Catching up on reading.

Since the cross-country road trip I've been shuttling between Salem, OR and Seattle, WA and knitting here and there. Actually I haven't been doing as much knitting as I expected - and my spinning wheel is still in pieces on the living room floor. Mostly I've been reading lots of books. Nothing knitting related.

Most of my yarn is packed along with my sock blockers and all my knitting books save Knitting Vintage Socks... and my swift and ballwinder which prevent me winding the two skeins of yarn that have appeared at this address. Whew.

I've learned I can be a single-WIP girl when I'm forced!



Pattern: Oak Ribbed Sock from Knitting Vintage Socks
Yarn: Meilenweit 100 Colortweed color 1004
Started: 8/8/08
Finished: 9/24/08

These socks are the twin socks pictured in that entry. MJ and I have a collection of matching yarn with which we plan to make matching socks, and - once she finishes hers - these will be our second pair.

Since I was out of accessible projects I grabbed some Yarn Pirate merino tencel and started another pair of socks today. I'm beginning to be very glad that I packed so much "emergency yarn" for the road trip.

Listening to: Walls of Jericho ~ Fair to Midland

Road Trip Socks

Upon arrival in Oregon the Vesper socks (aka Road Trip Socks) had a bit more traveling in store. They accompanied me to Seattle for a few days and then back down to Oregon where we headed out to Silver Falls - a state park with many waterfalls.



It was a beautiful place to do a bit of hiking.



Then a couple days and some episodes of Heroes later... the Road Trip Socks were finished!



Yarn: Vesper in Venus in Furs
Pattern: my plain ol' sock pattern in my head
Needles: 2.25mm
Started: 8/22/08
Finished: 9/8/08

Whew, in Seattle!

I had grand plans of blogging my road trip. The truth is that in the truck loading confusion CTHGSY got packed (eek! my yarny boyfriend!) and we powered through so many states in so few days that I really didn't have time or mental power to blog. But here's a quick recap:

The Vesper socks in Indiana:



Java, travelcat:



I met MJ!!!



Vesper socks in... Nebraska?



More later!