The trip back from Minneapolis in the States to the Lower Mainland of Canada was safe with nothing to cause concern. I was paying closer attention this time as I drove through the Rockies. I realized why I hadn't taken any photos of the Rockies; one actually must be attentive to driving in the mountains. This contrasts dramatically from driving through the plains where for hours you are on the wide open road virtually alone with nothing but a ribbon of highway all flat and straight laid out in front of you. There will be photos soon, but for now let me bring you up to date regarding the light gray Fiddlehead mitten. (If you need all the details about this click on the name, otherwise just read on.)
This story was left on a rather sour note. There wasn't enough of the light gray background yarn to knit a second mitten. So I had abandoned it for a charcoal gray and started a new pair of mittens. Uncharacteristically for me, I had taken the long view on the light gray project and just put the completed and partially completed mittens on hold hoping when I returned to Canada there would be a second light gray skein in my stash. But my intuition had been correct, no second skein in the house. Yet I held out hope that perhaps my LYS might still have what I needed. (In the past I might have ripped out everything to do with that light gray pair in a fit of discontent, but this time I managed to control that urge.)
After getting things settled I made a beeline to my LYS and the owner Helen was there to greet me. She remembered helping me last Spring put the colors together and we both wondered why neither of us thought about the fact a second skein would of course be needed to complete a pair. Low and behold, on a lower shelf in the shop she did have an extra skein from another dye lot, but it seemed to match very well. It was quickly purchased; tomorrow I will be able to start the process of completing the second light gray Fiddlehead mitten. The wool deities were with me as I certainly did win this round in the game of knitting.
So as it turns out I wasn't The Bug, but then not really the windshield either. Just one very lucky knitter and one lucky driver completing a trip of just over 5,000 miles or approximately 8,050 km. Goodness abounds around me!
This story was left on a rather sour note. There wasn't enough of the light gray background yarn to knit a second mitten. So I had abandoned it for a charcoal gray and started a new pair of mittens. Uncharacteristically for me, I had taken the long view on the light gray project and just put the completed and partially completed mittens on hold hoping when I returned to Canada there would be a second light gray skein in my stash. But my intuition had been correct, no second skein in the house. Yet I held out hope that perhaps my LYS might still have what I needed. (In the past I might have ripped out everything to do with that light gray pair in a fit of discontent, but this time I managed to control that urge.)
After getting things settled I made a beeline to my LYS and the owner Helen was there to greet me. She remembered helping me last Spring put the colors together and we both wondered why neither of us thought about the fact a second skein would of course be needed to complete a pair. Low and behold, on a lower shelf in the shop she did have an extra skein from another dye lot, but it seemed to match very well. It was quickly purchased; tomorrow I will be able to start the process of completing the second light gray Fiddlehead mitten. The wool deities were with me as I certainly did win this round in the game of knitting.
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| The extra light gray and the blue will be used for the lining. |
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