Well, it seems that October has been a busy month for both of us! I'm glad to see that the Craft Splash went so well - I know you've worked hard on it. The sign for Tin Pot Textiles looks great, and your hooked creations are beautiful (you know those mug rugs will make great Christmas presents too, right?) And those knitted dolls are so cute! Great-grandmother's dresser looks beautiful as well - you've found the perfect spot for it too. Seems like you have a number of successful projects under your belt so far this fall! Let me know how your hooking restoration project comes along. Atter working at the Conservation Center in Chicago, you know I'm curious to see how this goes!
As for work here in San Francisco, I am really enjoying my new job, even if there is sooooo much that I have to learn - one day I feel like I at least have a handle on everything I need to process, the next I feel overwhlemed again by all there is to know. Hopefully in time it will all start to sink in!
So far I have managed to still get some good knitting time in, even though I am again a 9-5 (or 9-6) girl, mostly because Nathan was out of town for two weeks so I had plenty of opportunity to just relax with the needles. I've managed to keep up with the Hanami knit-along and am now speeding through the final stages- I'm now in the loooong ruffle rows but the end is in sight!
Doesn't she look good so far?I've also managed to finish my Hedera socks, although I haven't had a chance to wear them (even though we are getting our fair share of cold rainy weather). They really aren't as green as they seem in the photo - really they're a bright happy yellow - the perfect thing to perk up the next grey cloudy day!
Really, though, I'm hoping for clear skies and warm weather after the next week, since Nathan and I won't be in San Francisco - we're going to Zanzibar! Finally, only 1 year + 1 1/2 months or so later, we are actually going on what was meant to be our honeymoon trip before moving to San Francisco and Nathan settling into his new job got in the way. I can hardly believe it's real! We leave on Friday (in just over four days!) and will be there for 8 nights (plus 5 days traveling there and back -getting to Africa isn't easy). After leaving Friday and 2 (2!) red-eye flights to get to Dar Es Salaam, we'll take the ferry over to Zanzibar on Sunday to properly begin our holiday.We are going to stay the first night in Stone Town at the historic 236 Harumzi, then 5 nights at the Mbweni Ruins hotel, finishing with two nights secluded on the beach at Matemwe. Then the ferry back, a night in Dar, and back home again. You can see I've already set aside the essentials for the trip:
Magazines, books, travel games, sunscreen, bug spray, eye mask and, of course, yarn!I couldn't celebrate the upcoming trip without a knitting project in it's honor - what could be better than the Honeymoon Cami from Knitty? I've wanted to make this ever since the pattern was first published in 2004 - I even bought the yarn (Louet Linen) in Sedona on our first trip to check out Amara - but I refused to let myself cast on until I actually knew I was going to get to go on a honeymoon of my own. Once our plans were actually set the needles were flying to get it done on time:
By this afternoon I'm all the way through the body and have finished the right front & back sections. With the left front & back to go, plus the final finishing to get the strap length right, the end is in sight - just in time! I've tweaked the pattern here or there, adding lots of length (both for the extra vertical coverage and to factor for the linen shrinking) and changing the original narrow 3-stitch i-cord straps into flat bands. So far I'm really happy with how it's working up (and how quickly) - hopefully I'll have some great vacation shots of me wearing it to share when we're back! (Oh, and some fashion shots of the Hanami too, 'cause if I can get her finished on time she's joining us on holiday as well!)
Poor Rushka will have to spend the holidays at the vet, a place she hasn't seen much of lately as her sugars are finally stable (yay!) While she's there they are going to run a fructosamine (sp?) test that will show how she is doing over the long term (it's supposed to give an overview of the past month's sugar levels). If she's all clear, the surgery to get the mole off her toe is next - I'm not sure how happy I am about that. Or how happy she'll be once it comes time to go through it!
Waiting for us all when we come home will be the true autumn of San Francisco, which means rain and cozy nights and pumpkins galore. Hopefully we'll be well fortified from our days in the sun....
Until then, I hope you and Dad have a good few weeks (and that the recovery goes quickly from his surgery - its sounds like he is still in a lot of pain. Ouch!). I should have lots of great pictures to share when I'm back....
Megan
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