Packing for long trips is fun, particularly packing for knitting. I'm heading off to Virginia to spend time with my family, for 7 whole days! My husband will be on his own and I'll be on my own for the first time on an airplane with BG. I'm sorta scared. The husbeast is my personal bellboy, valet, chauffeur and chef (what a lucky girl I am huh?) so I won't be carrying on nearly as much as I normally would, which means my knitting will be checked *gasp* I never normally trust my yarn to be checked or anything in progress, but this time I don't really have any other option and it's not like I will be kntiting on the plan. I'll just be trying to keep BG happy. Good thing it's a fast flight!

The most disturbing thing however is that it will be 95 in Virginia all next week, it's going to be COLDER IN GEORGIA then in Virginia. This is the opposite of how it should be. I was all "oh it'll be cooler when I go up north", umm nope. Dang.

So I had some fun deciding what to bring with me, and as I can't carry my laptop I'll be left 7 days without a computer (that's gonna hurt) and I'll need knitting to keep me company in the evening after BG goes to bed. I am bringing along 3 projects;

Natural Silk Aran

To make a Pretty in Pink by Amanda Reed or in my case "Pretty in Silk". Check out this rav user's cool version. It fits her perfect.

(It's a fitted tank, I would love to show a photo but there is no PDF to take one from, here is a direct link to a photo on flickr.)

Blue Sky Cotton
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To make a Ribbed Baby Jacket by Debbie Bliss (free pattern)

and then just in case either of those doesn't work out, a Baby Surprise Jacket in some 100% Cashmere.

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While dipping into the stash and project planning I found this adorable pattern, the Yarni Cardigan/Lace Baby Sweater No.33 which is available as a ravelry download.

I plan to use Artfibers "Bitty Bunz" which is a lovely fingering weight angora blend in a perfectly pale shade of lavender. I better hurry up with all these knits before BG gets too big to wear them!