Over the weekend, I:

1. Went to McKinney. Bought lots of stuff, including a copy of Barbara Abbey's knitting-guide book (the one published in ummmm, the 1970s?) for $8.95 in an antiques store. Looked hard at some handspun wool but couldn't think of anything I particularly would use it for, and it would have been $40 to take home all the "matching" skeins.

2. Sewed a fair amount on the dress. I am probably about half done with it. I plan to work on it more this afternoon after work.

3. Got the gusset decreases done on the Beaded Rib socks which I plan to have done before I leave next week.

4. Pulled out the Trinity Stitch Shawl and knit a few rows on it, I need to figure out a way to roughly measure the top edge (the one with the live sts) so I can decide if it's big enough yet.

I think I'm going to focus more on finishing stuff on my upcoming vacation. I won't need to take a huge amount of clothes, so I'm going to take the Trinity Stitch Shawl and the Sitcom Chic sweater (I can fit the extra balls of yarn in my clothes bag). I'm thinking I'll also take "Knitting on the Road" and a couple balls of sockyarn. It's been too long since I did a pair of complex socks. I think I'm going to use some Socka Sport that has been in my stash for a long time (while I waited for the "right" pattern to use it on) and use the Whidby pattern. I'm also going to take the balls of purple Lorna's Laces that have been wound off for a year now for the Canal du Midi socks.

I do have a pair of self-patterning socks on the needles that I will probably take to work on on the train.