As April has left us all behind and May marches across the threshold, I brace myself with my bags packed, knitting needles firmly in hand and yarn coming out of every spare nook and cranny I can stuff it in. May, month of wandering nomad, I am ready you, bring it on! Thank goodness most of this is stuff I want to go to. I have yarn for every occasion and theme:
May 8-12: Mesa Verde National Park, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park.
Five whole days in the car, tis’ a shame I have to share in the driving. Think of all the knitting time. Yarn packed: Fiesta Ballet Navajo Silver, Fiesta Boomerang Sandstone, Socks That Rock Silkie in Turquoise. For Patterns: Southwest Diamond Socks, Rippling Dunes Socks and a third pattern yet to be determined.
May 16-18: Snake River Fiber Fair
Yes, it’s local for me but I have a hunch that I’ll be camping at EITC for the duration of the fair. Yarn: Hoping to score a bunch there. I’m a sucker for once-in-a-lifetime opportunity yarn.
May 19-22: Norfolk, Virginia
I get to meet the lovely people of Ewe Knits and Kits in Virginia Beach. Hazardous waste conference and yarn, what could be better? And any yarn bought on a trip does not count as stash. Right? Yarn packed: Since Virginia is for lovers, I have to go with STR Love in Idleness for starters
May 23-June 1: Whittner, Alaska
Last week of May in Alaska? Yup, I better pack knitting and lots of it. Never know when I’ll need to knit to keep warm! So should I take the mountain parka or enough yarn to knit myself a parka? Yarn packed: Fiesta Ballet Alaska, Fiesta Boomerang Glacier Mist, Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock Motherload and Fleece Artist Sea Wool Ocean. (So many good choices for this one, I’m gonna to have to narrow the list down.) Just don’t have any ideas for sock patterns.
I’ll try posting from the road while in the Southwest but I make no promises. Be good while I’m gone and if you play in the stash, clean up after yourselves!
I live in Norfolk! Ewe Knit Kits is a wonderful LYS.
Wow! that is a lot of traveling! How are you even going to have time to catch your breath? Random, but I have to ask, are you off work for the summer then? Mmm, I like the thought that yarn bought on a trip doesn’t count as stash!
How oh how will we survive without updates????
Have fun! Especially for those of us that are stuck at home for the summer.
You’ll love Ewe Knit Kits! I go there often for stash enhancement…wayyyy too often! =D