Vacation Knitting

 

When talking about all my WIPs I said I had so many because of extra cast ons for an upcoming trip. We are now home from that trip; so how did I do?

I started three projects specifically to take away with me and I kept it to those three. One project was for the plane journey. I probably could have finished it during the trip but I wanted to make sure I still had an easy project for the return journey so I didn’t pick it up again until near the end. I should add here that the reason I had prepared three projects before leaving is that there was one trip where none of my projects worked out and I ended up not knitting, so I wanted to make sure I wasn’t in that position again.

I did work on the other two projects but knitting only took place in the evenings and not during the day. I decided I was not going to carry a bag with me when I was out and about. And that turned out to be a good decision as many museums were searching bags. In the future I think I can stuff a small project into a jacket pocket.

What I have learnt from this is that preparing projects before hand is a good idea. A hat on circular needles is just right for a plane journey and three projects is the right amount as this gives choice.

There was one item of souvenir shopping. We spent a few days in the Cotswolds and my sister and I went to a small yarn shop. She purchased some fun yarn and has already crocheted a hat. I purchased some sock yarn that had been had dyed by the shop owner which I thought was an appropriate souvenir.