What's done

I've hit the knitting doldrums so I thought to give myself a little push I would show what I've finished since I last wrote.

First John's socks, please kindly ignore the different colored toes (ran out of yarn).


Then Grandma's shrug, I hope it fits and she likes it, I think it came out quite nice.



And finally some yarn to choose the next project, maybe one of these will get me out of the doldrums.

See the problem with fabulous vacations is that you don't want to go back to your life, vacation is too much fun. Oh sure, when you are tired walking, wanting to sleep in your own bed it seems like the vacation should end. But then...then your laundry is washed, dried, folded and put away, the suitcases stored, you've slept in your bed...it too gets old and you are ready to go.

Knitting Along

I have no pictures but a note to say I've finished the outside of the armhole bands and can start working on the "facing" to encase all of the ends that are there from the steek.  May I say, or even gush, that this KAL has been a lovely way to finish a project that I loved once and have come to love again.  I am so confident that I am close (tempting the knitting gods I know) to finishing that I'm borrowing a wooly board to block this vest this weekend.  Once it is on the board, it will be time to finish one and start and finish my other project, the Earl Grey sock for my DH, who recently got a DBA and the socks were for his graduation, better late than never.

I may get sidetracked by an unforeseen (whoops, I guess since it is only Wednesday and the trip isn't until this weekend it might not be unforeseen since I now foresee it) trip out of town to help out with my father-in-law, but the thing about blocking is once it is on the board I don't really have to stand there and watch it dry as exciting as that may be.  If we do go up to visit my father-in-law we will bring bikes since he lives in an area with great bike paths (the temp is in the 100's, but maybe in the early morning...)