On this, the unofficial last day of summer, I’m thinking about fall. I love fall. The only thing I love more than fall is winter. But, fall is a really close second. Kids are back in school (thank God!), the air is less humid, I can wear jeans again. It’s great!  Today, I even put on handknit wool socks as soon as I got out of bed. It was 52 degrees! That’s cool enough for socks. And I still have them on, even though it is now 71. I’ve also been knitting quite a bit today. I finished the rib/lace cowl/gaiter/dickey thing that I started in June. It really only took about 4 hours to knit the entire thing. There’s no reason I shouldn’t have finished it much sooner. But, it’s done now. It’s very warm and soft and wonderful. I can’t wait until it’s cold enough to wear it. I have just enough of the wonderful Jo Sharp Alpaca Kid Lustre left to swatch for Hush. I want to start that sweater soooo bad, but I just don’t happen to have $200 for yarn laying around right now.

For the first time in my knitting life, I have three pairs of socks on the needles. It took me a very long time to come around to sock knitting. I just plain didn’t like it at first. I liked the socks, just not knitting them. Now, clearly, I’m addicted. It only took me 6.5 years to get there. I’m working on a new pattern. Lovely lacy socks. Fingering weight yarn. I haven’t decided what kind of heel I want to use. I usually use a short row heel, but I think these socks might need something a little fancier than that. Anyway, once they are done, they will be available in three sizes, in two or three variations. The first pair has been really fun to knit. We’ll see if the following ones keep my attention as well. Maybe I need to find some test knitters.

On that note, I’m going to go make sure my children aren’t grinding play dough into the carpet. And then, barring any play dough accidents, I’m going to knit. Imagine that.