On Hiatus

... and brief wrap-up.

That blue and brown linen stitch thing? Turned out to be a placemat. In my rush to get rid of it today I neglected to take a photo. I don't think you all missed that much.

For the partially anonymous Hummingbird: I've edited the swap post; as you can see, the Nature Cotton has been taken but all of the other things are available. However, I'll be going away for a few weeks and won't be able to get at the computer or the yarn. Please leave me another comment if you're still interested and I'll be more than happy to work out a deal with you when I come home.

And last but not least, this is a temporary sign-off. I'll be on a month-long trip and will be back in early July. Of course I'm taking my knitting -- I have yarn for four pair of socks all ready to go. I have one plain pair already on the needles, and have plans for a pair of Jaywalkers, a pair of Embossed Leaves socks, and the Child's First Socks from Knitting Vintage Socks. 7 socks (I've already got a plain one done) in 4 weeks? I could probably do it... but I have other stuff to do as well.

Hopefully I'll come back with some finished socks to show you and some new souvenir yarn to find fun projects for!

See you all later
-V

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