sarahspins

A quick update before I leave

I know I’ll be too busy with last minute details tomorrow to remember, but Thursday I am heading out with the kids towards Estes Park! We’ll be there Saturday morning, after which we will continue on our way (a 7 hour drive) to our vacation destination – a cozy little cabin nestled in the mountains.

I will try to update while I’m gone (likely the rest of the month), but I can’t promise anything. I’ll have my computer, and I’ll have internet, but what I may very well lack is TIME. Always a problem with three kids, but take three kids away from home and it seems to cease existing

I did finish a pair of socks last night though! I wore them all day today, and they’re super comfortable. I’m not terribly happy with how the yarn pooled, but at least it pooled evenly, and just my luck – the large color patches at the tops of the socks are on opposite sides, so they’re all matchy matchy

I cast on for another pair as well, and I’m almost halfway through the first one.. don’t think I have any hope of getting the pair done before I leave, so they’ll be going with me, as well as yarn for another pair. I decided I’m going to travel lite, and if I find myself needing something else to knit, odds are good I’ll have picked up something at the wool market, or if I get super desperate there is a cute little yarn shop about 10 miles away in Ridgeway (assuming it is still there – I think it is though). Not that I won’t be stopping there anyways, of course

The yarn for my afghan arrived, and I decided it would take up too much room if I took it with me, so that will be postponed for a while.

I tracked down some Sugar’n Cream Stripes! I’ve been wanting to get some of this for a while.. I have a tote bag in mind for it, and I probably will take that with me.

Work on my lace top has stalled – I got distracted by the socks since the weather is set to be a bit chilly compared to here, so I was compelled to make something warm for my feet. I plan on picking it up again when I get back.

I upgraded my blog software yesterday, and I fixed a few bugs with my theme that had been bothering me for a while – I just hadn’t been motivated enough to fix them. I tweaked the styling for my progress bars a little bit, and I also added support for Gravatars in comments. I also cleaned up a few other details like using widgets for my sidebar instead of coding it all out by hand.