This week I finished a pair of socks for my husband. I used a pattern from knitty.com called Java Socks from 2011. It took me a few weeks to get them done and during the knitting process I got glasses. I had worn “readers” before but this was my first prescription pair. They are multi-focal so it took me a week or so to get use to them. Halfway through the second sock I realized one of my size 1 needles was actually a size 0 and I had been using it the whole time! No way was I going to start over so I just found my missing size 1 and carried on. There’s a size 0 in the photo–can you see it? (I still can’t!)
The designer of this fine pattern is Cailyn Meyer and you can find her on Ravelry. I was checking out what else she had done and found a pattern called Albuquerque Gloves and I fell in love with it. I don’t really need fingerless gloves so I used the chart and started a hat. Ok where am I going with all of this? Not Albuquerque! Because I can’t go there. My husband and I were going to head to New Mexico for the winter to go rock climbing and exploring but that state has serious travel restrictions so it’s just not feasibly. Looks like will be heading to Arizona instead. Which is actually wonderful because I have never really been there.
When I started up the Fleece Love and Happiness blog again this year it was because I wanted a place to write about my TRAVELS since we are retired and were traveling full-time. Well, covid happened and travel stopped. Even though winter is coming (and virus love winter) we should be safe in our remote camping locations. In about 10 days we will be back on the road. Today I’m packing up yarn and tools for knitting on the road.