I heard Eartha Kitt singing Santa Baby this week and that was it: I am officially ready for a winter break! Like an inadequately trained marathon runner stumbling the finish line, but ready all the same. First up, when I finish meeting deadlines for the year: caking some yarn.
Folks, this is all that remains of my stripey Vesper Sock, from Knitterly Things. Julia stopped shipping to Canada years ago and is still producing the most magnificent colourways anyway!
Torture, but here we are.
The purple-beige-y one is a Madelinetosh Vintage DK from maaaaany years ago, which I plan to turn into a pair of Ferryboat Mitts from Churchmouse. I've linked to the entire Mitts page there because omigosh, since I bought the pattern it's been rewritten to suit so many different yarns.
Second: dedicated time to browse the Churchmouse Studio site. I did love when it was still a whole store with the very best stitch markers and other treats, but Churchmouse patterns have always been that perfect combo of Looks Amazing, Knits Easy, and Clear Instructions. *Highly* recommend.
I'm also kind of obsessing lately about making a throw blanket this winter. That would be a terrible mistake because of what happened last winter, when I obsessed about making an Icelandic sweater. The weight of it kinda broke a nerve in my right arm which is still not right, all these months later. And what I really want is to crochet one. The reason I didn't keep on with crochet after my mum finally got the basics through my head is that... working the hook was hard on my right arm.
Still. BLANKIE!
The one I've settled on is, of course, on display at Attic 24, the best possible place to look at colour and Yorkshire gorgeousness. Specifically, the Hydrangea Blanket, as it seems to be the easiest stitch to get started with, and the least twisty on one's wrist. But I also love love love the classic Granny Stripe Blanket, and the Harmony Blanket.
All of these (the granny stripe is called The Original) can be purchased as kits through Lucy's page at Wool Warehouse in the UK, and that's my intention... but as much as I love her colour combinations, into which I know she puts a ton of work, the blanket I imagine will mimic all the colours in our living room drapes.
Which are not precisely Lucy's preferred palette. So I might just make up my own colours and donate to her site separately, as a kit-adjacent purchase. After enjoying her site for so many years: least I can do!
One last thing before I drag myself back to the marathon that is me finishing the year with not one but two complete manuscripts of new work. I caught sight of something on a walk this week and realized, barely, that I had taken a picture of it on a previous walk. Same time of day, slightly different cloud level. This what a difference a week makes, in autumn:
Time flies, my friends, and it's up to us to use it well! In my case, by trying not to use it at all.
Have a great weekend, and I'll see you next Saturday!
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