Falling Leaves

When did that happen? I just blinked and when I opened my eyes, the leaves were changing colour and falling on the ground. This is the rather pretty view down my street.

Now, it’s barely fall and I found egg nog at the grocery store. Isn’t that a Christmas drink? Although I’m obviously in denial that Christmas is coming, I did make myself an egg nog latté this morning–the first of the season!

I’m working on samples for an upcoming workshop I’m teaching at Wool & Wicker in Steveston. With Cat Bordhi‘s permission I’m teaching one of her unique sock architectures from her most recent New Pathways for Sock Knitters book. I’ve barely started this sock but the linen stitch is looking pretty wonderful with the Fleece Artist hand painted that I’m using.

I’m also teaching a mittens workshop based on my Annie’s Mittens pattern. In addition to learning mitten basics, participants have an opportunity to experiment with holding two strands of self-patterning yarn together while knitting the mitten. One of the great things about this technique is that the mitten knits up quickly because it’s a much larger gauge than most projects using sock yarn.