Black and white and red all over.

How appropriate that as I’m about to hit the road again, I began the Traveling Woman Shawl. Yesterday. Tomorrow I head to Ashland for a quickie trip to see Alice.

The Traveling Woman Shawl, you may remember, was all the rage at the Ravelry meet up a few months ago so it seems fitting that I’m knitting mine out of Malabrigo sock in the color “Ravelry Red.” Red is notoriously difficult to color correct and I’m not sure if I really captured it here, but it’s a stunning hand-dyed red. Trust me on this one.

Did I tell you about my plan to only wear three colors?

It started when I was packing for Chicago. I thought it would greatly simplify my life if I only wore three colors – black, gray and red. Of course, there are bits of other colors like white which are used as accents, in things like scarves, etc.

Today I picked up a skirt by Nomadic Traders in a lovely print of – what else? – black and white and gray. It’s a little big but oh so comfortable.

And a couple of weeks ago I splurged on some silver earrings at Ethnic Arts. The centers are actually buttons but they kind of look like candy to me.

Ok I’m going to continue my preparations for tomorrow’s trip. I hope to enjoy some blueberry picking and a little cycling and perhaps a play or movie and time with my daughter. See you next week!