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September Wrap-Up

September is a watershed month for me, with Baby’s First Pattern Released For Sale. And on top of that there was one of the most complex sock patterns I’ve tackled yet, and half of a sweater that I haven’t gotten around to photographing.

OCTOBER LEAVES FINGERLESS MITTS
October Leaves Fingerless Mitts
Pattern: October Leaves Fingerless Mitts
Yarn: Knit Picks Gloss Fingeringweight in Pumpkin
Needles: US1/2.25mm
Notes: Written up here and available for sale here on the blog and on Ravelry. As of writing this, there were 14 projects in Rav, and it’s in 200 queues and has been faved 483 times. Those numbers are both gratifying and making my head spin, and I’m so pleased at the reception my little mitts have gotten.

JADE SLIPPERS
Glass Slippers Socks
Pattern: Glass Slippers
Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in Good Luck Jade
Needles: US1/2.25mm
Notes: Writeup here.

Also on the needles: An Ivy sweater that might or might not be done in time for Rhinebeck. At this point we’re closer to “not”, sadly — but it’s not like I don’t have plenty of other things to wear!

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Green Mountains

Vermont is lovely in October. You should all get yourself a sister in Vermont so you can visit her and see things like this:

Traveling Sock Waits For The Ferry

This is the view from Grand Isle when you’re waiting for the ferry over Lake Champlain.

Traveling Sock Meets Eeyore

And this is the view of my sister’s new Basset puppy Eeyore, investigating my sock while we wait. He’s a sweetheart and a snuggler and likes to drool.

The reason for my visit was to have a road trip to the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival. So naturally it rained. Buckets and buckets of rain. (I’m sensing a theme for 2009 fiber festivals, which concerns me for Rhinebeck…) Our visit was short, since rain doesn’t really encourage lingering to watch llamas and our driver was pretty tired after a long week, but I got a few nice pictures in between raindrops:

Vermont Sheep & Wool Vermont Sheep & Wool
Vermont Sheep & Wool Vermont Sheep & Wool

I picked up some sock yarn from Green Mountain Spinnery and the Periwinkle Sheep, and even found a vendor whose name I stupidly neglected to note who had a pile of Opal Harry Potter sock yarn — so a skein of the Ron colorway might have found its way into my stash at last.

I wish the weather had been a little better, although it sounds like all the vendors did very well in spite of the rain, and I’d definitely love to try again in the future, if my sister is willing. But even if not I’ll be going back to Vermont as often as I can manage, because it’s so beautiful and restful. Think of all the knitting you can do surrounded by mountains like that…