Dahha is finished! I still need to block and take final photography, but even the ends are woven in (unlike in this picture). Rich had a work conference this week, and I did the final knitting and weaving in of ends while we were there. I have quickly started a washcloth for the spa set, and that little mitt up there is part of the set, too.

I'd like to finish the baptismal gown in the few weeks, but I don't know how realistic that is. We are going on a trip to Japan and Korea in the near-ish future, and I'd like to have this project finished by then, at the latest, so I am only bringing smaller projects with me. There was a rumor that Korean airlines wouldn't allow knitting needles, but I looked and they are not prohibited. Still, I plan to have everything on the needles, so nobody is concerned about them. We never had trouble with my knitting traveling to and from Japan (or Iceland, Ireland, Croatia, France, or Switzerland - I have heard that Mexico and Turkey are not so knitting friendly). I have one project I'm planning that isn't exactly a secret, but not something I can share a lot about right now, either.

The kids and I started Sense and Sensibility and are really enjoying it. Our Jane Austen kick has been a lot of fun. I had them decide between this, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, even though we have read both of those as a family before, because it has been so long that the youngest never heard it and the oldest could use a refresher. I'm still reading Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages, but will likely have to put it down when we head to Japan and Korea if I can't finish it in time. I'm also still working my way through Anna Zilboorg's Knitting for Anarchists. Now I want to find a hard back copy, but they are outrageously priced. I will have our library app with me when we go overseas, rather than the stacks of books, and that will have to suffice.

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// posted by Ranee @ Arabian Knits @ 10:37 PM