Neomera Knits

This past weekend I got to head down to just outside Charlottesville Virginia to spend some time with my cousins. I am pretty jealous of my cousin Jess and her husband John, because they live in a sweet house with a beautiful (and very well mannered) dog and about a thousand hummingbirds- far enough from the city to be peaceful, but close enough to get there when you need to. Oh man, it was a good time.

We did some barbecue, and some board games, and some card games, and some tubing down the James river… for maybe a bit longer than we had anticipated… And while we waited to pick Chris up at the bus station, I got in some geek time!


I got some work done while we were just sitting around talking, like during breakfast…


That first one is me and Jess and my sock. The second is me and Jess 2 and the sweater. I’m currently doing the left front shaping, and I’m about to bind off the sleeve… if I can ever get out of this wretched knitting black hole. I swear, I’ve been working on the same inch for three days now! argh.

no matter. It gives me something to do while I’m carefully not bumping my very very sunburned legs. At this rate I should be able to cast off the sleeve today, and start the waist shaping tomorrow, and if that goes anywhere near as fast as it did for the back, I’ll be on to the right front by the end of the week. I’ll have PLENTY of time to finish before Chile! The sock is also proceeding well- almost to the heel. Sadly, I just realized that I don’t think I have enough of this color to make it all the way down the foot, so I’m just going to have to make the heel and toe a tiny bit bluer. Oh darn.

I have to end today with some mad family love. You guys are awesome!