Travel Knitting

What's a good holiday without a good bit of knitting to go with it? Exactly! I've been wondering for a while quite how much I'll need to take with me to last the full three months, particularly since I knit more on holiday than I do at home. I don't have an answer but I do have a plan.

It involves this laceweight New Zealand wool:

A vacuum packer.

This pattern for an intricate shawl.

Three almost identical needles and a roll of pink thread for making lifelines - in case airline security should decide that needles are a hazard and can't be taken in hand luggage (they shouldn't, their own rules say knitting needles are allowed, but I'm paranoid).

And this swatch - just as a taster you understand.

Don't look too closely - there are multiple mistakes in there!

One nice big but light project. If I finish that, well, Joe says I might have to talk to him...