Where I'm At

(Apologies to the grammar police - the above is one of my LEAST favorite phrases, but it does have a catchy ring to it..... soo.......I used it anyway.)

Fall has finally arrived here.  Or maybe winter.  It doesn't seem entirely certain as we had snow in the mountains here this weekend and Monday morning, which is a far cry from the 90-degree weather we had the previous weekend.  Nothing like just jumping in with both feet, eh? Slightly more moderate temps with highs in the 70s here for the rest of the week. 

Diggs and I rode training tours 5 days last week, and managed to sneak in a quick tour on Saturday before the rain that heralded the front arrived midday.  And in between times, I've been making some progress on various knitting projects.

My "Birdsfoot Stole" a Virtual Yarns kit is perhaps 30% done.  It is a soothing, relaxing knit and I totally loved sitting with my feet up on Sunday, listening to it rain, watching some football and letting the stole cover my knees.

I may be gifting this to a worthy recipient who is going through a rough patch right now, but I'm not 100% sure it's a color she'll like.  This capercaille in the Hebridian 2-ply is the devil to photograph.  It's not this dark.  But it's also not this light:

Somewhere in between maybe.

Anyhoo, I will see the possible giftee in about a week, and I thought I'd subtly find out if this might suit her.  If it does, then I can finish it up and send it to her as a surprise gift.  If it's not her cuppa tea, it will not pain me in the least to keep it for myself!

I have been stalled on the edging of the Victorian Lace Today scarf I'm working on out of Kidsilk Haze.  I've not gotten the edging pattern going into an easy groove, so it's a slow-going, count the rows/stitches kind of process, and I've been preferring to plop myself down for an easy 30 minutes of knitting a night, while skeining for Miriam's new shawl pattern in the upcoming kit for the store.  If I can get motivated for a bit mid-week, I have some horse doctor appointments to sit and wait at, which might be a good time to get un-stalled on that project too.

All for now....

Comments

[margene]

I have Bird's Foot envy. It should be a beautiful week...this time of year we get bumps in the (weather) road but they are short lived.

[AmyP]

It looks like a nice shade of red-ish/purple yarn and a fairly simple pattern to work on!
At least you got Summer this year. Over here it's been cold, wet and miserable all season!

[Beth S.]

I completely understand the impossible-to-photograph color. I had that issue with my Shetland Triangle. But every single Virtual Yarns color is to die for, so I know your shawl is beautiful! ;-)

[Mary Lou]

That is a gorgeous color, I've seen it up close and personal, but so hard to take photos of those reds and tweedy things. Hope the vet visits are not serious.

[Sheepish Annie]

The shawl is lovely and I'm willing to bet that the recipient will be thrilled with it. Nice work!

We are looking at 90 degree temperatures tomorrow up here...not shawl weather at all! Darn it. I just bought this beautiful wrap and I'm dying to wear it!!!

[Alarming Female]

That's Utah for you--5.5 months of summer, 5.5 months of winter, 2 weeks of spring and 2 weeks of fall. If you're lucky.

[Laurie]

I have the Birdsfoot kit. Please keep providing visual inspiration. Love Margene's Seaweed shawl, so yours should be just as beautiful.

I, for one, am not unhappy to hear about snow in Utah.

[Margaret]

Birdsfoot has such a beautiful texture. I think the color is gorgeous, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. And if the worst that can happen is that you have to keep it?

Around here, folks like to ask where something is located at.

[Karen]

If I were you, I'd almost be wishing it wasn't her cup of tea. ;)

[vanessa]

oooh, i love capercaille! and all the other virtual colors.....