I can't blame my date confusion for this blunder though: I left on vacation without my messenger bag. This means I brought no knitting with me on the trip (or books, but I had an extra book in my suitcase). I don't think I've flown without a knitting project since 2000. So a trip to the knitting shops was called for, and long story short:
The yarn is Halcyon's Botanica, a line I've never noticed before. It has beautiful stitch definition and an attractive pallet. My plan is to knit a mostly plain, olive-colored sweater, with a few maize-colored stripes for accent.
Downeast Maine is lovely this week: cold but sunny. The cold gives me an excuse to wear thick, handknit sweaters, and I'm looking forward to being able to wear sweaters like this one in progress on days like today.
8 comments:
looks really cool Don!
What? You mean you pack knitting in only one bag?? Nice emergency solution, however.
I came home Monday evening, saw the lonely bag with the yarn inside and thought, O poor Don, stuck in airports without his knitting. I'm glad to see the withdrawal didn't last long.
Nice compromise though. Maybe it was a subconscious on-purpose thing, though, so you'd have the excuse to buy more sweater yarn. :-) Lurvely choice!
I'm glad you were able to find the emergency outlet for knitting. I'm grateful to have been able to complete my knitting while traveling. I look forward to seeing the knitting in person.
I keep emergency knitting in the trunk of my car but does me no good on flights. I rarely fly anymore anyway. It's a nice excuse to visit a new yarn shop. Looks nice what you're making so far. Happy Thanksgiving!
I've once had the knitting-forgot the last dpn-argghh! is it double knitting? It looks like it's two toned
Not double knitting. Did a temporary cast-on, knit 2 inches in goldenrod, switched to olive and increased 10%, purled a round, knit two inches in olive, and then knit the cast-on edge together with the next round. Easy hem.
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