Anyway, the wedding was wonderful, but the trip itself was kind of stressful. I had, of course, an alarming amount of class work to do (Read a bajillion articles! Write in-depth analyses of all of them! Sacrifice your life to the gods of academia!) so I was stressed out about losing 18 hours of valuable work time to driving. And, of course, there's always the awkwardness of hanging out with your significant other's family.
The obvious upside of not being able to work in the car, though, is being able to knit. 9 hours of straight knitting! How luxurious! My intrepid boyfriend drove the entire trip, there and back, by himself because our car is a stick and I can't drive one to save my life. He keeps offering to take me out for a training drive, but our apartment is situated between to gradual inclines and the prospect of rolling back and hitting another vehicle or small child is terrifying enough to keep me out of the driver's seat.
On the ride there, I managed to finish the second of my stepdad's cabled socks! I think they turned out splendidly, and if they weren't three sizes too big, I'd be sorely tempted to keep them for myself.Yarn - Exactly 1 skein of Louet Sales' Opal Gems in teal (225 yards, 100% merino). I am inordinately proud of the fact that I managed to guestimate how much yarn these two socks would take within 10 or so yards.
Needles - my trusty size 3 addi turbos
Pattern - a slightly modified version of Cookie's BFF cabled socks.
On the way back, I cast on and knit about half of this cat hat for my sister. I made her one last year, but she lost it and requested another one. It's a pretty brainless project with only the most basic of intarsia for the cat stripes, which is nice for knitting in the car after dark. More pictures when it's finished!
So, until the next time I get a moment to catch my breath and knit something, adieu.
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