Wednesday, October 4
more relaxation and! knitting!
After three nights in our cosy cottage, I think I am now officially unwound. Any thoughts I may have had of work have been very fleeting at most, non-existent at best. We've enjoyed long lazy walks on the beaches, afternoon naps with the sun streaming in the window of our cottage loft and a schedule of doing whatever we damn well please whenever we want.
Here are my current wips. I am surprised that I'm not freaked out about having FOUR on the go. Usually I have one pair of socks (always) and some other project, but never four. Strangely, I find I'm okay with this. Maybe having this many takes the pressure off (that I put on myself) to work on one project to a hasty completeion. Anyway, there's three pairs of socks in there plus this hat project I've just started. The socks on the left are Regia 6-ply "crazy color"; the ones at the top are some Regia 4-ply (for me) and the ones on the lower right are 4-ply ... hmm, I don't remember, but I think it's Lana Grossa Meilenweit tweed something. I could look around and find the colour numbers, but I'm on holidays and don't feel like it. Heh.
On an episode of NCIS, Abby the goth forensic tech had on this awesome skull hat (you can see some screen caps here). I got an idea for a cool hat idea from that but this is a little different. Hers was red and grey stripes, with the skull superimposed on the stripes. I'm doing mine in black with the skull neon green. The hat has two holes in the top for pony tails to be pulled through. Now my hair certainly isn't long enough for pony tails, but I have a friend whose is, so she'll end up being the recipient of this experiment. I'm working it flat because of the colour work - intarsia - that is only on the front of the hat.
Yesterday morning we walked Combers Beach - it was so soothing to walk along the hard-packed sand, the surf roaring in our ears. Sabby loved it. She spazzed out a little bit on the soft sand nearer the forest, but she always does that. I think it harkens back to her racing days when the turn out pen and indeed the track was sand. But she's perfect on the hard packed sand near the water.
We made a point of heading out on the wild pacific trail to find a spot to watch the sun set last night. We were getting settled in when a couple came into the same little alcove we were in. I was busy trying to take a photo but when I turned I discovered it was my cousin and her husband - over on the island for a little get away. Weird. I hadn't seen her for years and years, but they recognized us right away. Small world, indeed.
I was quite disappointed to discover that the yarn store in Ucluelet has gone out of business. I don't know if I'll be able to hit any stores this trip. We're travelling on Friday and Saturday, and when we're in Vancouver it's going to be over the Thanksgiving weekend, so I'll bet most of the stores will be closed. Damn it. I'll have to gather phone numbers and start calling to see who will be open when. For me to return home from vacation without yarn is unheard of!
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