One way or another, the past month or so vacations have impacted the creativity here at this half of doublepointed. Early in June my parents dropped in for a long weekend to bring me the results of my Dad's creativity - the two towers for my entertainment center.
My living room looks so nice now, and all of my electronics and audio/video media fit in the cabinets. Thanks Dad!
While they were here, the parents gave me this - yarn purchased in a town square in Punta Arenas, Chile, during a trip they made this past winter.
Content is unknown - and I will have to run it through the yarn meter that Kendra made/gave to me last Christmas to know how much there is before I plan what to do with it. It appears to be heavier than worsted weight, but I don't know yet if it is aran or bulky weight.
I took a long weekend vacation to meet up with Kendra, my parents, and a bunch of relatives at a family reunion in Iowa over Father's Day. Keeping to the knitting news from the trip, I "gave" my father the following not-yet-completed socks for Father's Day. They are knit as a part of Socks For Soldiers, and will be going to a soldier overseas once I have finished them, in Dad's honor.
While in Iowa, I did a little stash enhancement - two balls of white Panda Wool purchased at The Yarn Basket in Spirit Lake. I plan to try to recreate a favorite pair of purchased socks with this yarn.
My parents also gave me more yarn they bought for me on their trip to South America - this time purchased in Santiago, Chile. 200 grams of raspberry worsted-weight wool.
In other knitting news, I have sock number one underway using the Lace Wings Fixation Socks pattern that can be found for free on Finally Waking Up.
This too fits today's vacation theme in that the yarn was a gift from Kendra, purchased on a trip to Florida in March 2008. Wasn't I clever to think of a theme to connect all of these disparate photos?
Ooh, we're going to Chile in December -- where did the yarn come from? And what did it turn out to be?
Posted by: Joyce | Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10:46 PM