cosymakes

started some new sabbath knitting. of course i’m not done with the old, but colorwork mittens are not so good for public transit and the like.

so, i started these right before i got on a bus to go meet ben at work on saturday evening. knit them while heading over to an organ concert of the Orgelbuchlein that ben was a part of. i did not knit through the concert (which i quite enjoyed) and if ever i spaced out, it was in a great little church that looked like a barn with stained glass windows. i love church spaces.

knit during the intermission and was approached by a woman who told me her husband would have made fun of her had she brought her knitting. i said that my husband was used to it :) we talked for a while about knitting. i also knit during the reception while chatting with friends and drinking tea.

picked it up again the next morning and knit on the way to ben’s church, where they were debuting a piece he wrote specifically for their choir and organist for Pentecost.  the last piece he’s writing for that choir – why do i get the feeling that the last 8 weeks here are going to go crazy fast?  got there early for choir practice, knit through that. knit on the way home and here you have it. almost all transit knitting.

i am not so sure what i think of the reinforced heel, it took at least twice as long as it would take me otherwise and was a bit hard on my hands. i guess only time will tell if these wear really well because of it! in the meantime, i think i’ll make ben a pair with reinforced heels and toes and we can see together… awww.

in other news, appearantly we’re heading to alaska for two weeks next monday to see ben’s fam. yay! did i tell you that i needed to mail the book stuffs on the 11th and have the writing in by the 15th? while i’m in alaska? i hope this was an okay decision. his family has had a bit of turmoil and i really think i need to be there for support.  i’ll definitely have to pack the balls of yarn i use for heads to take photos of the finished knits…