How I Spent My Summer Vacation

I know, it may seem a little early for this post. And, if you know me, you are probably wondering 'what vacation?'

Well, though I didn't really know it at the time, I had a two and a half week vacation that ended on Wednesday of this past week. It could also be known as unemployment.

In addition to the typical job hunting and interviews, I was also able to enjoy myself a little (which was really just enough to balance out all the stress I was trying not to feel) by lounging by the pool, sleeping in, and-of course-knitting.

With all the extra knitting time, I was able to knit not one, but TWO pairs of socks. And let's not forget the Mario goodies I crocheted during this time. I feel pretty accomplished, and both pairs of socks turned out great (aside from pooling issues, anyway). In fact, the pair of socks for myself was started on last Saturday (I had started Friday night, but ended up ripping it out and starting over on Saturday when I realized they'd be too small.) and finished on Thursday. That is primarily because I knitted almost constantly on Monday and Tuesday since I didn't have to look for a job those days.

Aren't they nice?

The ones on the left are the Spring Forward pattern from Knitty Summer 2008 using the Araucania Ranco Multy that James bought for me in Austin at Hill Country Weavers while I was in New Mexico over Memorial Day. Strangely enough, the socks on the right are also made from yarn (ShibuiKnits) that I bought at the same LYS during a trip to Austin last year over Labor Day weekend. The pattern is Double Basket Weave from More Sensational Socks by Charlene Schurch. I had to use some leftover KnitPicks sock yarn for the toes on James's socks because I was going to run out of the brown.