All things considered, I believe the past week was a successful vacation.
Well, mostly.
I chased after birds…
Squished my toes in the sand…
Walked the beach…
…a lot…
Enjoyed the sounds of the surf…
And stalked the elusive sunrise.
(No really, it is elusive. It took five days before we had one without clouds at the horizon.)
However, I did very little knitting—just a few rows on Evenstar. I’m not really surprised—we were at the beach after all. Although, I would have expected to have done more knitting while I was watching TV in the evenings, but I was simply too tired. Vacationing is hard work!
In other knitting news, I finished the third chart of Crocus before we left. I’m still enjoying this pattern, and would have taken it with me, except for one small little detail: I’m running out of yarn.
This is my own fault, of course: I failed to check my gauge. Not that the gauge really matters in lace, and I do like the fabric my present gauge produces, but in this instance a failure to look at gauge more closely at the start of the project (I just kind of eyeballed it as I knit the first few repeats), means I’m going to be short on yarn, I’m guessing by 16 rows or so. Ouch.
I have a few ideas of what I can do to remedy this. The easiest is to get more yarn—if I can find any that matches. Fortunately, this coming weekend is the Great Lakes Fiber Show, which is where I purchased the yarn a year ago. The same vendor (Knitting Notions) is supposed to be there, so I’m planning on taking the shawl with me to see if I can find a match. If not, I have a few other ideas, but I’m hoping this works. Regardless, I’m really looking forward to the weekend, even if my stash doesn’t need the enhancement…
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Looks like a wonderful vacation! I never manage to knit much when I’m away.
You’re going to be at Great Lakes too? I didn’t even know it was happening until Jocelyn mentioned it a few weeks ago. Too bad…it would have been so much fun to get together! Next time, I suppose…