On Remembrance Day weekend, a group of my friends and I made a trip to Halifax. I was LOVING my shawl and I brought it to work on in the car and any other time the urge struck. The urge struck hard on Saturday in particular when I spent the afternoon at Tangled Skeins with some of my favourite people. It was great to see Steph again and Lisa and I hit it off right from the get go (I knew we would!). Alison was there at first and the Ninja stayed and visited for quite awhile too. It was a great afternoon and by the end of it I had two skeins of Oceanwind Knit merino in Rainforest, yarn for my slippers and another set of Addis to replace the circs I had been using for my wrap.
This is love.
When I got back to the hotel, I found out that I'd also come away with a self-portrait of a certain little green ladies man.
Henry! I miss you!
By the time Monday rolled around and it was time to head for home, it was clear that I wouldn't be able to knit my shawl all the way home. I'd left the rest of my yarn at home so I needed needles and, if at all possible, to wind one of the skeins of Oceanwind yarn so I could cast on for a sock like the sample I'd seen hanging at Tangled Skeins on Saturday. Crafty Canadian and I were chauffeured back to TS to pick up the yarn and notions we needed to supplement our Saturday purchases. I wound my yarn, bought some needles, eyeballed the sock de nouveau and picked up a couple of skeins of yarn for warm things my niece needs. All in all, it was a very productive trip.
I'm still knitting up a storm and loving every minute of it. Christmas is coming, though, and I need to decide what my goals are. Knit goodies for everyone? I might need to hire a project manager if that's going to happen!
