When your knitting reflects the state of your life

My knitting is on the verge.

I finally finished and blocked that purple Antarktis you've watched me fuss with. Still can't get the best photo of it all opened up. But I'm rather pleased with it.

I picked up the kid cardigan again. It seems rather large even for a size 4. I'm only half way done through the second sleeve and I'm terrified I don't have enough yarn to finish the collar. I'll have to give it the old college try. Everyone cross their knitter fingers for me.

I wanted that cardigan finished by now, but real life gets in the way. Our evenings have just been overflowing with soccer practice, track meets, late work days, bake sale baking and school functions.

What's a girl gonna do? Enjoy it.

I'm leaving Thursday evening (holy hot pants that's tomorrow!) and by then I know the work will be in a good place. I know the apartment will be in a state that my husband won't feel like his messy wife just abandoned him for a life of leisure.

But I have a feeling I will be abandoning that cardigan in another state of In Progress . It is the "Dear knitting gods let there be enough yarn to finish this thing" version.

I will take the yarn to start/finish neon sock #2 with me, but other than that ... I'm kind of at my wits end of what to bring on my holiday.

The truth is, I really don't want to haul a bunch of stuff I'm not going to use. This is a Spring Break of the whirlwind sort. We have plans every day. We are seeing different friends, and we are planning a whirlwind ... within the whirlwind.

The patterns I've been studying, the colorwork that's been interesting me ... they all require a certain level of time. Whether it's allowing to try more than one needle size or seeing what colors in the stash (or the yarn stores, mwahaha) work best together. There are some patterns that may just have one of those chart things that will require uninterrupted attention, and a certain ability to be comfortable with failure (my desire to use "comfortability" as a real word was overruled by the fact that I would know ... it's not a real word. Damnit.)

Okay so after all that prattle and rattle you're asking, "So what are you going to bring with you?!?"

Sock yarn for ... socks. I know, it's not zuper zexy, but socks and me... We are one right now. They bring me such comfort and I think that's exactly what I'll need on this trip, amongst all the excitement.

Mother & son are going International...

Need a hint on where we are going? The yarn I've been waiting for was just made available. I am able to ship it locally to a friend and avoid international shipping fees. My friend confirmed my "wool" made it.