Progress from Colorado and Nebraska

It seems that I can work on projects when travelling.

Today we have Project 5: "balls of cat" two smallish balls, which turn into cats.  The balls are grey, the cats are red.  They are knitted.  The pattern is based on a pattern by Susan B. Anderson for an egg which turns into a bird, but perhaps her grandchildren didn't invent Kitty World, so perhaps she doesn't know about the wonders of super cats who live inside Borne Balls, and come out to save their world from the evil kitties.  I was able to knit on these while DH drove, and also as we were visiting DD for a few days.

Project 3:  Spring Green Tee is  also now on the list, completed, and worn!!  It fits, it is lovely, I like it.  I am including it as a "small project" because, although the overall tee shirt is not exactly a small project, and I have been working on it for the better part of a year, off and on, mostly off, but some on, obviously, I did come to the waist and think that I couldn't possibly knit another stitch.  [Well, I just had to put in a period there, although I did want to see if I could just make that sentence go on and on.  But NO, I couldn't.]

Just before we left for Iowa, I got out my stitch dictionary, and found a couple of stitches that I thought would work.  The tee was just not long enough, and I had had enough stockinette.  So I completed the bottom in a diamond shape which Barbara Walker refers to as smiling diamonds.  Mine are upside down, however, as I knitted the tee from the top, so they resemble smallish umbrellas more.  But nevertheless, I was able to complete the bottom six inches of the tee, finish off the sleeves and the neck to match the sleeve and bottom pattern.  Okay not match, but a small element of the diamond pattern is at the front of the neck, so as to tie the whole thing together.  I did most of the knitting while DH drove, as I could knit and look around just fine.  A quick and easy lace pattern that doesn't look as easy as it is.  Done, ... done done done.

So I have one pending and four completed, and this is week six, so I am only one behind.  Not bad for not knowing what I am doing, and traveling besides.

Hope all your travels result in cute little cats (or other small goodies) to love.