Someone reassure me that it is perfectly normal to have 'block the knits you plan to photograph on the trip' as a step on one's adventure planning checklist.  Everybody does that, right? That's the blue socks you've all been asking about and the purple hat and mitts from last winter.  That hat and mitts are totally totally done (as in the pattern is written, laid out, and tested).  As soon as I have proper pics slotted in, I'll be ready to release it.  And The Boy (it's his hat) and I are off to somewhere both picturesque and chilly here [...]