sunshine won't go away

fall is here - though you wouldn't know it by the weather we're having in la lately. fall is my absolute favorite season. i love the cooling weather, the turning leaves (what we get of them) and everything else it brings. it did get cold for a couple of weeks, and we even saw a few drops of rain, but this weekend is supposed to be crazy warm. at least i get to go up for northern california for thanksgiving in a couple of weeks. it's not new england but it's definitely more season up there and it should resemble fall up there.

sadly i find that there's little time to knit these days, what with work and other obligations. however, there has been knitting going on and even an fo or two. first up are the yellow harvest mittens from the most recent vogue knitting.



pattern: yellow harvest mittens (my ravelry page here)

yarn: 0.75 skeins of malabrigo merino worsted in lettuce

needles: us 7 dpn for the cuff and us 8 dpn for rest of mittens

notes: used an i-cord cast on as someone suggested. it was a bit fiddly at first trying to keep the stitches from stretching out too far but overall i liked the result. i used smaller needles to make a tighter fitting cuff and because i have small hands. they're actually still a bit long for my hands. they look a lot harder to make than they actually are and i love the bobble action.

i am starting to think about christmas knitting, which is kind of crazy. i can't believe christmas is almost upon once again. i don't usually knit too many christmas presents but i do think i'll probably make something for my parents and brother, as they seem to appreciate the handknits.

6 days until the twilight movie comes out. i have my tickets, do you?