An October Update

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It is definitely Fall around here. The weather is pleasantly cool and breezy. The leaves are changing and piling up. Thanks to a few visits to a local pumpkin patch, I’ve got plenty of pumpkins to set the mood (and carve into Jack-o-lanterns).

Library courtyards remain excellent places to cast on for second socks. I haven’t talked much about this particular pair yet, but they got me to try something new - cabling on the wrong side of the work. The process is a little fiddly, but the results - a no purl princess sole - are totally worth it. I’m thinking about writing up the pattern in a few more sizes, but we’ll see when that happens.

A grey skein and a purple skein of Berroco Weekend yarn.

These unassuming skeins of Berroco Weekend have been sitting in my stash waiting for just the right pattern for years. Said pattern* just so happened to fall into my inbox recently! I pulled out all the yarn from my stash and knit the first piece as a swatch. This is going to be such a wonderful blanket. The only problem is that I don’t have quite enough yarn. I’ve had some luck finding skeins on Etsy, but I’m still a few short. Wish me luck for the search!

Two knit pumpkins stacked on top of each other next to a sign that says "Hello Pumpkin"

A couple of quick little pumpkins grew off my needles this month! I used the Spice & Clove pattern from Knit Picks which makes for a nice, easily modifiable gourd. The first I knit as written, and the second I knit to 72 sts around and 12 rows tall before decreases. It’s just a bit bigger which is perfect. They both got packed up in a box with the “Hello Pumpkin” sign (made that too!) and mailed off to their new pumpkin patch. Maybe knitting pumpkins is one of my new Fall traditions.

All the email marketing in my inbox and Christmas stuff showing up in the stores already (just let me enjoy Halloween first), keeps telling me it’s time to start working on my gift knits. So, I’m grudgingly making up an end of year gift / things I want to make list. That fun blanket is on it. Ornaments, hats, and socks too. I’m aiming to keep the list short this year, so if something fun catches my eye (or if I want to sleep in), I can.

*This blanket is going to be a gift, so I’m keeping the details a surprise for now.