It's not a vacation but...

I'll take what I can get. I'll be on hiatus for a time in the middle of June due to much-needed surgery on my paws. In order to continue getting paid, I'll be working from home after the first week. Not a vacation precisely, but it's the closest thing I've gotten in the three years I've been at my current job. The lesson in this? Small companies=no vacation.

Abbreviated Yarn Excursion

I got to the LYS today after work, but with only five minutes to close which was just enough time to pick up the bare essentials for Project Argyle. Planning a do-over tomorrow for adequate browsing time although I may defect and purchase the yarn for my next project directly from the manufacturer. It's really a tough call. I can support my local yarn store and help keep it in business by purchasing/ordering from them or I can save a couple of bucks per ball by going with the manufacturer's website. My next project, after the intarsia knit scarf, was supposed to be a the "Lucy" felted handbag embellished with Elizabethan blackwork, but during the den transfer, the blackwork pattern went missing. So...this project is on hold until the pattern turns up. This left me in something of a quandary until I picked up the new issues of KnitSimple and Vogue Knitting. KnitSimple's current issue has a load of great summer patterns, including a striped cotton beach blanket (perfect for one of a kitsune's favorite summer activities- watching volleyball and lounging on the beach) and a really great tank top pattern. Both projects are relatively easy to knit and should be something I can complete while bed and housebound from surgery.