At 4:20 a.m. this morning, M boarded the airport shuttle and flew to Keystone, Colorado for a conference. I’ll pick him up Friday around 5:00 p.m. This gives me quite a bit more free time than I am used to. Plus, Friday is a university holiday, Cesar Chavez Day, so I can stay home without taking any vacation time. I’ve been thinking what I would like to do during that free time, and this is what I’ve come up with.
Finish my March pair of socks, Roger, by Anne Hanson of Knitspot.
I noticed that the Yarn Harlot has already finished an entire pair of Roger socks for her March socks. I’m just going to assume that I got more biochemistry experiments done than she has done so far this month. 
I would also like to get my Frost Diamonds shawl done, which currently photographs like a big lump. I still have 56 g left in my first skein! I’m half way through a third repeat of the main chart. It takes me nearly an hour to do two rows. I’ve got about 10 hours before the bind off.
Now that M is not in his office for a few days, I’d like to get my shawlette, fleck stitch version of the Frost Diamonds shawl blocked on its vast floorspace. I may have forgotten that I knit this for a few months weeks.
Finally, I want to get this sweater I bought, which fits me nearly perfectly, measured so I can use Ann Budd’s The Knitter’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns to design and knit a different version with a simple stitch pattern from Annie Maloney with this Venezia worsted I received as a Christmas present a couple years ago. The sweater has 3/4 sleeves and set-in sleeves and classic ribbing as edges. Very basic and wearable.
All this should keep me busy!
Sorry you’ll be lonely, but i hope you enjoy the alone time, too
I feel the same way when David travels. It looks like you’ve got some great projects planned!
Brenda- I don’t get enough alone time- it’s nice sometimes.
Looks like you have lots of plans in place.
Wow, that’s an ambitious plan! I can’t wait to see what you get done. My progress is much more snail-like, but in my defense I don’t have any alone time, ever.
I’m willing to bet you’re right about the biochemistry experiments!
Your shawl is one of the most beautiful lumps I’ve ever seen.
Hopefully all that filled the time up!
Are those blocking boards? I may need to get some of those, now that we have a real guest bed that we actually want to keep nice (as opposed to the fugly daybed we had before and didn’t give a crap about and was perfect for blocking).
I find a few days on my own. . . rejuvenating! Looks like you’ve got a lot of great ideas for how to spend your time alone. I’m sure the time will fly.
Well, you’ve certainly got gorgeous stuff to keep you company!!! And I suspect you’re right – you’ve done more scientific experiments than YH!!!
(((hugs)))
I loved weekends alone with my knitting and a new TV series on DVD when Hubby went away. It looks like you’ll have some great things accomplished when it’s over!
I have a sweater I need to retire that I’m keeping around to do the same thing with. I need to get on that. I even have yarn that’s nearly identical to the original sweater!
That looks more like around 6 weeks work to me! Good luck!
Love those socks, Brenda! It may be an ambitious amount of work, but without something to reach for, we’d never achieve any of it.