We are tip-toeing into the new year. No jumping and running around here. The hardest thing I did today was clean off the tops of the cans of black eyed peas so Chris could open them to have with our New Years Dinner.
I only have 2 rows left to go on my "Hazeline" scarf. I thought it would be good to start off the new year by finishing a work in progress. It doesn't look like much now but after I block it it should look almost like the photo except in red. I might have made a mistake or two individualized mine so I would be able to identify it if it ever went missing.
Most of the day I was sitting with my new journal. Making a highly detailed (and sure to be very useful) map of Palm Springs.
You never know, we could lose our phones with their fancy guidance systems while we are at the art retreat. We might have an emergency of some kind that necessitates a visit to Desert Regional Medical Center. Or what if I go into caffeine withdrawal and need to be transported to Koffi? I am personalizing this map to meet our every need and will show it to you in living color when I have completed it and am confident of it's accuracy.
Until then, Happy 2014.
Nice yarn choice-one of my favorite combinations. Always good to have a map; knowing where you are is a good thing.
Posted by: Caroline | 01/02/2014 at 12:07 AM
i am certain it will come in handy!!!
Posted by: sister | 01/02/2014 at 12:10 AM
Can't wait to see the completed map, accurate or not! I love to make my own maps and love to see those done by others. You are going to have such a grand time on your retreat! If I weren't leaving on Monday on my own trip I'd be insanely jealous....
XO
Posted by: Michele Unger | 01/02/2014 at 01:07 AM
Looking forward to seeing your finished knitting, the colour is so pretty! xx
Posted by: Amy at love made my home | 01/02/2014 at 04:32 AM
I was just reading about the Ace Hotel in Pam Springs. Perhaps you and your fellow retreaters might like to take a photography excursion to see the joint of course after you have added to your map.
Posted by: SMM | 01/02/2014 at 10:36 AM
Palm Springs is very familiar to me. My parents lived there and my brothers still do. It's a great place to visit. If you have the chance, have a date shake at the last remaining date palm grove left on Hwy. 111, south of Palm Springs near Coachella. OMG! Killer!
The shawl looks very similar to one I just finished/blocked in Koigu yarn. Lace and I don't get along very well. I'm always dropping off stitch or a YO and then can't fix it.
I'm absolutely map obsessed. Can't go anywhere without maps...the old fashioned kind that are impossible to refold...yes, those. To take off on a road trip without maps would send me into a state of panic. My son is the same...we love to pour over my atlas, traveling many miles sung our fingertips. I have one of those smart phones with the Google Map app, but it's not the same as a paper one.
There's a very interesting blog about a woman who uses maps to detail her life story. I'll see if I can't find the link. I'm sure you'd find it interesting.
Can't wait to see the results of the retreat and to be regaled with your stories of hilarity and mayhem.
Posted by: Joan Clarke | 01/02/2014 at 11:34 AM
We eat black-eyed peas also on New Year's along with greens. I love your shawl! I love Anne Hanson and all her patterns. I'm glad I found your blog, I've enjoyed reading your posts.
Posted by: Cathy von Hassel-Davies | 01/04/2014 at 09:20 PM