I fought allergies the whole trip to the coast which tempered my enjoyment of this trip - but it was for work, so I don't know if I was really supposed to enjoy it in the first place. I did get to knit - right through 3 days worth of meetings and a few quiet evenings. I finished my Trek-along socks. I like them, but the yarn broke 6 times on the second sock. They weren't clean breaks - more like moth damage, but I pulled the yarn from the inside and had zero trouble with the first one. It isn't the first time it's happened to me, but it's aggravating and I don't know where the trouble is - with the shop or with my house. Seems like if it was my house that it wouldn't be buried inside the skein. But then, maybe that's the way moths work, I don't know - I never see them. Still, it's a finished pair of socks.
We were slightly amazed at the price of gas on the coast - but after all, it is a bit closer to the source (both the shipping channel and the refineries), but I felt the urge to document our sighting.
The following are just photos from the trip.
Glad to be home and just in time for a holiday weekend. Make it a great one!
I love the socks. Sorry about the problems with the yarn. That really sucks!
Posted by: Susan | September 01, 2006 at 01:06 PM
Did you, by any chance, get the yarn from HCW? I got some sock yarn there a few weeks ago that had very similar breaks towards the middles of the skein.
Posted by: Tina | September 01, 2006 at 01:22 PM
the socks look good! And I hear that gas prices in general are coming down--also a good thing.
Posted by: Kristin | September 01, 2006 at 01:49 PM
great stripes! sucks about the damaged yarn. enjoy the long weekend!
Posted by: high-strung | September 02, 2006 at 11:11 AM
The socks look faboo! Too bad about the breaks - it could be a problem with the manufacturer. And I hate it when I get knotty yarn. There should be a warning on the skein, shouldn't there?
Posted by: Susan | September 05, 2006 at 01:05 PM