A trip and some finished projects!

Term being now over, I am begging to become a human being again. I’m mostly over that nasty sinus infection that dominated my life the last week of term, and I survived a trip to Solwezi. I have also been getting some real knitting done since term ended. So, lets get to it, shall we?

First of all, I was tickled to find this cloche style hat at the new mall in Solwezi. Very Downton, and will be great fun to have when I’m home.

I may have also found some new jewelry, and a sleep shirt that has the wonderful and oh so true to my life saying,

I also bought a brazier upcycled from a drum that I can use as an outdoor fireplace on my porch. I love that it’s red, and that I didn’t have to pay a white person price for it. I'll post a picture of it when I use it for the first time. To tide you over though, here some tubs made from metal drums for sale—I love the ingenuity!

While driving back we got to go by some big bush fires, and of course, some patches of bad road. Good thing there are some good stretches of tarmac to book it down!

In knitting news, the Blink socks are finally done! Another item to check off the furlough wardrobe list!

I also finished the Grumpasaurus that I made for a former student of mine who is going on to RVA. She would squish mine every time she came up to my desk, so I decided she should have her own to take with her and love. Now I want to make one in fingering weight just for the fun of it…

The Petite Lisette has the knitting done and the ends woven in. Here it is after taking a bath—love it!

I started a cowl using the lovely Round House Farm Lopi that Beth send me on the container; I’m adapting the Burbury Inspired Neck Cowl because I don’t want mine to be quite that wide. Again, winter, here I come! As I've pulled it out twice now, I'll post a picture when I actually have something to show.

In reading and watching, I’m coming to the end of my Peter Whimsey spree, and have Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles to start reading through. Fitting, as I just got my copy of The Martian on the container, and could at last enjoy Matt Damon making up for being a space ship stealing jerk in Interstellar. The disco music totally rocked, and I loved the Bowie song! Now I want to read the book again…

So, it has been a good start to the holiday. Who knows what I’ll get done before the hoardsImean kids come back? I need to get going on my Names of the Doctor scarf again, and I have another few projects with an end of November/December deadline that I need to get working on. Huzzah for a month off teaching!