As August Draws to a Close...

It's been a very busy month. Summer is a wonderful time of year. However, my favorite season is Autumn. The seasons of transition are always so intriguing to me and the fall season hear in the Pacific Northwest is mostly beautiful. November is very rainy, but September and October are generally very nice. Seeing the leaves change and celebrating Halloween have been my favorite fall events since I was a kid. I would rake the leaves into a pile for my own amusement.

My older son's school starts next week and it's amazing to think about how quickly the summers tend to fly by. After a week of several days of 90 degree weather, we're suddenly only hitting daily highs in the 60's and 70's...it feels so strange, yet I'm thankful for a bit of a cool down.

Doesn't it make you think of a cozy jacket or sweater? I wore a hat yesterday (mostly to cover up my frizzy hair). Getting ready for a 9:00 AM dress fitting didn't fit with doing my hair. My teal hat matched my bridesmaid dress, which wasn't on purpose at the time. The kind attendant complimented the coordination of color.

Here's a little selfie for your amusement...please ignore the messy hair.

The lovely teal yarns arrived this week along with a beautiful skein for a knit along I wanted to start this week. I can't wait to start playing with the yarn to make a lovely gift...

Sadly, the edging for my test knit will take a significant amount of time to wrap up. It looks lovely, yet I'm nervous about my patience. I'm supposed to have 720 stitches to bind off with the edging and only 3 stitches of the body are knitted together every 12 row repeat. I'm working on my 10th repeat after frogging back a bit. I had dropped a stitch and there was a gap I didn't like. I'm hopeful that I can get through much of it this weekend. There wasn't much time to knit on Saturday.

With all of the KALs and CALs happening, it's nice to take a peek at some of the great patterns that are newly available. The one pattern that caught my eye is Verena Cohrs' Divining Tee. Here is a great image of it. There is also a long-sleeved slouchy sweater version that is beautiful as well. The simple details and lines are stunning.

A different WIP that I had started has now been frogged. My start on Caitlin Hunter's Alyeska...I say good bye. I've decided that I want to change a color and would like to convert it into a cardigan.

I hope you have a great week. Happy crafting!