All the good stuff::

~On Sept 21st this blog will contain a year's worth of archives!

~Our little knitting group started up again this week AND we're going to make the trip to Rhinebeck. I'm so excited. Prepare the sheep for sheering.

~I was feeling bummed about the lack of new knitting material up on the web (come on people, give me some new posts!!), but then I turned to Knitty and *poof* the world is grand again.

~Obviously I'm going to have to knit Foliage before Oct 20. Pssst check out Henry too, I love it!

Getting in the Fall spirit, here's the sun setting on some Foliage from last weekend:

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Sarcelle

Between back to school meetings, nestifying my room, and research, I found time to finish Sarcelle!

Project Details ~
Pattern:: Sarcelle from one of the ladies at Knitters Anon
Needles:: 3 mm Addi Turbos
Yarn:: Malabrigo lace weight in the Glazed Carrot Colorway (2 skeins)
Modifications:: To make a skinnier version, I worked two increase sections (for 5 repeats of the pattern across each row). As for length, I kept working until I was about to run out of yarn! It gave me a scarf which is 5'5'' long.


Now all I need is some cool, apple picking weather and Sarcelle keeping my neck cozy. It'll be the perfect compliment to the Tilted Duster in the current IK. I have the yarn, the pattern, and the needles, but I think this project will wait until after I finish a couple of baby pinwheel sweaters for some new kids on the block.

We spent the weekend in Conway, NH. Swimming in the river and soaking in the final heat of summer. Since I couldn't go away without some knitting, I picked up some balls of wool and made two bowls ~ I'll post the details after they're felted.

Sweater Talk - find it here

Super busy with first week of school stuff, but I wanted to pop in. Sarcelle is almost finished. It may even be finished by tomorrow *fingers crossed*. Pictures will be posted.

In other news, I ordered some yarn to make a baby pinwheel sweater.

AND

I would have never thought of making this.
If I hadn't seen this!

Now Tubey is on my list of future sweaters! I like the solid version so much more, and I would have never seen through the stripes to envision it solid. THIS is why I can't wait until my Ravely invite comes in the mail. ahhh to see all the versions of patterns being knit on the internet or interknit... A bit silly, but that's what happens when your day is spent in a cube.

After about four months away, I'm back in Boston! The traveling back from the west coast was easy, but it was so hard to leave behind the great company and neighborhood in Berkeley! The major changes in the Berkeley to Boston transition:: Article Pract will be replaced by some Boston yarn shops (I still don't have an absolute favorite here in Bean Town). Ici will be replaced by JP licks (this is a trade I'm willing to make, they both have such great homemade ice cream). A mild winter will be replaced by ice and snow and cold. cold. cold.

While waiting in the airport, I had time to put together a book of my summer using Blurb. If you haven't heard about this site yet, check it out! You download a little program and use it to format a book using your text and pictures. Then you can order your book (in hardcover or paperback!) and share it with friends.

Over the weekend I stayed in PA for a visit with my family ~ we're now a family with FOUR siblings in full-time undergrad and grad programs, and luckily we all had some time to come back home and hang out this weekend. It's crazy!

Some end of summer shots around the house.




And lately, no trip home is complete without a stop at the amusement park. I forgot how much fun it is at night. It's great that the park is still dark enough to make the neon lights of the rides really pop out of the dark sky. Let's hope they don't add any bright unnecessary lights because it would definitely decrease the thrill of seeing the rides light up.


Now it's time to make some serious research progress and begin studying for my exams. I'll need something to remind me of the world that exists beyond energy and econ, so I'm sure my knitting time will only suffer by a small margin. Speaking of knitting ~ I have some major progress to share!! *big hint:: Sarcelle scarf and EZ sweater* I haven't taken the update shots yet, so you'll find it in a post later this week.

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