So I had a really good trip! And no problem with security at any of the airports with my needles!!! So not only did I actually get things done while I was in the air, I had something to distract me from the fact that I mostly felt like shit. Ah well.. I'm back home now and I don't have to fly again for another 3 weeks or so.
I actually finished a project while I was gone too. I adapted the "Picot-edged Gauntlet" pattern from the the Winter 2005 issue of Knit.1 Magazine which called for Lion Brand "Microspun" in black. But since I had no money to spend on yarn before I left on my trip I just dug through my stash and threw in a ball of Lion Bran "Wool-Ease" in a really pretty speckled green color that I had originally bought with the intention of making a pair of socks for my fiancee... but it was a really pretty color and it lended itself nicely to the pattern. I haven't put all of the finishing touches on them, I still have to sew up the cuff edge and weave in the ends but other then that they are done. They were originally meant to be knitted flat but I despise seams and so I just took out the seam stitches and knit it in the round. They knit up really quickly and the cuff pattern, which resembles a open faux-cable, is really cute without exposing too much skin (which is important for me living in Michigan).
And while I was at the confernce a friend of mine saw what I was knitting and was looking at the first one that I got done and decided that it would be the perfect thing for playing Ultimate Frisbee as it got closer to fall. So I adapted the pattern again and made him a manly version that had a K2, P2 rib pattern for the long cuff instead of the lacier open work cuff that the pattern originally called for.
So I got 3 fingerless gauntlets total knitted while I was there and I've started another WIP that I hope to work on when I have to fly to Boston next month. Its a yoga bag for my aunt. I intend to make one for my mother too, but I don't have the yarn I want for that one yet, that will have to wait until I get paid on Thursday.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!