SUMMER--for a day!

Finally! A good, summer vacation day!

Clapotis not wrapped around anything. Sock-free toes. Project wants to go for a swim.



The new project also enjoyed some sand time



And we all enjoyed a beautiful sunset.

Different Day

Still sitting by the lake. Still wrapped in the Clapotis. Wearing a different pair of hand-knit socks. New project is growing ripple by feathered ripple.

Knitting in Nature

We're on vacation and that means the knitting takes in some fresh mountain air. And, dag gum it, even if I have to wrap myself in my Clapotis and wear wooly hand-knit socks -- I'm knitting (the new project) by the lake!



Vacation Snit:
Overall, I really do like nature. However, I'm not fond of those bits of nature that creep, bite, crawl, bite fly, bite, buzz and bite.

Vacation Knitting

I'll soon be enjoying sunsets such as:



and I'll be doing the BEST type of knitting--Traveling and Vacation Knitting!

Hubster and I are leaving very, very soon and nothing is packed except the knitting.

The before picture:


In that pile you'll see:
*a pair of nearly finished Tabloid Socks
*the Forest Canopy Shawl in progress
*some Trekking yarn for socks I might cast on for
*some other sock yarn I might also cast on
*Catalina alpaca silk and a pattern for a shawl

On our vacation I will:
A) steadily work a bit on every project and come home with Tabloid Socks and FCS done and the others all in progress
B) finish the Tabloid Socks, begin another pair of socks and fret about the FCS
C) stop at a yarn store on the way, impulsively buy yarn for something else and then work only on that
D) forget how to knit, stare at the lake and quack at the ducks

The Internet comes on vacation with us, so sunset and knitting updates will be posted mid-week.

Too Sweet

WARNING!

The pictures you're about to see are just so darn sweet that your teeth are gonna ache.

Also, if you have a biological clock, expect it to start sounding the alarm.



How cute are these? Too, too cute!



The Angora Baby Booties from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. The yarn is Belangor French Angora purchased from Purl Soho in the pink.

The directions threw me into a panic at first, but I "knit in faith" and it all worked out.

The twee bits of fluff were knit on size 5 needles, however, the bind off was done on size 8s. This gives them a very stretchy opening for pudgy baby legs.

At Purl, I was warned that the 33 yards of yarn was "exactly" how much the pair would take--and, wouldn't you know it--they were right! Leftover yarn:

Slopes and Lines

Over the past few days, I've crossed a line.



Take a look at that sock. With this sock I:
*experimented with a different type of heel
*picked up the dreaded gusset stitches (my nemesis) without having to refer to online help

Um, OK. . . some honesty in blogging here. I did the gusset stitches all by myself, but I picked up a wildly uneven number for each side. But that leads me to:
*figured out and fudged what to do with this wildly uneven number of picked up stitches
*didn't create a hole between the heel and foot

The gusset slopes may be a teeny bit wonky. But I doubt that the gentleman on his galloping horse will ever come down and inspect this sock for wonky slopes.

They look fine and they fit.

Line crossed.

Happy 4th of July!

Hail the Red, White and Blue!