everybody wins

Camping in Vermont last weekend was, as usual, a great experience in every way. There was a gentle, shallow river for playing and fishing (trout for dinner!)...

a beautiful skein of yarn received from Margie's Muse in trade for a set of stitch markers...

enough knitting time to start and finish a Mirelle hat along the river or by the campfire while kids swam, rode bikes, or read their books...

and the acquisition of much-anticipated coal from an exceptionally kind and helpful blacksmith at Morrell Metalsmiths (really in MA, but sort of on the way and very close to VT).

Luckily, it's all only a couple of hours away and we'll be back many times this summer.

measuring time in wooly goodness

Neckwarmer = Pre-op process for mom's total knee replacement.
Made for a friend, knit in Malabrigo and embellished with one of Scott's buttons.

Easy hat = Post-op evening.
Made for charity from Scott's handspun and leftover yarn from the Mirelle hat.

Most of a shark hat = wait for CT scan and treatment plan for mom's pulmonary emboli.

Value of a few good knitting projects during long waits = priceless.