I came home from a rather interesting week away to some really great yarn mail. My week was spent in the phenom beautiful landscape of New Mexico, which was dotted with beautiful cacti and pretty little desert flowers.
The yarn I came home to, in total contrast, was full of rich colors from The Plucky Knitter's most recent update.
I'm planning on knitting some striped, speckled & solid hats for Christmas presents and think this yarn will be perfect! Two of the sets are worsted and one is fingering. I can't wait to start looking for patterns.
There's another project I need to take on. I had some unplanned, minor, but very annoying toe surgery done last week. I spent the whole week wearing Birkenstocks with my business suits, probably not the greatest look of all time. I'm hoping to graduate back to grown up shoes this week, and am wondering about knitting a "big toe sock" for a little bit of extra padding until it stops hurting every time my toe comes into contact with anything firmer than a hand knit sock.
I'm continuing to alternate knitting (I actually knit through the whole toe mess much to the doctor's amusement) between Grannie Annie, one of my favorite knits of all time, the Paint by Numbers Hat, which I'm trying to avoid knitting too quickly as it's a very fun knit, and my Sjølingstadkofta Sweater (no worries about knitting this one too quickly — it's going to be at least a year). You can tell I'm on a bit of a Plucky binge — all three of these projects are knit in the Plucky knitter's yarn; Cachet, Scholar, and Oxford, respectively.
There's a reason for all of the Plucky knitting. I'm looking forward to spending the end of the month at the Plucky Knitter's retreat. This will be my second year and I'm looking forward to classes on fairisle and the mechanics of knitting, but most importantly to seeing some wonderful friends and making new ones. I can't wait to get away and knit, while hanging out with people who understand the making dinner doesn't trump finishing those last few rows in a chart! The retreat is going to be spectacular and a much-needed few days away!
