What I did with the rest of my holiday

We came back from the away part of our trip with 6 days until we had to go back to work, and nothing much we had to do. It's a very luxurious feeling.

We went for a couple of runs, hosted my parents for Friday night dinner, read some books, coped with the weather (38 degrees again today). Mainly I focussed on plying the singles I've spent the last six months spinning:

I've got 1368 metres for 600 grams. When I finished it I thought it was sport to dk weight, but it puffed up when I wet-finished it. I'll have to swatch to know for sure, but rather than the Traveler hoodie I thought I was spinning for, I might make a Weekender.

I might be hesitating to try the Traveler because I'm slightly short on yarn, or because my yarn is now slightly heavier than the pattern calls for. Or I might just be quite sick of the knit / purl ridges that make up that pattern, since I have spent the break working on the Traveler Shell which is getting to the point where I am ready to be done with this pattern (for the moment). I've just got the right front to do, and then it's on to finishing (although there are no sleeves there is a bit of finishing on this one).

I've popped it in my stash to let it marinate for a while. Plenty of other things to knit and plan to knit before this starts to feel urgent.

This afternoon we are going to friends to teach them to play Catan, but if I scamper off right now I might have time to set up my next spinning project before then.

Wishing you all a good start to 2025!

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