In packing the projects I'm taking on vacation with me, I may have gone a little crazy. I'm bringing at least three recent WIPs, as well as two new projects whose supplies I own, but haven't yet started.

Cue a mad dash to my yarn ball winder and swift, resulting in the above photo I posted on my Instagram. Pictured are two yarns I can't wait to work with:

The turquoise is Madeline Tosh DK in the Oceana colorway, which will be used to knit up Messalina by Kay Jones of Bakery Bears fame
The multi is Mrs. Crosby Carpet Bag in the Scarlet Ibis colorway. A delectable mix of Merino and silk, this single ply yarn will be used to knit the Zig Zag Scarf pattern that came in my April KnitCrate.

Speaking of KnitCrate, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed that as of this posting, my May KnitCrate hasn't yet shipped; I was hoping to take whatever it is with me to celebrate my vacation and hopefully stave off some LYS purchases. It's not that I don't have anything else to work on (obviously) and I more than definitely have enough yarn to tide me over until the end of time itself. But I look forward to getting it every month, and with the stress of wrapping up way too many work projects before jaunting off for a week, I could have used the distraction!

Also, I know there are going to be people reading this who are all like, "What? Knitting in the sand? Why?" No - beaches are for reading and sleeping on. There will be no knitting on the beach, mostly because I'm lazy, but also because I don't feel like picking sand out of my delicious Mrs. Crosby yarn.

PS: I hope all my fellow beer lovers are at least a LITTLE bit jealous that I'll be camping out - with yarn in tow - at Dogfish Head's brewpub on Rehoboth's main drag.