Knit Picking

Or knit packing. Whichever you prefer.
We're leaving next Saturday for two weeks in the country which means no internet and no television. Which also means lots of knitting and reading. I'm trying to pack some knitting but I'm not sure what I want to bring. I'm working on yet another Dublin Beanie which is good car (read mindless) knitting and I'm just finishing up a pair of socks which I should be able to post here before we leave. I'm thinking just a couple of skeins of sock yarn and a sock book, or three, should be fine. I have my Kindle so reading is taken care of although I'd love to read some Elizabeth Zimmermann too. So many choices to make! That's why I'm starting a week ahead of our departure.
I got four pair of vintage dpns on ebay this week. Susan Bates and Boye sizes 1, 3, 5 and 7 for only five dollars plus shipping. Great deal!
This past weekend we had a family reunion which was great fun. Last year I found a cousin, we never knew we had, on Ancestry.com and she came to the reunion. It's a long story but suffice it to say that nobody in our family knew about her. All our aunts and uncles are deceased so we don't know if they knew anything about her other than her father who was my father's brother. He knew he had a daughter and never told anyone. She had been looking for him for about forty years and put up a post on the web in 2001 which I found last year.
I was never so proud of being part of my family as I was this past weekend watching each and every one of my cousins approach our new cousin, welcome her to the family with a hug and kiss and tell her we're sorry she wasn't always part of our lives. It warmed my heart to see their unquestioning affection and excitement.
Between Marc being here last week and the family reunion this weekend, I haven't gotten a lot of knitting done but hope to make up for it over the next couple of weeks.