Grey day with peek-a-boo sunshine today.  Humid too - you know, it’s an interesting change - at least for a day :)  When the monsoons stopped a couple of weeks ago, New England entered a period of almost halcyon weather - clear, sunny, soft air and moderate temperatures and it’s stayed like that!  Until today.  We won’t be having an Indian summer this year.  October is on the downhill side and we’ve yet to have our first frost.  According to the local weather critters, it doesn’t look likely for the near future either.

That’s what you come here to read, isn’t it?  Weather reports?  Heheh…

Yesterday started with cleaning up the work basket which was piled with…well…swatches mostly going back a looooooooooog time :)  The pile was getting high and precipitous and there wasn’t space for the small current projects for the detritus and scraps.  Okay - the scraps and little remainder balls got stored and the swatches were either frogged or tossed.  Anything that wasn’t being worked on currently was moved.

I had to do this because I’ve had the most appalling case of startitis :)  And I need my projects around me!  Not old, unsatisfactory abandoned ones, but the new, the current, the exciting!  Well, the new anyway :)

You know about most of these things already.  The sock has taken up residence in the kitchen because I actually seem to make more progress on it if it’s out there.  Myria cooks or cleans up and I knit on the sock and we chat.  Seems to work :)

I’m plowing along on the circular shawl and making decent progress.  Since this is the project I have to think about the most, this generally gets worked on in the morning when my brain has a modicum of focus and clarity.  I am enjoying this greatly - including watching it grow which I had serious doubts about when I started it.  I’m very happy with my fauns so far.  That’s good ‘cause there’s going to be a lot of them!

The autumn/winter shawl also gets worked on but usually in the evening because it’s brainless stockinette and doesn’t require me to be too alert.  A good thing as a rule :)  It’s about two and a half feet long now and coming along nicely.  There’s no picture though because I couldn’t seem to take a good photo this morning.  Ever have days like that?  Maybe the shawl just doesn’t want it’s portrait up here while it’s unfinished.  Think that could be the case?  No, me neither :)

I started Myria’s scarf yesterday too.  It’s been a while since I used the Merino Style yarn and my fingers had forgotten how nice it is to work with.  I’m also using the Harmony wooden needles for this and I must say the whole thing is just a pleasure :)  This will be hard to give up but I think Myria might let me borrow it on occasion if I ask nicely!

I mentioned the sock in the kitchen, and - as if that all weren’t enough - I’m thinking seriously about turning this…

...into a version of this, Fu or the Flying Bats scarf.  You all know how I feel about bats and I’ve wanted to do this pattern since it showed up.  I’ve even charted the lace for a little more ease in the working.  I admit I also get a kick out of how I envision the end result - almost formal looking at a casual glance until you get close enough to see the Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat) which is most common around here.

What the hell - every now and again you just gotta start stuff :)

Chatters is definitely on for Saturday evening.  Drop by if you’re in the virtual neighborhood!  And have a great weekend :)