{preview} Avery

Apparently my usual knitting spot these days is in the car during what seems to be our routine weekend road trips to our parents' city.  But this might change soon...we have been looking at houses to buy...and I have been dreaming about cozy window seats where I can sit in the warmth of the Southern Alberta sun and do my yarn thing...one day hopefully!

Here is my Avery cowl so far...

One of my favourite knitting moments is about halfway through the first pattern repeat where you can start to see your work resemble to the pattern's design.  That is about the point I was at in this pattern when I took the photo.

I sometimes find it frustrating to knit scarves and cowls in the round (versus flat on straight needles) because it takes what feels like forever to see your project come to life.  But, once I reach this particular point I finally started to get excited!  And now I cannot wait to wear it!

I do realize that it probably seems like the wrong season to be knitting a wool scarf.  But hey, my workplace is air conditioned and I think it's colder in there now than it was through the winter months!

{finished} Candle Flame Beret

I was a little slow with knitting this one, but it's finally finished!  I was so excited, I took a photo in the car right away while we were driving back from Lethbridge.

Here it is after some gentle blocking to get a little more of a slouchy fit.

Candle Flame Slouchy Hat  
by Sisse Holstrup

Mods:  For the brim I did 14 rows of a k1, p1 rib.  Started with 80 stitches and then increased to 128, like the pattern suggested.  I think that because of my shorter brim, my project ended up taking up just one skein of Cascade 220 Superwash, but if I had done the folded brim, I would have needed to use up a little bit of yarn on a second skein.

Raveled here =)

This cozy beret is ready to be shipped to the West Coast for a dear friend of mine ;)

And now...on to another project with this new cushy yarn that I purchased off of the Quince & Co. website!  Hopefully my winding goes a little better this time...

Why my hobby is the best: Reason #2

Long road trips?  No problem.  As long as I have something to knit =)

Knitting 7000 ft above sea level

April 2nd, 2012

4:00 am.  Woke up to shower and eat breakfast before heading to the Lethbridge Airport to fly ourselves in a Piper Archer to make it in time to LLB for my work shift.

5:00 am.  Landing light failure.  Awesome. (Not able to make my shift anymore...)

6:40 am.  Landing light replaced and aircraft ready for takeoff.

7:03 am.  En route to LLB!!

Here are some snapshots from our morning!

Lethbridge, AB

Sunrise

Old Man River

Blue skies in the late morning

I'm flying the airplane!!

Later in the afternoon we went flying again around LLB and area.

Lac La Biche Lake

Town of Lac La Biche

And yes.....knitting in an airplane rocks!!

Glen and Will flying the airplane

C-GLEN (any pilots out there will understand my hubby's dream call sign)