It does seem wrong to start another new project, but I need some airport-able knitting for a trip this week. To meet my criteria, the project needs to somewhat compact and there needs to be little to need to reference the pattern.
I pulled out things I had bought over the last year to see who qualified. My first choice was the Nansen poncho. I had purchased the yarn just a few weeks ago. After a lot of thinking about gauge and some planning, and blogging about the joy (where is the sarcastic font when you need it) of yarn substitutions, I cast on and started. The cable pattern is charted and not an intuitive pattern to follow, so I set it aside for the time being.
Next up an infinity scarf, the ShiBui Array. This yarn was just purchased this month, when searching for the Madelinetosh project. I had to cast on 320 stitches and join, being careful not to twist -- not easy with 320 stitches on a 24" needle. (I invested in a new 32" needle.) This project would work, but we are heading for a warmer place and this wouldn't be comfortable poolside knitting.
I started a third project, Summit, with lace weight yarn, and have ripped twice, just not getting things to move as I would like, but I will persevere!
All three are free patterns and I have made yarn changes to all of them.
I have a a list of yarn shops at my destination. It's always fun to see other yarn shops and yarn doesn't add that much weight to my 'stay under 50 lbs' suitcase!
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