Taylor and I will be on the road to China in a few days. We are going to Taiwan for a few days to celebrate David and Chia's marriage, and to meet her family. Then we are going to the mainland China for 12 days by ourselves.
This trip has taken many months to plan, and we've read guidebooks, explored the internet and talked to everyone we know who has ever been to Asia. It seems like the preparations have been endless, but we think we're ready. We've had many dollars worth of shots. We have medicine for avoiding Malaria, and medicine if we get Traveler's Diarrhea. We have Visas. We planned an itinerary. We bought gifts for David's in laws. We have each assembled a collection of clothes that are lightweight and easy to wash. We each have our reading materials ready. We have airline tickets, hotel reservations, guides, drivers. We have money to tip people. All seems to be in order. We know we may encounter glitches, but we can do it!
But there's one final item to check off: what knitting project to bring?
For this intrepid knitter, the decision of what to knit is a major consideration. In Mexico I made socks. On car trips I've made scarves, sweaters, shawls. But what to make in China? It needs to be something smallish. It needs to have interest to keep my attention. It can't be too complicated. It has to be something that I actually want to make. The yarn has to feel good.
Ah ha. The perfect project came to mind thanks to Peggy at the Liberty Bell Knitters Guild. I have decided to make the Summer Mystery Shawlette designed by Wendy Johnson
wendyknits.net. The yarn I'm going to use is
Road to China. My color is Light Peridot. The yarn feels so soft and scrumptious it's all I can do to keep myself from knitting it all before it's time to step on the plane. The yarn is Baby Alpaca, Cashmere, Camel and Silk. Thanks to this yarn, and our final destination, I'm actually looking forward to the 14 hour flight to Taipei.
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