Love's Labour's Lost

I never thought it would happen to me.

We had just arrived at the New Hampshire airport after a surprisingly calm airplane ride with a 2-year-old when my husband handed the sleeping boy to me and gathered our items. Later, in the car halfway to the in-law's house I go digging for my knitting bag for the remaining hour car ride and... it's gone. Left on the plane.

(This is where you knitters gasp in horror. As if I have to tell you.)

Lost:

• The completed back of the Tulip top
• The first 3 inches of one front half
• About 5 skeins of yarn (fortunately purchased on Elann.com, so financial loss is not too bad)
• Travel bag of basic tools: stitch markers, row counter, stitch holders, etc.
• My favorite project bag which was just a recycled plastic zipper from a pair of sheets I bought, but it opened flat and was awesome.

Yes, I've called the airport. New Hampshire ships everything to the central lost and found which happens to be in Dallas, so there was hope. Maybe I can swing by to pick it up. Then I called the Dallas office:

"Due to the extremely high volume of calls we cannot return all calls. Describe your item and if we are able to locate it we will call you back." Not holding my breath. But, I refuse to take it off my WIP list for now.

Sigh.

I had emailed someone about a KAL a few months ago and she told me she lost her project on a plane. I told her I don't know what I'd do. Know I know.

Therapeutic yarn shopping. Photos coming soon.

Apparently, I like purple

This weekend I just started on Tulip, a cute little cross-over summery top that I hope to finish in time to wear for late summer/early fall that often drags on into October here in Texas. (It has a cool little scalloped edging you get by rotating the left needle around the previous rows...)

The yarn is a nice linen, viscose blend in a slightly variegated plum. Suddenly ,I realized it's almost the exact same color as this hand-dyed mohair blend I bought in Maine over the holidays. I made a flowy droopy-neck sweater from Interweave that is packed away for the summer.

Add a little pink and you get the color of my Seaman's Scarf WIP...

Then, I think to the next sweater I have planned and the Berocco Ultra Alpaca that I bought for the next one on my list...

And, as I walk by the kitchen taking photos of my work, I notice tonight's dinner... pork chops with plum sauce (tastes better than it looks here).

Apparently, I like purple.