Home Sweet Home

As much we love the Oregon Coast, Hubby and I are certainly happy to be home. And the kitties are certainly thrilled to have us back too. I've been in the office for a half an hour and this is the longest I haven't had a kitty glued to my side since we've been home.

The trip was wonderful! We got to spend some great, albeit short, time with K & L. We got to spend lots of time with my parents. And even time playing with their kitties and tormenting them by holding them or forcing them to sit on our laps for 30 seconds. Apparently they are now walking around my parent's house looking and crying for us. I think my parents might be crying a little too.

This is one of our views today as we take it easy sitting next to a window. Hubby is engrossed in a book while I'm knitting, cataloging new yarn purchases on Ravelry and updating projects there. I actually had quite the productive trip!

Finished the Bread Basket Liner for Hubby's Mother.
Finished a beanie for Hubby's Father out of Blackstone Tweed. (that stuff is simply amazing!)
Started the El Hatto Negro pattern for Hubby's Father's Father out of Malabrigo worsted. (about 1/4 of the way done)
Started and finished the Beaumont Tam for Hubby's Grandmother in Classic Elite Fresco.
Started and finished the Béret Généreux for Hubby's Aunt in Plymouth Yarn Worsted Merino (which I bought the day before we left to come home!)

Everything that is done from the trip is upstairs blocking. I'm a littler nervous that the Tams are going to grow too much and I"ll have to knit them again at a smaller gauge. Especially the Beaumont. I knit it on a size 7 and very loose. Of course I didn't bother to do a swatch as I started it after we made it out to the coast.

At least this certainly eats a chunk out of my Christmas knitting! Two of the hats up above were last minute requests. As is a shawl for Hubby's Father's Mother, which I found yarn for in Cannon Beach. Just goes to show Minnesotans need wool for the winter!

And now, not even 10 minutes later there is a kitty on my lap and another on the blanket next to my desk. Yeah...they missed us!