The Seaside Qu’mitl is done, blocked, photographed – and
will be heading to the seaside with me on Friday!

It is made up of 3 variegated yarns (of different fibers and
weights) and worked up in four different lace patterns!  And they said it couldn’t be done! (well, no
one actually said that – tho Sarah had looked at me askance and rolled her
eyes)  Using blue-y “summer ocean” colors
and choosing wave-ish lace patterns brings it all together – cohesive, like a
painting.

What else am I taking to the beach?  Knitting, of course.  Several projects: car knitting (for the long
drive), mindless knitting (to do while visiting with family), interesting knitting
(for the occasional quiet half hour!), getting-ready-for-fall knitting (because
fall is coming)….and a little crochet project just to be wild!  Not that I really expect to get a lot of knitting done – it is a family
gathering at the beach, after all!  But I
will be prepared for whatever knitting opportunity presents itself. 

It has taken me several days to decide which projects to take — lots of soul-searching and such.  I cannot just throw a half dozen projects in the car willy-nilly!  Well, I could — but isn't it more sensible to mull and muddle it over for a week or so?  Each project undergoes a battery of questions regarding its suitability.  And then it comes down to whether or not I think I will feel like working on it while at the beach — which is why a wool capelet in a  cable-type design made the cut (very beachy! even in summer) and why I will be taking some lace knitting (so romantic with the moonlight on the surf) and why certain projects that just require too much brain and focus are staying home!