"we are going on a summer holiday..."

I didn't take out the camera much on the weekend so this is the only evidence of me having a wonderful time at the beach with my sister and friend.

Today we leave for Ontari-ari-o!! We are going to a friend's wedding (where A will be debuting his new suit!! HOT!!) and then visiting with friends and family. It is always a little nerve-racking to leave town/home when you are a freelancer; "is that 'big job' going to come in while I'm away?!?!" I almost always have to turn something down right before I go away so that I always leave feeling slightly deflated. This time it was for a new magazine I would have really like to work with... sigh...

I would like to confirm that The Rolosketches didn't die after 3 days. I just haven't had time to scan them. I will do a bunch when I get home.

As promised, here is the link to Sheron Goldin's "2 socks on 2 needles" tutorial: http://www.socknitters.com/2circs/index.htm. This is the technique I used to make my legwarmers and the sleeves of the shrug I am currently working on.

Lastly, for the knitters that heard my hair horror story last night:

The crazy case of "hat"head" actually IMPROVED the look of the haricut! ...but you can still see that the bangs were completely jagged (unintentionally) and there is waaaay more hair on the left side than the right (that's NOT just from the hat!!). When it wasn't smushed flat by a hat, it looked like a helmet. It was really horrible... so now I have short hair.

This project is actually finished now but I haven't taken pictures yet (bad knitter/blogger bad!). They are leg warmers. I know I am jumping on a dying/maybe-soon-to-be-dead trend but I think they are cute with flip-flops and a skirt... plus, it just isn't that warm here on the east coast!

What I wanted to show here is that this was a bit of an experiment for me. I made both leg-warmers at the same time on two circular needles. (I found out you can this from an online tutorial which I know I should credit but I don't have the link handy - I WILL do it though!!)

Anyway, the process worked well but was hard to get used to at first. I don't think it is necessarily faster... it may infact be slower because of the fiddling you have to do with the needles. The great advantage though is that you end up with BOTH things done at the same time. This is good for me because I have a really hard time making the second thing in any pair. I am trying it again with the arms of a shrug. It isn't working as well - I believe it is due to the fact the they are ribbed and ending on a purl causes the yarn to be in an awkward place.