Lo and Behold! A FO!

A finished object-- that's right. I know they have been few and far between here at the East Coast headquarters for Knitting Things Done, but I have been steadily knitting away and posting very little. We have-- gasp, argh, curse-- dial-up until our local phone company throws some switches or buries some wires or whatever they have to do to get our DSL back up & running. The thought of blogging makes my head hurt, but I'm going to do my best.

I cast-on for the Lacy Hug-Me-Tight from Knit 2 Together on September 6 and barely squeaked by on my deadline of September 29 (my friend's wedding.) I wasn't sure how this-- essentially a bunch of rectangles...

was going to turn into this....

but it did! Excuse this picture of me feeling very clever and obviously showing off my new sweater, pictured here with the bride and my dear friend who was home from Hawaii for the wedding.

September was a good month for knitting... When I visited my sister and her boyfriend in Philadelphia, I managed to shop in two of the famous-- well, famous to me... you know, known only from their ads in IK-- yarn stores: Rosie's Yarn Cellar and Loop. Both were walking distance from my sister's apartment. I will definitely visit PA again soon. I issued a great deal of restraint and only purchased my standard Souvenir Yarn... sock yarn, that is. I bought two skeins of Lorna's Laces Black Purl for socks for yours truly and I bought one skein of Lorna's Laces Purple Stripe to make two pairs of baby socks for an RN I work with who is expected twins (a boy and a girl) in mid-October.

I cast-on for the baby socks last night after working in the yard. We planted our fall garden yesterday in celebration of our third wedding anniversary. I'm sure I will post a pic when there is more to look at (baby sock and garden-wise)... but we planted all kinds of good eatin'... cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, brussel sprouts, romaine lettuce, and purple and red cabbage.

I also saw the Yarn Harlot in Atlanta. She was side-splittingly wonderful and dead-on with her observations about knitters (and those who don't.) It was standing room only by the time I got there, so it didn't matter that I brought knitting that was too complicated to work on during her talk. It was so nice to be in a room full of people who were completely engaged in what was going on around them but knitting at the same time. Most of my family members insist that I am being rude or disengaged if I knit while lunching or visiting. The Yarn Harlot even knitted during the Q & A at the end! I couldn't resist taking a photo with her during the book signing... most Canadians don't get down south very often. I wore my original Clapotis. Oh, and I love the book that you had her sign for me at the reading in L.A.! I didn't have a copy of the new one... it's perfect and thank you thank you thank you.

The newest addition to my layette is a pair of Saartje's booties in the mystery wool purchased at SAFF last year. I bought the buttons at Loop in Philly. Pretend like there are two booties here... I could only find one of them when I was taking this photo. Since then, I found the other bootie.(Whew! Who would have guessed it was safely backed away in the cedar chest with the rest of my layette?)

I've already picked out the leftover yarn and buttons I want to use for my next pair. It's the Jaeger Siena cotton from the Prairie Tunic and these cute red elephant buttons I found on a thrift-store button-down shirt.

October will also be a good month for knitting, I am sure. My plans include the Minimalist Cardigan from the most recent IK and the Forest River Gansey for the husband. I have SAFF to look forward to at the end of the month, as well.