Must...leave...with...more...yarn...

I admit it, I couldn't help myself. I had to pick up more sock yarn today. I mean, it's at wally world...you can't just pick it up like that in the States. Now, if that's changed in recent years, then someone need to share the secret with me. It's just so darn easy to get here...not exactly on the cheap side, but great sock yarn is hard to pass up. I think I've knit up enough from the stash to make room for it in the tote. And a little will go in my suitcase too.


And on another note...picked up the BEST bing cherries & strawberries from a roadside stand yesterday. Yummo!!! Saw them at the commissary today & wouldn't touch what they are selling not to mention that they cost so much more there.

The pitfalls of knitting in transition

I chose yarns I thought I would be very productive with and be able to crank out little projects. So far I have been able to do this, but I have run into a wall. I was about to finish Knitty's french market bag. It looks so good so far but I just ran out of yarn at the very last handle. I don't even have enough of the contrasting color to finish it with that & just keep it funky. I KNOW I have more waiting for me on the other side, but it is utter pain having it all but felted. I didn't think out my bags well. ;-( But, on the flip side, the bag I knit & felted for my daughter's friend has been in the classroom every day she's been there. She loves it! The ultimate compliment, use!!

I did find a treasure last night. I was searching for another yarn & found 3 skeins of beautifully dyed BFL that I have no idea when or where I bought it. I don't know if it bought it in Kaiserslautern, or if I bought it here at one of the Christmas markets. I wish I knew...I sure would like to find more before we leave!

Washies everywhere

So this week the exciting thing on the needles are washcloths. So not thrilling, but mindless in the way I need them to be. I was busy all last week sewing up what I could finish on my list before the packers came to take my sewing machines away. I finished a lot, especially for me. For the record, I've finished in roughly the last month or so:

• 2 spinny skirts for dd
• 2 peasant tops for dd
• 3 sets of pj's for ds
  
• solarveil hoodies for both kiddos
• 3 AB swing bags for their teachers
• 14 party favor bags (no I'm not crazy enough to invite that many kids, some are destined to become gift bags)
• 2 travel laundry bags
• several many travel shoe bags
• 3 gowns for a dear friend's baby
• several many double sided flannel napkins from scraps left behind
• and a replacement pair of ds's favorite reversible pants (he's in heaven again)
• and a buncha momma pads (hooray for me)
  

I was still knitting during that time too, so pretty stinkin' productive for me. I know I've finished 2 baby booties & bonnet sets, one felted bag, a cape for dd, and, of course, washies. Dh downloaded the pics off the camera, onto the computer that was packed yesterday, and away went all my FO's...some are still here so I can take those pics again. Frustrating, though. I spent a lot of time taking all those pictures. I am now down to the laptop, my needles & a tote (yes, I kept a whole tote) of yarn, and some ink, paper, and stamps. I have to get on dd's birthday invites & the thank you cards for her teachers.