the blue blog archives: coming back

We survived the trip back. It was a little dicey for a while there. The boys were IN-SANE for the first few hours of the flight. But they settled down when the kiddie cartoons came on. At first they had a hard time seeing the screen between the crack in the seats.

Once we figured out that they could stand and still not block other people's view, they enjoyed it. S found the Goofy cartoon particularly gripping.

And then they fell asleep until landing. Hallalujah! I knitted more of the back of the pop sweater while they slept, making it up to the first color change.

Again, I had no problems bringing knitting needles on the plane. Three cheers for Lufthansa and sleeping toddlers - knit, knit, hooray!

posted by alison at 7:49 am | in pop , vacation 2004

Comments

So glad you are all back home safe and sound! It sounds like you had a wonderful trip. Thanks for sharing the pics - makes me feel like I've been somewhere besides the law library for a change!

Posted by: maeve at September 23, 2004 8:49 AM

Welcome back, Alison. I've been reading along about your lovely vacation.

Posted by: Norma at September 23, 2004 8:53 AM

Welcome home! I thought I might have to fly to the west coast for work and was trying to find the longest flights to maximize knitting time. I was disappointed when the trip was cancelled! Damn internet making bi-costal travel obsolete.

Posted by: Amy at September 23, 2004 9:53 AM

Nice to hear that your needles were tolerated. I have a trip to Germany (on United and Lufthansa) starting this weekend and given what I've been reading I've been a little worried.

Welcome back!

Posted by: Theresa at September 23, 2004 9:59 AM

Hi,
Glad to hear that your knitting needles were allowed. What kind did you carry? Addi Turbos?
I am always reluctant to carry my addi's.
Thanks, Barbara

Posted by: barbara at September 23, 2004 11:42 AM

Welcome back! I LOVED that face on Stefan. It is priceless.

Posted by: stinkerbell at September 23, 2004 12:59 PM

Barbara, I generally use Inox needles. They are the grey aluminum ones. Maybe they look more like pens on an x-ray than Addis? The one thing in my bag that they did want to look at was a box of Thomas trains. Go figure!

Posted by: alison at September 23, 2004 1:10 PM

glad to hear you all arrived safely! How old are your boys exactly? We just booked a flight home for 2 weeks time and I confess to being scared. My DD has probably flown more times than the number of months she is in age but the older she gets the harder it gets (and therefore the less we do it). Any tips for taming 2y7m olds on a plane?

On an entirely different note the sweater is looking just lovely!

Posted by: jo at September 23, 2004 5:43 PM

New wish from your Norwegian stalker:

We want to know your "best knits" ever. We eagerly follow the making of every new knitted garnment, and we all hear how happy you are with the "hot off the nedles"-knits.

Just to refresh your memory, a few quotations:
Klaralund: "It's brilliant! I love how unique it is too."
Ava: "I love the shaping on the cardigan"
Habu: "I love everything about it now - the style, the fit, the feel."
Maggie: "I love it! It's light and cool - perfect for summer"
r2:"I love the fit"
And so on... Did you notice how the work LOVE is essential here?

But as we all know love can fade. Do these knits really get all the attention they deserve, also after they are finished? Wich of your projects do you consider the most sucessfull as to how much they get used?

Posted by: Helene at September 24, 2004 8:18 AM

Hey Jo, good luck on your trip! Someone else asked about how we managed two 3 yr olds on our trip. Check out my response in these comments to Wednesday's post.

Okay, Helene, I'll think about my old projects and post some thoughts on old knits next week. :)

Posted by: alison at September 24, 2004 10:19 AM

When I was a very small child, I played in violin recitals through a youth music program based at Northwestern University. Most of the little kids would frolic in the lobby (with a parent supervisor) if they weren't actually on stage, and I remember always trying to peek through the crack between the swinging doors leading to the hall to see the performers (I was too young to sit through an entire concert). I remember the windows in the door being *so* far up, I couldn't see through them even on my tippy toes, so I was stuck with peering at a tiny sliver of the stage. I went back to that hall as an adult and was actually taken aback to find out that the windows were probably about 4 1/2 feet from the ground.

Posted by: June at September 24, 2004 12:10 PM