What’s the best part of vacation?
A) Knitting
B) Reading
C) Adult beverages
D) All of the above.
The answer is obviously D. Bonus points will be issued if I can knit & read at the same time, which I’ve been doing in small bouts lately. I’ll share my reading plans in a later post. Now, the knitting!!
While I know I won’t get all this finished, a girl can dream. Here is my vacation queue:
1) Hitchhiker by Martina Behm
I love my first hitchhiker and I knew when I finished it that I would knit another! When I saw this adorable rainbow set from Fibernymph Dye Works, I knew 2 things: 1) I had to buy it; and 2) I had to make another hitchhiker using this yarn! I’ll be adding small clear beads to the point of each ‘tooth’ as well.
2) Lintilla by Martina Behm
When I bought this little skein, I decided it needed to grow up into something whimsical. I remembered Lintilla. Perfect!! This skein is from Twisted Stitches in Michigan. Also, this new colorway includes the Pantone color for fall: Radiant Orchid.
3) Brickless by Martina Behm
My Brickless is back in the queue again… Only with larger needles. I washed the yarn and re-wound the ball & I think we are good to go!
4) Nuvem by Martina Behm
This warm, flirty, ruffly wrap caught my eye as the perfect accessory to keep in my highly air conditioned office and won its place in my vacation knitting queue when I realized I had this great gradient in my stash in the right quantity already! I also picked up 2 pairs of Addi Rockets to knit it on, so there is a lot of potential in this project bag as we speak!
The color changes in these skeins do lend themselves to quite a few ends to weave in, so I am brushing up on my magic knot technique. Hopefully, I can avoid weaving in those cotton ends that always seem to squirm back out!
Update: I did eventually let my Taygete out of time out & block it properly. See?
Donita Westman 