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Tuesday, September 01, 2020

Bring On Fall

Happy September! I can't believe that August is already over and the unofficial start of fall is already here. I'm just back from dropping Rainbow off at school for her first day of middle school(!), and things are starting to feel decidedly autumnal. And I am here for it, let me tell you. I love the longer days of summer but long for the cooler temperatures of fall.

Once I used to get excited about the start of the new school year because it meant all those new school supplies. I still get excited about the supplies, but this year I'm hoping to start off the new year with a new sweater. I'm almost there -- last night I finished the first sleeve (except for weaving in ends) on my Torbellino:

Once I do a little weaving in of ends, I will pick up for sleeve number two. I was able to knit the first sleeve while reading, so I'm hopeful I can do the same with the second and have it finished up at about the same time I'm finishing my bingo card.

There is good news on that front -- I finished Little Dorrit last night! I really enjoyed it, except for perhaps how long it took to read, but that's really my own fault for picking such a tome. Now my focus moves to finishing up Stamped from the Beginnning; I have 188 pages left, so I'll need to read about 26 pages a day to finish it by the end of Labor Day and meet my deadline. And of course I have to read another book in the next week as well if I want to achieve my second cover-all. Please keep your fingers crossed that it's a slow work week so I can focus on reading!

I have started another project this past week, but unfortunately it's a design piece for a publication that I can't share, so instead let me share a little yarn pr0n with you:

I think we all know that I don't need any more yarn, but Lisa had a big shop update a couple of weeks ago and I had a coupon code, so I took advantage. The two skeins on the left are from her new Rain Clouds and Tie-Dye collection. On the far left is is the cool tie-dye variegated (there's a warm variegated version as well) on Lisa's newest base, a 90% superwash merino/10% nylon slub fingering weight. I plan to hold it together with the mohair/silk laceweight next to it. The other two skeins are both Lisa's Traveler sport weight base that came from her "dyer's secret stash." She occasionally offers up skeins that aren't quite up to her high standards for some reason -- they're a little short in yardage, they have a knot, they have a dye mistake, etc. These two were colorway prototypes that didn't quite make the cut, but I like them just fine. I think the more colorful of the two is going to become socks for my sister-in-law, whose foot measurements I finally got recently. The other skein I think I might need to keep for me.

That's all I've got for today -- I have to get back to my reading! Hope you're all having a great start to the month!

11 comments:

  1. I will be interested to hear how back to school goes for your daughter. Most of our schools are virtual this month. I am close to finishing the body of my sweater. I think I need to weave in the ends before I start the sleeves. Great idea.

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  2. Ohhh the sweater looks lovely - that is really fast progress, congratulations! I'm really excited to seeing this done.
    And the new yarn is WOW! The two skeins on the left are a really interesting combination, and I'm gonna look forward to seeing the socks! :)

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    1. Everyone keeps telling me that I'm knitting up this sweater so quickly, but I feel like I've been working on it forever! I guess my sense of time is just completely warped.

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  3. I hope Rainbow has a wonderful year in middle school with no virus complications for her and worry for you. Our district was all set to go back in person but 10 teachers got sick from a meeting so now they're virtual. You've got plenty of reading, a lovely sweater, and beautiful yarn to keep you busy!

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  4. Fingers crossed for y'all this week - I'm sure Rainbow had SO MUCH to share when she got home today!! and yay for the knitting and stash enhancement. I've been doing a bit of those two things myself and have one more shipment coming to nail down the Fall Queue.

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  5. My fingers are ALWAYS crossed for a slow work week :p

    Your sweater is looking so great - you're going to be wearing it in no time.

    I hope Rainbow's first day of school went well! I hope she enjoyed seeing her friends again!

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    1. She was talking a mile a minute when I picked her up, so I think it was a good first day!

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  6. That skein on the right looks ripe for a pretty wonderful autumn knit for yourself!! I am curious how Stamped compares to How to Be... Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. Good luck with your double coverall finish! You're insipiring me for next year. But only if we start early again :)

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  7. And a giant P.S. Here's to Rainbow's First Day Back! May the force...and the facemask...be with her :) BTW, did I somehow miss a picture of the RBG mask? I hope not. I better scroll through and double-check.

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  8. Fingers crossed for your second coverall! (and I simply love Lisa's Floof! It is one of the yarns from my Evening Dew Cardi!)

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  9. Ahhh, happy September. Your sweater is so, so pretty. I love it! The colors just work so well together. Also love your new yarn stash - fun colors. Wishing Rainbow a fabulous and healthy year in Middle School!

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