Three days ago, I snapped a couple of shots of the beautiful trees in the shopping area nearest us. Love the yellows and oranges. But this maple on the parkway behind the newspaper office (The Union) cranks the color up a notch or two. Is that crazy stunning, or what?! Not sure, but it might be an October Glory.
However, generally the fall colors are beginning to fade, now, a week before Thanksgiving. The storms hasten the process, a bit. Tonight, for example, a big one is moving in to stay for the weekend and there are consistent predictions of the first snow fall of the season at our elevation. I hope so. I love the snow. It's hard to bid farewell to the colors, but I love snow.
You see where I'm going with this, right? It's colder and that puts me in a mood for knitting. I don't remember the last projects I posted, but I'm pretty sure I haven't displayed the two most recent scarves I made to play with the new diagonal pattern I learned. I made them last spring, actually, and gave one to my sister--though not sure which without running upstairs to see which one I have left. This technique shows off the colors in "printed" yarn.
I'm mostly interested in playing with colors, these days. The first project of the season was a pair of mukluks. You might be able to see that they are not the same because I was testing out some color-pattern techniques I found on the internet (which is where I found the instructions for the slippers) so that I can plug my own ideas into a given project.
First, I made the socks and could have just left it at that. But I found the soles at Ben Franklin (near the red maple--see how I weave a theme in these things?) and then, after cutting them apart and resewing them so as to fit the socks (and, incidentally, my feet), I laced them together. I think they're fun and will be very toasty this winter.
Tonight, I will start on a cardigan to learn how to work colors into a pattern that doesn't call for any decoration. That's how I watch TV. By the by, we think Modern Family (Wed. nights) is the most perfectly-crafted comedy we've ever seen. Cracks us up every time, but it also carries a theme throughout the half-hour so brilliantly that I'm always left in awe of the show at the end. Seriously. It's funny.
That's all, for now. But--oh, yeah--also check out Terriers, if you haven't had a chance, yet. Funky--takes some getting used to. Might have to see it from the beginning of the season to get the gist. And it's in color (see?).
