as well. As it is…well…I noticed later that the Soup Socks by KnitWhits are for ages 3-6 and it’ll be a while before the sprogling will be that old so I bought this pattern:
Don’t know what yarn I’ll use yet–maybe Baby Cashmerino or Knitpicks Shine. Hope to have both the Soup Socks and the Moc-A-Socs finished by the time we see Blair and Andrea in Captiva.
