Let’s pretend for a moment that it’s fall…

I look so warm and snuggly.

It actually wasn’t a bad day for these pictures. There is a front coming through (can you hear the thunder?), and that has made is nice and cool and overcast. I’ve also got a close-up of the neck and a gratuitous shot of me playing with a hermit crab. It’s still full in the shoulders but fits great through the torso. I’m pretty happy with Gatsby and am looking forward to wearing it For Real.

I’ve also been practicing jacard.

Looks better already (Emily rolls her eyes).

I got out my Big Book of Knitting and am swatching some of the color charts in it. I figure, if I do a swatch a day, I will be ready to start the Huntington Thing by the time I am finished with M’s vest. I have my fingers crossed. If I’m not ready, I can always make Deja Vu Honey, a bucket hat or (and this is very exciting) order more yarn and make something else! Salt Peanuts maybe, I am a real fan of that one. Do you think it would work with a cotton tape yarn instead of wool tape? I could get more wear out of it that way.

While I was at Amazon looking up the above link, I couldn’t resist peaking at this other book that I covet. Mmmmm…boy sweaters.