Preparing for the Grampians

We are going hiking in the Grampians (Gariwerd) and I've spent the last bit getting ready ... and by getting ready I mean planning what I'm going to knit. I'm taking Bright Axis, a very simple tee - mainly knit in the round with a simple, self striping yoke.

I hope that's enough (it will be heaps!) We're doing three nights of bush camping, followed by three nights in cabin in Halls Gap and then four nights in the bush. We hiked in the Grampians in March 2020, so it feels a bit like a bookend on our lockdown lives.

Before we left I wanted to empty the needles, which I did on Tuesday (I finished Swancho). But then I had two sick days, so i knit up some charity hats. And a cowl - the point about these hats is you hold together three strands of fingering weight yarn and swap them out when they run out, but on the last one they all ran out at the same time. So, cowl it is.

Other than that our packs are packed, our food is prepared (mainly freeze dried dinners and lots of chocolate) our boots are polished. Now I'm in that phase of wondering "what have I forgotten"? and trying to not add more stuff to the pack that I will be carrying on my back for days.

I will catch you up on my adventures (knitting and otherwise) on my return in two weeks.

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