I started to write the following post about two weeks ago, and since that time, we had a freak snowstorm last Saturday that left hundreds of thousands of people in CT without power again. Thankfully my tiny corner of CT escaped the storm with maybe an inch of snow and no outages, but our inland friends had a foot of snow, and many are still shivering at home. We're all wondering what's going on at the power companies...
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After our last taste of summer, autumn has arrived at the seashore. Because of Hurricane Irene, our leaves are not as colorful as those inland. Apparently all the salt spray in the high winds took the vibrancy out. If you've read my posts for any length of time, you know that I'm not a big fan of fall, so it doesn't much matter to me...if I can keep warm and keep my allergies somewhat under control, it's good.
Still, Chris is in high excitement for *his* favorite season, so we've been taking some road trips to cider mills, a book crawl with our friends Hobgoblin and Dorothy, and a rail trail ride this past weekend in the beautiful hilly farmlands of Hudson Valley in NY.
We also did a corn maze. They remind me so much of the English mazes I've read about, and the trivia questions to help guide you through the maze were a blast.
Rosie surveys the blocking process
Since we've been logging some serious car miles, I've finished the Summer Flies shawl, and it's blocking. I had a delicious few days deciding what project to start next.
Two years ago, I went on a Louisa Harding spree, finding many of the unique, colorful yarns her patterns require that aren't readily available. I have felt guilty that the yarn has been sitting in the bags, waiting to be knit. I've also received numerous pleading messages through Ravelry, from knitters desperate for the discontinued Thalia, a tape-style yarn that isn't easily substituted. Since both colors I have were chosen for specific projects, I turned their offers down, but decided it was time to start at least one of them, and so I chose the quicker knit, the Rose scarf.
It seems odd that there are so few knitters who knit her patterns, maybe because her yarns are not readily available? The Rose scarf page shows only fifteen projects on Ravelry. Only her free patterns, like the Juliet scarf, have many finished projects. It's such a shame, because her projects are so pretty.
A closeup of the yarn, which has four strands of wool connected by nearly invisible filaments.
The scarf is knitting up fast, but I then have 48 little roses to knit with button centers that are attached all over the scarf. Can I finish this before spring??
I am sure you can finish it, the roses make it a challenge. The green shawl is gorgeous and could not have properly blocked without Rosie's help. Oh the corn maze sounds very interesting. We have some mazes for tourist attractions, I am not sure what they are made from, we just sent all the children in and had cups of tea while we waited for them to come out!!
Posted by: 2paw | November 06, 2011 at 06:17 AM
I've never done a corn maze- I'm afraid I wouldn't find my way out!
My husband rode through CT today, Torrington and surrounding towns, and was amazed at all the trees down, and that the power was still out. I'm so grateful that once again our area was spared.
The shawl is so pretty, and so is the soon-to-be Rose scarf.
Posted by: Kristen | November 06, 2011 at 05:35 PM