Time she’s a tickin’

So I’ve been busy packing and haven’t really had time to knit.  The only thing I did get done was a few rows on my Ishbel shawl when I met Julia and Monica at Steeps.  Funny thing is I really should have counted my stitches since when I finally did I was over the stockinette part by about 16 sts.!  Oops.  Well I’m not bringing this project with me while I’m training with my new guide, though I do plan on taking on of my newest lace projects.  I started the Wing-o’-Moth shawl for my OWL in HP Knit and Crochet House Cup.  This is my first year participating and it is super fun so far.  Of course I was sorted into Ravenclaw and I signed up for two classes this month, DADA and Muggle Studies.  Once I have more time I’ll blog about that more   Here’s a picture of my swatch.

So other then not really knitting much and packing, I have been planning on what knitting projects to pack.  Boy has this been hard!  I decided to bring a few balls of Panda Cotton (to make into socks from Wendy’s toe up book), my on-hold socks (from Wendy’s book), my clapotis (good plane knitting especially since I’m using Knitpicks Harmony needles), my Rose Wristwarmers (another HPKCHC project) and some cotton to make dishclothes (good travel projects).  I really want to bring more, but I don’t really see myself having a lot of time to knit and my house cup class projects (except the OWL project) are due by the end of the month.

So with that being said I’ll be taking a 3 week hiatus from this blog.  I did set up a blog to document my adventures in training with my new guide.  You can find us here.  Well back to packing and cleaning for me!