Anxious to get started

Thanks Laura and Penny for letting me join. I received the pattern and yarns last week and am looking forward to getting started, it will be a slow go as I travel for a living and will be back and forth to Europe until Fall.
The problem is that it is a tremendous amount of yarns to take on the road plus knitting needles are not allowed on flight out of European airports which is when I do my best knitting - on the daytime flights home.

Anyway, I hope to get going in the next 2 wks but am going to make a change or two such as making set-in sleeves. I have really enjoyed reading all of the post and seeing the photos. I have learned a great deal as well.

Comments

[Penny]

Wow, travel for a living? Sounds like a dream, but I'm sure it does have it's problems, besides the knitting related ones.

We're glad you want to join us, and look forward to hearing about your progress!

[Laura]

Hi Sandra!! I'm so happy to hear that you've got the pattern and yarn! There's a lot to learn here just about the caston (such a huge number of stitches!) and ribbing! I'm not thrilled with the way my ribbing came out - maybe that's what has stalled me on my progress all this time. I'll have to think abou that.

If you want to travel with this project you can just select the next few colors you'll need rather than take the whole big deal along with you. Or knit just the sleeves or something? It's an idea. Especially if they permit the shorter double pointed needles on flights.

Does it ever get old to travel to beautiful places? Do you get to do much touristy stuff when you're gone?

[Sandra]

Thank you for the welcome.

I work as a private flight attendant and the time that I spent in places varies. Most of the time I see the hotel lobby/room and the airport.

No, I love to visit beautiful places and never get tired of museums and historical sites but sometimes the 'dream' becomes a nightmare.

I returned yesterday from Brugge, Belgium which is the most incredible place I have visited in ages. I highly recommend if the opportunity to visit comes up - GO.

I plan to take the jacket to knit in my hotel and when I ferry on my airplane, we are exempted from security restrictions.

I am going to reading the cast on instructions to work a swatch. Wish me luck.