As almost every knitter knows, road trips are a great time to get a ton of knitting done and also possibly aggravate any carpal tunnel or tendonitis you might have. Or perhaps set off that motion sickness you are prone to. Luckily I don't have motion sickness and I have managed to be careful about avoiding carpal tunnel and their ilk. So I should have been able to get a ton of knitting done on our 13 hour, each direction, marathon road trip. Nope! I actually got nothing done. It wasn't because I didn't want to, or I didn't have the time, rather I was sitting in the back keeping my little boy happy. And being crammed between a large carseat and the door doesn't make for comfortable or ergonomic knitting (when is knitting ergonomic anyways!). And it wasn't for lack of trying, I have tried in the past to knit while crammed in and alas the carseat is just at the wrong height for me to knit at all. Sigh.
I was also hopeful that I could get some knitting done when I reached our destination but again I barely managed to start a shawl I have been designing and working on for a while. I figured out that since I am not up on my British accents, it was really hard to knit and watch Downton Abbey, yes I am only just now finally getting around to watching it. This is the drawback to not having cable, but the savings are totally worth the lack of cable right now. While I did manage to get most of the numbers figured out, I really need to just sit down and knit the whole thing to determine if the numbers will work out to the right size. So now we are finally back home and I don't have to worry about the house proofing or the stairs. I do have to slowly wean the little guy off the non-stop attention he got so he can once again play on his own some more and I can get stuff done without him hanging on or wanting to be held (my poor arm).
Hopefully everyone got more knitting done then I did.
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