Fall Fun!

Leaves!

Pumpkins!
And most likely, the last cut flowers from our garden for the year.
Hope Fall Fun finds you to!
Jess

Good 'ole October

I should have had more faith in the unpredictability of October weather.
We are expecting 65 degrees today! and even better, we are expecting to have a pleasant night for trick-or-treating tomorrow!
Whew,
Jess

Here we go

Well, I don't know if you all out there in the internet know, but it snowed today.

I am going to pretend it didn't happen.

Look at the weather yesterday:

Yes, that is the Elder Hug-a-Bug wearing short sleeves. Have a good night,

Don't forget your booties, 'cause it's cold out there...

Jess

Baking

Banana Muffins

Need I say more?

Bless me Blogger, for I have sinned

I have a confession to make.

It has to do with criminal activity in my past.

When I was in my early teens, I would visit my friend down the street and we would watch 'R' rated movies.

She had the cable.

I was powerless.

Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Creepshow, Dirty Dancing.

I watched them all.

I hereby formally make my apologies to my parents.

It is to that last movie that I want to continue my discussion.

I just downloaded the soundtrack from Dirty Dancing.

It rocks so hard.

I clearly couldn't listen to this soundtrack at the time, as I was supposed not to have seen it.

I am listening to it right now, and it is the perfect mix of fun '60s pop and super wank '80s pop.

Is there a piece of music that embodies the musical spirit of 1987 more than "I've Had the Time of My Life?" or "She's Like the Wind?"

Continuing down memory lane, I realized today that the Elder Hug-a-Bug is finally big enough to wear my favorite dress of all time, the Curtain Dress.

My mom made me the Curtain Dress when I was about 4 or 5 and I wore that thing all of the time. I wore it for years.

I loved this dress.

It is assembled from two cafe-length curtains, one printed and one sheer and a sheer valance.

It is a masterpiece of my mom's technical sewing prowess.

When she isn't spinning, I hope to share a better photo.

Well, the weather is getting colder here, but we were able to have a lunch-time picnic earlier this week.

So I leave this post with these warmish happy memories.

Have a great Wednesday,

Jess

I won't be a cliche

So there's that saying that shoemaker's children have no shoes.

I realized the other day that my children had no mittens for the winter.

Well I will not be the knitting teacher whose children go without warm things for winter.

These are for the Elder Hug-a-Bug.

The mittens are NHM #5 from Selbuvotter by Terri Shea. The pattern is written for a toddler-sized mitten at 8 stitches to the inch, but I made them at 6 stitches to the inch and they fit a 4-nearly-5 year-old hand.

This book is an examination of a style of knitting begun in the middle of the 19th century and which became the basis for what everyone considers traditional Norwegian mittens and gloves.

Terri Shea took photos of original mittens and charted them for modern use.

This is a fascinating collection and I am very tempted to make each and every pair in here.

The hat is the Norwegian Star from Hats On! by Charlene Schurch. I ran out of white yarn after the design as you see it, so I omitted the lice stitch on the crown.

I begin a Norwegian Mittens class this afternoon and I plan to make a pair for the Younger Hug-a-Bug as my demonstration mittens.

I have domestic responsibilities to which I must tend (doesn't that sound nicer than I have to take out the garbage?)

Enjoy your Sunday!

Jess

Mmmm

When the weather starts getting a little chillier it just feels right to make a butter delivery system, I mean bake some bread...

What are your fall rituals?

Jess