Vroom vroom

The boxes are packed.

The food from the fridge is (almost) all eaten.

The on-the-road knitting project has been started... but, unfortunately, I won't be able to do it on the road anymore. Turns out, we both have to drive, Justin in the U-Haul, me in the car.

Two 10 hour driving days!

Eek!

So, in the interests of staying awake come hour 9.5, I'm making some upbeat driving CDs. Usually, I'm more of a mellow-music person (I could listen to Damien Rice, David Gray and Bob Dylan for ten hours, easily) but I'm breaking out my Modest Mouse, White Stripes, and The Doors tunes.

Anything with bass.

Anything with drums.

And perhaps a little Dwight Yoakem, just because :)

Anyone have any good driving music they use? I'm open to suggestions!

Beaver in a Bow Tie

What happens when you leave a beaver alone with the moving boxes for an hour?

She's been feeling a bit cheeky ever since I made her that little red bow tie. It was meant to go on her head (so that everyone stops thinking she's a boy beaver) but she kept slipping it off, so it ended up going round her neck. Very dashing!

I've been out, scouting the local knitting shop. Thus far, I've only been buying my yarn from Michael's (and the first few from the infamous 'Peter Jones' in London! Ooh la la!) and it was such a treat to walk into Kiwi'sKnitting company in Tucson, Arizona, today and see colour! All colours! I walked around for a while with a gorgeous spotty muted pink (which reminded me of raspberry ice cream), then I switched it for a lovely eco-friendly banana yellow, then I switched that for a so-soft alpaca grey on sale, then I put that back and got these:

(Please excuse the moving boxes... it's the only backdrop I have right now!)

It's Peruvian Kettle-Dyed Cotton, made by Manos del Uruguay, and I think it's the new love of my life. So soft, lovely earthy colours, and it's got this wonderful natural wave to it. The lady in the shop asked me what I planned to make with it, and I told her,

"To be honest, I really just want to wear it as it is!"

After which she kind of gave up on helping me and disappeared into the backroom!

I do want to make something... and that something is almost defintely going to be a scarf. A striped scarf. I'm just wondering whether to do a normal horizontal repeating stripe, or try a vertical stripe. I think big blocks look best with special colours... hmmm. You know, with three of these skeins, I've probably got enough to try it both ways! When in doubt, avoid choosing! :)

Yes, so that is what I'll be doing on our 18 hour road trip to Texas... (Justin says I'm not allowed to drive the U-Haul... which is probably a good idea) or for as many as hours as my fingers can take it! Endurance knitting... can I go the distance?

It's high time for pie time

Baby don't you cry,

gonna make a pie,

gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle,

Baby don't be blue,

gonna make for you,

gonna make a pie with chocolate and bananas!

Yes, it's time to use up everything in the cupboards before we move! Hello, pie crusts I bought months ago! Good day, pudding packets! How are you, yummy yellow bananas?

We're so excited to be leaving, and are spending the weekend packing boxes! We've decided to haul it all across country ourselves after getting quotes from three of the least trust-worthy people I've ever meet... which will be an experience, I'm sure!

Warning: future posts may make contain the words y'all, howdy, and Taco Cabana and excessive use of cowboy hat imagery!