Fall... finally!

I admit that I don't complain when summer ends. Of course I love the heat and sunshine and all the outdoor stuff but let's face it, fall is by far the best season. Sweaters, boots, hot tea, hats and many cozy evenings by the fire place. It's been rather quiet around here lately. Sorry about that. I could use an extra 5 hours every day. But oh well, only one more week of full time work and then I'll have a couple days off in October before school starts. There'll definitely be many cozy evenings spent in my comfy chair, knitting.
This season I'm most looking forward to baking lots of apple pies (there's a huge apple tree in my garden with delicious apples!), cozy evenings spent with friends knitting and the mandatory fall walks. Also, some craft shows and the famous book fair in Frankfurt. And it's time to make some personal craft projects to decorate my new space. So many ideas, so little time...

52 Knits // Leaf Lace Shawl

Pattern: Leaf Lace Shawl by Cayli Harris

Yarn Used: One skein Zitron Filigran (100% Merino)

Needles: 3.5mm circular needles

Modifications: None

Note: This shawl took me only a little over a year. Hah! Let's be honest here, knitting the same pattern repeat over and over and over again is awfully boring. After several looong breaks, changing the needles at least five times to use them for other projects and switching to different cords whenever I needed the length of cord it was currently on and lots of complaining to my fellow knit friends about the extent to which I'm bored by this project, I finally made it through!

I love love love the result and I've worn the scarf several times. The sudden change of color of the yarn isn't too distracting when wearing the scarf. The yarn itself is wonderfully soft and was fun to work with - except the one little undyed part in the middle.

This project taught me one lesson - to never ever even think about knitting a blanket. It would be sheer torture to myself (and all my friends and family) to be working on the same boring pattern for years. I'm really grateful for the cute granny square blanket I thrifted in Victoria - it wouldn't have been fun to crochet 80+ granny squares. I admire all people who have to patience to knit/crochet blankets and other items that take months/years to finish.

around here

Life finally seems to get back to normal around here. I work from 7am to 6pm every day, which doesn't leave much time for the fun stuff in life when the evenings are spent cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping and renovating at my parent's house. I wouldn't mind spending an entire day in bed, catching up on all the TV series I used to love watching and having a fun knitting project to keep me company.

I finally had some time (and daylight!) to take some pictures of some of the knitted stuff I finished in the past weeks. I promise to write a couple posts this weekend to finally share what I've been up to. Let's just say it involved more lace yarn that I had wished for, a new book I've been wanting to read since the day it was published (anyone else here who's a fan of the 'tales of the city' books? They're amazing, you should go and read them. Like...now.), lots of playing around with my KitchenAid and being on TV.

See you soon!