In light of the fact that I do not have any Chrysanthemums to take pictures of these in, Sydney and I traipsed around our hood looking for photo ops. First, we found a stump.



Then, a “ladder” that I would not trust with my weight, but that seemed plenty strong enough to hold a pair of socks.


…and then we found the barrel cacti. I’m not much for prickly pears, but we have a few barrel cacti that have charmed me. I’m always pleased when there’s a new one in the bunch.


These socks require concentration. I wouldn’t recommend knitting them while operating heavy machinery, but they are totally worth it. This is another lovely pattern from Hunter Hammersen and I’m very pleased with it in spite of the pain that I went through with the picot edging. In the end, I figured it out and now I feel like a bona fide knitting genius (I just learned that bona fide is two words, so clearly, not a real genius, but a knitting genius nonetheless).
Mine raveled here

Ps. These were the socks I wanted to finish for Socktoberfest. I was only a bit late.
Pps. Check out what others have finished at Tami’s Amis and Wisdom begins in Wonder and Natural Suburbia

I sent my Annetrelac socks to the Texas State Fair and was pleased as punch that they won Honorable Mention. I was super excited to win because after I finished them, all I could think was how mohair must be the most unforgiving fiber on earth.


When J took a niece to the State Fair, he was nice enough to snap some pics…which I really appreciated because the last weekend of the Fair snuck up on me.
Socks raveled here

This baby hat is ALMOST finished. I just need to sew on the flower, but as I’m too busy following the election happenings on twitter to sew it on, I’m blogging WIP Wednesday and saving that for another day.

This is the Lion Brand Yarn free pattern Cloche with Small Flower. I just learned what a cloche is – a fitted, bell-shaped hat invented by Caroline Reboux in 1908. The name is from the French word for “bell”…but, you probably already knew that.

Mine raveled here

Ps. Check out what other folks are working on at Tami’s Amis.