Vacation!
Depending on your point of view of a vacation, it may mean lots of time sitting on a beach, in a car or airplane, or on a ski slope. For a knitter, a vacation is time away from the day to day routine of work, groceries, kids and driving. So you can knit, right?
This was the view for a lot of my vacation
Palm Trees
Palm trees. Blue sky and water. And two socks in progress. Socks are great for travel- they don’t take up a lot of space and there isn’t a heavy pile of wool in your lap in a warm place. You can keep them plain and simple, or knit something more complex. I like to have both, so when I’m waiting for a flight or watching the waves at the beach I can pay attention to something like this
Blue Sock
Knit in blue Trekking, the pattern is from Nancy Bush’s Socks on the Road. Twisted stitches that don’t need a cable needle!
And for times when I don’t want to pay attention to it, just knit
Gray Sock
The gray sock is out of Louet Gems, which is sport weight and knits up pretty fast. The pattern is a rewrite of a man’s sock pattern from 1914 which was in the recent Knitting Traditions from Interweave Press. The top is patterned, but since it’s knit three purl one it’s good for watching a movie on the plane.
What do you knit on vacation?
I’m going to keep working on my plain socks. They are taking me forever, mainly because I haven’t been sitting inside much lately. They’ll be perfect for a couple of upcoming plane rides.