Viva Las Road Trip!

Well, oh, well! Where HAVE I been?!

My boyfriend and I went on an old-fashioned road trip down to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (where we went on a four hour hike on Mount Le Conte), Nashville (where we went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, ate BBQ sandwiches, and listened to a guitarist in a bar on Broadway), Memphis (where we went to Beale Street and -- most importantly -- visited Graceland!), and then up to Chicago (where we spent some time with my family). And I kid you not, Graceland (seen to the above left) was The Experience! Before, I was merely a casual Elvis fan. The extent of my celebration of Elvis was limited to "Viva Las Vegas." Now... I'm obsessed! I've had an Elvis Awakening, if you will. If you ever have the chance to go, you absolutely must!


While on the road, I knitted up some baby washcloths and burp cloths out of Knit Picks Shine Worsted in Bachelor Button and Cream. Our friends were due to have their baby while we were gone, and lo and behold, the little one arrived last week!

Arranged in a basket, and accompanied by an All Star Baby baseball, from left to right: Alex's Cloth, Ballband Dishcloth, basketweave cloth, another Ballband Dishcloth, and Baby Genuis Burp Cloth. And yeah, sure, some of them are technically dishcloths, but when it comes to spit-up, does it really matter so long as it's mashine washable and dryable? (Credits to Amanda at Yet Another Knitting Blog for the idea!)

Summertime Winter

Finished Object Alert!!!

Pattern: Winter Socks, Magic Loop book, Mens size
Yarn: KnitPicks Swish Superwash (worsted) in Grey, just under 3 balls
Needles: KnitPicks Options 40" Circulars US 6
Modifications: None

This is only the second pair of socks I've ever made. The first pair was for my mom's beau for Christmas last year. I had only been knitting for two months when I'd decided I'd try the sock thang. As much as knitting those socks flew by on the dpns, after a while I got used to using circulars and wanted to try out the Magic Loop method for my next pair. So I cast on for these, and I took months and months to knit them. Poor things kept getting put on the backburner.

This pair was for my boyfriend, who is seen in these photos sporting the warm, wintery things. He loves that they were especially made for his two different sized feet.

PS: Thanks for all the get-well-wishes when I was sick! Summer colds/flus are the pits! I tell ya, I have gotten sick more times in the past two years than I have in my whole life. I blame the building I work in. It's kept at 63 degrees year-round, has terrible ventilation, and there's a "clinic" on the second floor. Recipe for immune system disaster!