Rain, darkness when I get up and all those “first day at school” pictures (shudder)… whatever happened to summer?
Now that it is September, Knit Night has returned to my favourite local yarn shop. Having come to the end of my charity blanket marathon, my current project is the honeycomb cable socks.
These are not suitable for a night of knitting and chatting as too much concentration is required. With this in mind, I returned to the chunky wool from the crochet jumper I frogged a little while ago. Whilst still at home, I cast on the stitches required and so I was ready to knit and be sociable simultaneously last night.
It’s rather nice to have a project that is growing quickly. I very rarely use chunky wool because I’m not keen on knitting with big fat needles (this project uses 8mm needles), but it’s fun sometimes.
In September I also want to publish a knitting pattern, so I am busily testing the chart I have created and making sure that the numbers of stitches work. Watch this space if you want a hat with a Halloween theme… complete with skulls!
So, those are three knitting projects on the go and no crochet. Actually, I do have three separate crochet projects to finish, but for one reason or another none of them are currently inspiring me. I do, however, now have all the yarn I require for my Sophie’s Universe blanket, and so I will begin that soon. Hopefully it will grow bigger as the weather cools and I can snuggle underneath whilst I work on it through the winter.
If I am to meet my 17 for 2017 target, there need to be two further pairs of socks before the end of the year, but otherwise there will be no new projects… well, that’s the plan.
So, I’m interested… with the turning of the seasons, what are your creative plans for northern hemisphere winter/southern hemisphere summer?
The Snail of Happiness 
Laurie Graves
/ September 8, 2017Oh, those shades of blue! And each time of year brings different projects. I love living in a place where there are distinct seasons.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 8, 2017Yes, although I sometimes curse the drawing in of the evenings, I do really like the year’s cycle and the changes it brings.
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Laurie Graves
/ September 8, 2017I know. I feel the same way. The passage of summer to autumn is bittersweet.
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Annie
/ September 8, 2017To finish Steve’s wedding anniversary gift. If I never see another kloster block again…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 8, 2017just keep at it – you will get there!
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Annie
/ September 11, 2017Moved on from kloster blocks, past blanket stitch, sailed the Algerian eyelets and am on to bullion knots now. Not sure about the silk ribbon embroidery, it would have to be VERY thin ribbon.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 12, 2017Margaret at Crafty Creek has been doing some beautiful silk ribbon embroidery: https://thecraftycreek.com/2017/08/27/flower-lattice-stitch-a-long-15/
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katythenightowl
/ September 8, 2017I love those socks – the pattern looks lovely, and the colour is wonderful 🙂
Having spoken with you earlier, I’m definitely going to finish my Mandala Madness circular blanket now – you really are inspiring me, bless you! 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017I am so rubbish – Jon printed out the first pages of his new book and I was supposed to bring it round with me and I completely forgot. You know what I said about forgetting things even when they were right by the front door? Well, that’s exactly what happened. I will drop it off later.
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katythenightowl
/ September 9, 2017Is it near completed then? Yay!
Mind you, I would have loved to read it – but I guess, this way, it’ll be a complete surprise once it’s all finished!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017He’s still working on it, but you will get the first 30 pages soon.
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katythenightowl
/ September 10, 2017I look forward to reading them 🙂 x
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Annie
/ September 11, 2017I’m looking forward to his new book too!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 12, 2017Maybe he’ll send a bit your way too.
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thecontentedcrafter
/ September 8, 2017Those sock look way too pretty to hide beneath shoes and trousers – the colour is gorgeous and the pattern complex……… So envious of you clever sock knitters!
I was gifted garden shop vouchers for my birthday, so something I thought would not eventuate this summer will indeed bloom and flourish 🙂 So over the next weeks I’ll be busy thinking about, choosing and planting up the tiny courtyard. I am really glad to hear Max is feeling better.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017Please do share pictures of your tiny patch – I love experiencing spring vicariously as the nights draw in here.
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Catherine
/ September 8, 2017Such a pretty blue! Good luck with your pattern. I’m looking forward to getting back into my RSN classes, starting up a new stitching class, and developing my own designs! So plenty to keep me out of trouble!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017That sounds lovely. I bet the classes are great.
