I Got Ahead of Myself

 I neglected to post the finished Musselburgh I knit with Crazy Zauberball yarn.

I didn't use up all the yarn after all as there was well over 400yd. There was ample length to turn up the brim.

It is very cozy. 

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all these hats. Which ones I'll keep, which ones I'll find worthy owners for. 

I'm halfway done my Sweet Sheep Musselburgh. Excuse the crappy photo. I took it to send to Poppy as we were trading knitting progress photos this evening. She's on the home stretch of a pullover with an Icelandic design for our trip. She plans to embellish it with a bit of embroidery.

I'll take a better photo after I knit some more.

Speaking of texting back and forth, Jen1, Poppy, and I discussed several burning issues about our upcoming trip to Iceland and Norway via text tonight - topics such as transfers to and from airports, what to wear, where to pick up our tour in Iceland, etc. We're getting very excited.

I'm also considering another Christmas market tour, this time on the Rhine River between Amsterdam and Basel. I'd like to go this year and am working on finding a roommate. Another trip I'd like to take is a guided birding tour in Costa Rica. Ideally during one of the winter months.  Arne and Carlos just got back from a knitting cruise to Antarctica and are planning one again for next year. I already have a roommate selected for that cruise. When one gets to be 'a certain age', one realizes there is going to be a limit in one's ability to travel abroad at some point. I have a sense of urgency so as long as I am healthy and ambulatory, I plan to go go go.

Back on the home front, I have selected the style and colour of my new kitchen cabinets and quartz countertop. My designer had some great ideas to maximize counter space and make cupboard storage more effective. It will be so nice to have this improvement finally done after almost 29 years in this house.

The frame for my Live on Little piece finally arrived today at long last.  I contacted the company last week to ask for the item or a refund. They said there had been a manufacturing holdup and refunded the shipping costs. One of my tasks tomorrow will be to stretch, mount, and frame it so I can take the finished item to our guild's stitch day on Saturday.

Scooter is enjoying his working holiday in Europe. So far he's been in Portugal and Spain. He'll work his way over to northern Italy then further north over the next couple of months. He seems to have the desire to go go go as well.