Black Sheep

Knitting and Hiking

September 18th, 2004

We got the pictures back from my hubby’s hiking trip in Washington State last weekend. All I can say is WOW! What a beautiful place. Here is a pic of the scenery:

And this is just a small taste. Click here for a photo album of pics from the trip.

Since this is a knitting blog, I suppose I should put something knitting related in here. Believe it or not, I have something - AND it ties directly into the hiking trip. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I knitted some wool socks for my hubby for the trip, and I would force him to model them. Well, here is a pic of the socks, pre-trip:

They are kind of big on him. What I did was I used Brown Sheep Company’s worsted weight 100% wool yarn (the exact name of it escapes me right now). I used basic instructions in Zimmerman’s Knitting Without Tears. In that book, she recommends knitting nylong thread into the fabric at the heel and toe, so that is why you see the heathered areas in the toe and heels. My husband loved these socks while hiking. He said that he didn’t get any blisters at all, which is a miracle. If you are a backpacker you know that blisters are practically inevitable. Another interesting thing about these socks was when I pulled them out of the backpack, I noticed that because of the heat and sweat, they felted! Very interesting. They, like, molded into the shape of his foot as he was hiking along.

Here is a picture of my hubby wearing a wool sweater and a wool hat that I made, and that he wore on his trip:

I thought I would throw this in here, too. He needed a wool sweater and a wool hat to wear because, unlike the weather we have in California, it is actually kind of chilly in the mountains of Washington State this time of year. And he since he was born and raised here, he doesn’t even own a wool sweater (I kid you not). I had knitted the sweater years ago. In fact, it was the second sweater I’ve ever knitted. I’ve never really worn it because I’ve always kind of felt it was more of a guys sweater. It ended up being perfect for him! I knitted that hat a couple of years ago with some leftover yarn I had. That worked out really well for him, too.

On a totally unrelated subject, my Denise needles are in the mail as of yesterday. I should get them next week. Yay! I’m not really all that excited about starting aurdrey anymore, though. The swatching thing doesn’t bode well.

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