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katechiconi
/ September 8, 2017I don’t really change what I’m making by the season, except that I try and avoid projects that put a great big quilt in my lap for long periods in the middle of summer! We don’t have enough variation in season, really. Warm, dry and sunny to hot, humid and sunny. I’ll never be a knitter, I suspect!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017If I lived where you do, I’d probably be knitting lace!
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katechiconi
/ September 9, 2017That sounds lovely! Why not some nice fine, soft Shetland wool lace for your winter project, though…?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017Only if I have some of the right sort of yarn in my stash… I have vowed to buy no more this year!
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katechiconi
/ September 9, 2017That sounds like a promise just made to be broken, but I think your willpower must be stronger than mine…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 10, 2017I already have so much yarn that I really want to enjoy, so I have unsubscribed from all the emails from yarn sellers and when I get a desire to buy any, I go and fondle my stash!
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katechiconi
/ September 10, 2017So long as it doesn’t make you sad not to acquire some more lovely yarn for your ‘collection’ – I think you’re more of a curator than a hoarder!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 11, 2017Oh, I like the idea of being a curator.
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katechiconi
/ September 11, 2017There’s always a nicer word for our mutual problem! Having said that, though, I rarely buy fabric now without a specific project destination for it. Less stash-building, more stash-redundancy!
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tialys
/ September 9, 2017I love that blue of the first pair of socks.
Here in S.W. France we had a storm at the end of August and, as seems to happen every year, the very next day autumn appeared to have arrived with fresher mornings and evenings even though the daytime temperatures can still be very warm. I think autumn is my favourite time of year here – or it might be spring…..
Anyway, I might be able to bear having the great big fluffy pieces of my second boyfriend cardigan in my lap soon as, although I finished the knitting part of it as Spring started warming up, I still need to do the assembling 😦
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017Assembling is my least favourite part of knitting… I think that’s why I like making socks so much!
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nanacathy2
/ September 9, 2017Your sock yarn is glorious, it almost makes me want to knit some. I look forward to seeing the hat, I do know a certain teen who might like one! Thanks for the kind offer to pattern test for me. I have now found my notes- 17 years old! I do take my time with things. I shall now attempt to follow them myself, before asking you please to take a look. You really are a jolly nice person.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017No problem… it will be a vintage pattern before it’s even published!
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KerryCan
/ September 9, 2017It’s interesting, isn’t it, how our crafting changes with the seasons? Autumn leads me to hand quilting, to have that big blanket over my lap, and definitely to different colors for weaving.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017I have a nasty habit of changing project with the changing season and leaving a work in progress… I must learn to finish things once they are started and not tuck them away to be forgotten (I’m not good at getting back to stalled projects).
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ September 9, 2017Oooh, honeycomb socks! Now those DO look cosy! I’m glad you’ve found a pattern for your chunky wool as well, and please give me a heads-up when your hat pattern is released… I am quite the fan of things with skulls on them! My winter crafting plans are all about getting market-ready for the Christmas season – gulp! But I am looking forward to making a bunch of Beasties in cosy knitted hats and scarves! Happy crafting 😀
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 9, 2017I’m testing the pattern out and hopefully (if I don’t get distracted) it will be ready soon. I will probably also make some hats to sell in my etsy shop for those who, unlike you, don’t knit.
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ September 11, 2017Aaah, those poor souls… They don’t know what they’re missing! 😉
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 11, 2017They should have a support group!
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ September 12, 2017Definitely… Then if they’re lucky, some generous person might show up to a meeting and teach them to cast on! And so the addiction begins…
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Helen
/ September 11, 2017I love autumn and winter as it means crochet time 😃. Great that you have a shop which has Knit Night. I’m trying to buck up the courage to go to a daytime knitting circle at a craft cafe in a neighbouring village….
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 12, 2017I do find that it takes a bit of effort to go to a new group like that – hopefully they will all be very welcoming when you do get there.
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Helen
/ September 12, 2017I will try this autumn, I think…
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