Wow, it has been a crazy week here at
the Platypus Gardens.
Bill got an awesome new job a few
months ago, but because he is so new, there is no way he would be
able to get any significant time off at Christmas time. BUT he
managed to get four days off in a row in the beginning of December by
working three 11 hour days straight.
So this past week while he was at work
I spent my days toddler wrangling and also trying to prepare for a
trip up north. I cooked, cleaned, took TW for walks and packed what
I could. All the while slipping in a few moments of knitting here and
there.
Just before we left I finished the
simple cabled socks I had been working on:
socks
on a plane(rav link)
in Dorchester Farms Handpainted sock
yarn
my usual two at once toe up
construction on US 1 (2.25mm) 40 inch circulars
I thought it was a very auspicious
start to our trip to be wearing a brand new pair of hand knit socks.
While I knew we would be busy visiting
family I also knew that it was a 3 1/2 hr drive up and another 3 1/2
hr drive home, so I brought my knitting along. I had hoped to work
on the sheep shawl, but unfortunately reading the chart made me
carsick, so I spent the whole trip working on my hand-spun blanket
instead. I finished the second ball of blue yarn, and got about
halfway though the third by the time we got home. That's some pretty
good progress!
Since it's been so busy this past week
that’s all the progress I have to show you for now. But I have
awesome news on the knitting group front:
you may remember that when we lived
back up north I attended a knitting group on Monday nights at a local
coffee house. When we moved I was sad to be leaving them, but soon
found a new (also on Monday!) group here in Troy. They met at
Flavor's cafe and I made a ton of friends and had a great time
knitting and socializing. Sadly this past spring Flavor's was
targeted by an arsonist and burnt down. Reconstruction faced many
delays and I was once again left knit-groupless (although many of us
still kept in contact via facbook, ravelry and other social networks)
then a month or so ago, thanks to Ravelry, I discovered another
group of knitters that meets at a (semi)local cafe on Saturday
afternoons. Luckily, Bills new work schedule allowed me to stop in a
few times, and I really enjoyed myself! It turns out that the cafe's
owner is also knitter, and also very good at promotion and
networking, and one thing lead to another and now the old Monday
group from Flavors will be meeting there as well! So now I have TWO
groups a week I can choose from, one on Monday evenings, and one on
Saturday afternoons! And Bill's new schedule at work is such that if
I want I can attend both while he hangs out with TW! Yay!