Projects for September/October
1) Socks for my Mum's birthday, which I finished on the 1st of October, just in time. My first attempt at socks, so I was pleased with the outcome. Knitted in 100% wool from the stash (they are supposed to be thick - my Mum likes warm bedsocks for the winter)
2) Blanket for christmas for a friend. I'm knitting it in 5 strips of 5 blocks to make a patchwork blanket. I finished the first strip yesterday. Knitted in acrylic, since she wants something easy to clean.
3) Snowman. Yes, it's early, but I wanted something fun and fast to knit between other projects. There'll be no pictures until I find some orange yarn for the nose.
4) Dad's sweater. I've finally finished the front and cast on the back. Hopefully it will be done by his birthday in March. It will not be finished for christmas, because Nano just takes up too much time.
5) I dyed some yarn too. My first time dying myself, because I hated the colour. It used to be Rowan Magpie in natural that I found in a charity shop. The skien was all tangled, so I unravelled it, reskiened and then dyed. My skien wrapping isn't great either but it worked well enough. Now a lovely green colour...
In reading, I have now read 41 books this year, which will be 42 when I finish The Scarlet Letter. Slightly OT, in honour of starting my English course, my halloween pumpkin this year is Shakespeare:
What is everyone else doing? I feel like the only poster... it's lonely.