Tuesday I leave to go see my mom, for the first time in almost a year and a half.
I admit I'm a little apprehensive about traveling - yes, Amtrak points out how careful they're being, and I have a roommette, but part of it is just....I haven't been out in the world that much in over a year and I know crowds bothered me at the best of times.
But also: not having traveled means that I'm out of practice. I have a big list of things (which I had to print out over at school, because yes, my printer is dead, but I'll deal with that when I get back) and I also just remembered I need to add earplugs and an eyeshade to that list for sleeping on the train (I probably need to get new earplugs, but also I need to get a birthday card for my mom, so I could pick those up at the same time tomorrow.)
So I'm slowly circling around to getting ready - doing laundry tonight, thinking about what clothes I will need.
And planning projects
Wound off the sockyarn this evening - left to right in the back, it will be Whistledown socks, the Jaywalker socks (that's a striping yarn, the color way is called Schinia but the dyer also noted it was similar to the colors in the Pokemon called Clefairy). And maybe a pair of cabled socks for that third - I have a couple patterns that I might want to do.
The two smaller skeins - the colorway is called Goth Kitten - are for a simple pair of fingerless mitts.
I also will probably take along an inprogress project or two - the waffle socks, most likely, and maybe the vest, or maybe the Storm shawl.
And not shown: yarn and pattern for a "sea sheep" toy - this is a version of a cute sea slug that looks a little bit like a sheep with green "wool."
And this:
I ordered this cut and sew toy (it is a "Kitten Griffin") years ago and never made it up because it looks fairly fiddly but maybe during break would be a good time; parts of it will probably require hand sewing in order to come out well (like the little claws).
I might ALSO take along the hexagon quilt; I don't know yet.
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