So it's already October...

Whoops!

I haven't posted in a while (pretty obvious from the fact that September came and went already), but the weather is starting to cool down a little and I'm knitting again. Of course, the weather is just teasing us really, since we're going to have some 90-degree temps next week. Ah well, November is right around the corner!

In the meantime, I've started my first sweater! This is the big project that I mentioned in the last post. I'm making the Tilted Duster from Interweave Knits Fall 2007 (it's the cover pattern). I'm using the same yarn and color as pictured (Berroco Peruvia in the color Purpura). So far I love it, but I'm only part way through the back. Still, the yarn is nice, it's a pleasant change to be knitting on size 9 needles (instead of my usual size 1) and I'm almost (not quite) getting gauge. According to my swatch I had stitch gauge but not quite row gauge. I choose not to worry about this. I'm short anyway, and the duster is long, so if I don't quite have as many rows as I should, I think it will all work itself out.

It's October and that means Socktoberfest. Yet, I'm not sure I'll participate this year. I love knitting socks, but since socks were all I worked on for months this year, I'm feeling a bit of burnout and I'm just not sure I can knit socks right now, especially on size 1 needles. But we'll see. I do have some Collinette Jitterbug yarn in the color Monet that I'm itching to see turn into a simple stockinette sock, so I might just get that started some time next week.

Until next time (hopefully before the month of October is gone), happy knitting!