Traveling with the Traveler
I set a goal to finish the Traveler Shell (which *I* don't think is a shell at all, since a shell is a sleeveless sweater designed to wear under a jacket or cardigan) before my recent travels. And I did. I'd kind of lost the mojo on this sweater for a while. It's made of two fine yarns held together, and I needed to knit on US 3 needles to get gauge. It was a lot of stitches and took some care to make sure I was knitting with both strands on every stitch. The pattern of knit and purl rows asked for my attention without being interesting. But once I got to the point of separating the fronts from back to knit the sleeve, I was more excited to finish. Having a goal helped. And I did travel in this Traveler. I wore it on the very long flight to and from South Africa. It had several good qualities for the journey. The bright pink color meant the other folks traveling with me could always find me in a crowd. It has pockets. And it was cozy but not hot for all those hours on the...
