Happy Fall!

Farewell to Summer and Hello to Fall! If only I lived a little more north to be able to enjoy this wonderful season. I guess I will have to live vicariously through other's pictures and stories. September for Florida is a a very wet month as is July and August. We have had rain almost every day this month. If only I could wish the rain clouds to go to California. They can have them all!

The kids are back to school down here. My son started 6th grade this year at his new middle school. I'm so glad he is enjoying his school. He likes his classes and his teachers. He even joined the Cross Country team. He had no idea what that was about till the first day. I told him there was a fair bit of running involved! He really likes it though.

I do have a couple project updates to share with you today. 

Last month, I became an auntie! My older sister had a beautiful baby girl. I haven't seen her in person yet as my sister and her family currently live in Hong Kong, but my family and I get daily pics of the sweet baby. Of course, this auntie had to get busy on some handmade presents for her.

I started knitting this sweet blanket:

The pattern is called: Hooded Pipsqueak Blanket by Bernat. It is a free pattern on their website. The yarn is their Pipsqueak Yarn in the color "Baby Baby". It is supersoft. Its looks likes a fluffy towel, but I assure you, it is super cuddly and doesn't shed. 

I have also been knitting a new pair of socks. Last month I signed up for a sock yarn club called YarnBox.  Each month they send their Sock Yarn members a skein of hand dyed sock yarn by an indie yarn dyer and they also include a new sock pattern. I've been pleased with the club so far. It gives you a chance to experience yarns by dyers that you may never have known about. Yarn Box has other clubs also.

The yarn is by Phydeax Designs in the colorway: Vignoble. The pattern was the one included with the yarn for August. Here is my progress on Sock 1.

In case you didn't know, frogging cross stitch is a dream compared to frogging knitting. I've done my fair share of frogging on this sock only because I'm still learning the construction of socks. It is hard for me to visualize what the pattern is telling me to do but I'm getting there!

I have done some stitching too. I was bad and started a new project. In the spirit of September, I decided to stitch the September Cottage by Country Cottage Needleworks.

My Progress:

Let's see if I can finish this one before the month is over. Then I can start October next month.

Thank you so much for visiting me today. I hope you all have a wonderful week.

**Hugs and Love from Sunny Miami**

Jen