Tomorrow afternoon we will hit the road, headed for vacation time with family. You can rest assured that I have my priorities straight. In packing, first things came first:
Here are the contents of my knitting bag, ready for at least 400 miles of fun. (The trip is 800 and if My Old Man and I split the driving equally, that means at least 6 hours of knit time for me). As you can see, I’m overly optimistic about how much of Cozy I can get done on the drive – I’ve put all the skeins of Mandalay in my bag because I can’t risk running out en route.
And in case I tire of Cozy, I’ve got my Simply Lovely Lace Sock (pattern in IK Spring 2006) ready to do back-up.
But I can’t leave for 2 1/2 weeks with only my knitting bag. So here is a little suitcase I’ve packed, with extra yarn, needles, and patterns. Believe me when I say I placed severe limits on myself in packing this. I’m only bringing 2 skeins of the Lamb’s Pride for the cardigan, when I really wanted to bring all 6 (but even I’m not that unrealistic). And I took out the three balls of Manos cotton that I thought I might make a Log Cabin square from. In addition to the Lamb’s Pride, I limited myself to the rest of the yarn for the Simply Lovely Lace Socks, the JaggerSpun Zepphyr for the Peace Shawl, the Lorna’s Laces Worsted, some Bernat Cottontots in case I decide Baby J needs one more little hat, and a skein of bamboo for a headband. Plus almost every needle I own. Do you think this will be enough?
And for those of you keeping a tally at home, here’s something you can add to the list of things I suck at: embroidery.
Stay tuned….
earthchicknits 
i have totally not been to your blog lately! 😦 i think you really need to bring more yarn though (this coming from the man who packed a lawn and leaf garbage bag along with his 2 knitting bags and then bought more while there. i’ve learned from that experience, though…. really 😉
have a marvelous vacation!!!! drive safe!
Enjoy your vacation! It certainly looks like you’ll have plenty of knitting to keep you busy! I have to say, I totally agree with bringing a suitcase of yarn .. just in case! But then, I often bring an extra suitcase anyway .. mine fit inside eachother, so I pack the small one in the bigger one and then I have plenty of room to bring things home!
Have a great vacation! I brought a ton of knitting with me on vaction too — it’s always best to be prepared. 😉
I think the bear is adorable, and I LOVE his nose!!
Hope you have fun! It’s good to see that you do have your packing priorities right!
I can completely relate.
I’m leaving for 2 weeks on a work trip and I’m going to struggle not to bring every WIP I have on the needles. Last time I traveled for 4 days my knitting had it’s own suitcase and I checked my clothing bag to be sure the knitting never left my side.
Have a great time!!
I hope your vacation goes well (or went well at this point)! I always have my knitting packed first too – the only way to travel!