Michael and I are winging off to our honeymoon in India this evening. Today (and last night) has been a flurry of packing, wrapping up loose ends, and arguing with myself about how many knitting and crochet projects I can REALLY get done in India.
On one hand, we’re going to be taking the train a lot, and that is prime knitting time.
After going back and forth with myself, this is what I’ve decided on:
- 2 balls of sock yarn (yarn under wraps, sorry) for a half-finished design submission, and needles.
- 1 ball of sock yarn (Mountain Colors Mountain Goat) for an old half-finished sock for myself. It’s entirely stockinette. I stalled out when my Knitter’s Pride Karbonz metal tip broke off. The needle breaking was no great tragedy (I wasn’t really enjoying working with them as much as I thought I was going to – the seam between the metal and the carbon fiber was not very good, and rubbed by finger), but it was sad that I stopped, the yarn is gorgeous. I actually knit a pair of socks in the color, I ended up giving them to my mom. Then I brought more of the yarn in the same color for myself.
- Rainbow colored sock yarn to play with and to make a pair of socks for myself. I haven’t knitted for myself in forever. Two new pairs of socks to add to my collection would be great.
- 1 ball of sock yarn and beads to play with a design idea for when I come home.
You might sense a theme with all the sock yarn – basically, I didn’t want any big project, I wanted to maximize yardage for space. All my stitch markers, needles and scissors are packed in carry-on luggage. I’m good to go!
