I over-packed for winter break.* And by over-packed, I mean that I put, like, five random, unmatching outfits and a sweater into my giant suitcase that was supposed to hold three weeks worth of clothing and Christmas presents.
And then I filled the rest with yarn (can you imagine what TSA is thinking right now? Actually, I brought two frogs on the airplane with me once when I was a kid. And a sewing machine. And I know for a fact that my friend Michele carries her entire Passion Party consulting kit and a collapsible pole on the airplane with her, so maybe 35 pounds of yarn isn't that big of a deal to our loyal administrators of transportation security).
Because I am a good planner. And there are only four yarn stores in the immediate vicinity, so where would I find any yarn if there was a wool emergency?
In any case, one of the things I brought with me was the pattern and yarn for a Twenty Ten Cardigan by Veera Välimäki
It is supposed to look like this when it is done. Currently it looks like this:
Basically, a bunch of nothing.
I did make a swatch, but hated the fabric that the particular gauge made (first world problems....), so am trying to figure out how to make the math work with a tighter gauge. That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen but what is holiday season without a little disaster?
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*In DC for three weeks. I can't tell you how happy that makes me...
And then I filled the rest with yarn (can you imagine what TSA is thinking right now? Actually, I brought two frogs on the airplane with me once when I was a kid. And a sewing machine. And I know for a fact that my friend Michele carries her entire Passion Party consulting kit and a collapsible pole on the airplane with her, so maybe 35 pounds of yarn isn't that big of a deal to our loyal administrators of transportation security).
Because I am a good planner. And there are only four yarn stores in the immediate vicinity, so where would I find any yarn if there was a wool emergency?
In any case, one of the things I brought with me was the pattern and yarn for a Twenty Ten Cardigan by Veera Välimäki
It is supposed to look like this when it is done. Currently it looks like this:
Basically, a bunch of nothing.
I did make a swatch, but hated the fabric that the particular gauge made (first world problems....), so am trying to figure out how to make the math work with a tighter gauge. That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen but what is holiday season without a little disaster?
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*In DC for three weeks. I can't tell you how happy that makes me...
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