Pumpkin Sunrise

Oh Autumn, you thrill me so!  In honor of a spectacular show of changing leaves and temperatures, I bring to you the happy list: -warm houses, cool breezes and a shift in the sunlight's angle -crunching leaves under foot -spying bouquets of mums in driveways, on porches and in stores -maple trees, oak trees, and walnut trees -squirrels who see the glass half full as they cross the roads -my deer who know me and I know them -blue skies, gray skies, cloudy skies, and rainy skies -fleece wearing mornings -pumpkins!!  on porch steps and in desserts -the scent of cinnamon and cloves -turning on the heat instead of the air conditioner -thoughts of holiday list making and gift making -wearing wool socks, mitts, cowls -hot cups of tea in the evening -country drives for aimless sight seeing miles What would make your Happy List this fine Friday? Have a wonderful weekend :)

Remember all of that car knitting?  Well I'm nearly done with the cowl I started last week.  I altered the pattern quite a bit and I think I'll be making more if I like how it blocks and wears.  I have a few skeins in my stash that would look lovely.  And this could be my Christmas knitting. My reading continues to be the same.  As I said last week, I'm enjoying the story and I'm taking forever to read the book. What are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

I finished this shawl a few weeks ago and was delayed sharing the results but here it is.  I enjoyed the construction of the shawl, short row shaping and asymmetry were paired together to create an almost triangular shawl. I wish that the shawl was bigger, much bigger.  I usually do not block garter stitch shawls aggressively because I love the garter stitch squish factor.  However, this shawl needed to be blocked for the length needed to wrap around comfortably.  Once blocked I was pleased with the shawl :) I wonder if a thicker yarn would have been a better choice?  If I do make this shawl again, that is what I would chose-a heavy fingering weight.  I loved how the pattern was written, and the construction was fun to watch unfold.