Back, But Just Barely

Lorna's Laces Pinstripe Sock

I've been on 6 different planes in the last 7 days. That's a lot more airplanes per day than I usually average. I don't hate to travel, I actually find it pretty exciting, but I do find that the process takes a lot out of me. Business travelling is a high energy process for me -- making sure I get where I need to go on time, accomplishing my mission and getting home without leaving anything important behind. After all the focused energy and the excitement of the trip, when I finally do get home, I often get a little bit of the "after party blues" going. My normal routine looks, well, routine.

That's kind of where I am now. Even after a day of being back in town, I still have this blah feeling swirling around me. It's compounded a little bit by the feeling like I managed to find a little cold virus somewhere en route to home. So I hope I'll be forgiven for not having much exciting to show.

In fact, the only thing I have to show for all that airplane time is about 6 inches of the sock I am working on for John. You'd have thought with all that flight time I would have had time to knit something spectacular, but I had to spend a lot of it preparing for things and getting caught up on some reading.

There's nothing fancy about this sock. It's knit at about 8-9 stitches/inch using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in the Pinstripe colorway. It's going to have an afterthought heel. Shepherd sock knits up nicely and has a nice smooth feel to it. I think I might have to consider some socks for myself out of it in the future. The best part for me, though, is that even though it has an odd bit of pooling, I've gotten the thumbs up from the boy that this sock will be accepted into his wardrobe eventually. Apparently manly coloration and wifely dedication to sock knitting have overcome his aversion to unusual pattterns.

(Actually, John's made me feel quite good about the socks I've knit for him. The grey striped Opal socks are in constant rotation since his building is a little too well air conditioned. And let me just say that Opal wears like iron. For as much as he wears those socks, you'd expect to see some wear and tear, but after a nice dunk in the washer, they look almost brand new. )