Actually, I haven't talked much about Dan this summer... He's participating on a team that's been selected as a semi-finalist for the DARPA Grand Challenge, a race of autonomous (robot) cars across the desert. The race isn't until October, but he's pretty much tied up between now and then - at least 2 nights a week and every weekend is spent in the Virginia countryside. That means a lot of alone time for me, which I'm alternately enjoying and annoyed by. There's a lot that's not getting done around the house because I can't (or don't feel like) doing it by myself. On the other hand, I'm doing a lot of knitting (yay!) and hanging out with my girlfriends. And Dan is having the time of his life on this project that he's really excited about.
OK, that was a bit of a detour. Anyway, I've been slow with getting the Panama pics up and organized because of this lack of computer. I'll work on those, because I really do want to share them.
I didn't knit very much on our vacation, but I did get a few rows (including the heel) done on the striped socks and started my Sockapal2za socks. Here they both are in front of the Bridge of the Americas, which is the bridge where Highway 1 (the Central American highway) crosses the Panama Canal.
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And the most recent project (which has consumed most of my time since being back) is the Dreamcatcher Medallion Cardigan from Teva Durham's Loop-d-Loop. My goal is to finish it before Saturday to wear it to the Teva Durham class I'm taking at Stitch DC. I'm up to the armholes... pictures tomorrow (maybe!). I'm also making it from Artfiber's Suedish... and I'm going to Artfibers in two weeks, so I want to have it finished to show them as well. Extra motiviation!
Posted by Sarah at July 16, 2005 06:59 PM | in: Panama , Works in Progress , general | PermalinkI'm totally looking forward to seeing your panama pics. Sounds like you saw lots of cool animals.
Ooh, and I kept meaning to tell you, I'm also going to the Teva Durham Class!! I'm really excited. Have you gotten any information about if we need to bring any materials?
Posted by: Jenna on July 16, 2005 10:56 PMUgh, sorry about your computer problems. :(
And what a mixed blessing to have so much alone time... my husband recently decided to start taking a martial arts class, which will have him out 2 evenings a week plus Saturday mornings. It's not much, but I'm used to him being around all the time, and it's going to be really nice but also strange to have the house and to have more time to myself.
Posted by: heide on July 17, 2005 04:16 AMwell, we finally got to see the blog. Still didn't want to show us your updates!! I want to see the sweater when it's done. And I would think a busted computer was news!!!
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Wow, I am totally jealous of that class that you and Jenna are taking! I wanna go :P
Posted by: Lolly on July 20, 2005 01:57 PMOoh! That's the same yarn I used to make my first socks a few months ago! I love the stripes :)
Posted by: Stacey on July 29, 2005 11:47 PM