Needles and Wool

Las Vegas

Well I am back from my trip. I am still tired and a bit out of it from the time change.....I just got used to the 3 hour difference and now I have to get un-used to it again. Las Vegas was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. It is definitely a different world there, but I had so much fun and am very glad I went. I took a bunch of different knitting projects but the only knitting I did was on the plane. I really wanted to work on the camo socks but the airline wouldn't let me take skinny metal needles in my carry-on luggage so I had to pack them away. I brought along some Lopi and size 13 bamboo's just in case that happened to start a new pair of clogs for hubby so that is what I worked on. I only copied the main pattern however and forgot to copy the little insert that has the cuff and finishing instructions (duh) so they are complete only up to the cuff. But they will be a quick finish when I do decide to pick them up again. These will be dh's second pair as he wore his first ones right out.

I dragged dh to Gail Knits on the very first day we were there. The Mapquest directions I had printed said we were only 10 minutes away and while we tend to walk a lot when we are away, we took a cab because you had to go down a busy highway for a bit. What we didn't realize was that it was rush hour with a zillion lights. So it ended up costing us $25 to get there. Ouch! We took a bus back to the strip at a whopping $1.25 each. That was an expensive lesson! Gail Knits was a very nice shop and if I happened to live in Vegas it would most likely be my favorite. They had a really nice selection of yarns and the staff was very friendly. I picked up some Rowan Summer Tweed in Ghost that was on special there this month. I don't know what I am going to do with it as of yet but right now I am just enjoying having it in my stash.

The rest is vacation blabbing... and very possibly boring to you....read at your own risk:

One afternoon we went out to a horse ranch for a 15 mile sunset ride in the middle of the desert without all the lights from the strip. Then we had a campfire steak dinner. I haven't ridden a horse for quite a few years, as was the case with most of the people there, so it was pretty funny to watch all of us take those first few steps after dismounting.

I also had my very first rollercoaster ride of my life there. Dh talked me into riding the one on the top of the Stratosphere, which is the world's highest rollercoaster. It was scary but not as bad as I thought it would be. I was feeling pretty cocky after that and went over and rode the Nascar Speed rollercoaster which goes from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds. I screamed for pretty much the whole ride while dh laughed. The Nascar ride does not make for good hair either and dh seemed to find that pretty funny too when he saw me after the ride was over. I do believe dh has created a rollercoater junkie though.

My impression of Las Vegas: it was dirty (meaning a lot of litter), fun, and I have never seen so many brides at one time in my life. Every time you turned around there was another one. DH's impression of Las Vegas: he has never seen so many large chested woman in one place in his life. :)

I got good use out of my shawl. I wore it every night because it gets chilly there when the sun goes down and inside too because the A/C is always blasting. Funny how the finish is worn off all those tushies don't you think? :)

Happy Knitting!

Posted by Karen at May 6, 2004 05:59 PM | TrackBack