Greetings Unravelers!
We have arrived at the last Wednesday in August! No lies here… I am more than a little excited for September and my week of knitting reflects that.
I finished my Pressed Flower Socks and I love them! Kym asked last week about sock thickness… and yes, these are a bit thicker than normal hand knit socks. But they will work perfectly for me… I like to wear clogs in the winter and they work well in my Haflinger clogs!
I have not cast on another pair, but I will be – it was a great pattern to knit! Clear instructions and the best part is that you get the “look of color work” without the tension problems one might have with color work… they are mosaic knitting so you only are ever knitting with one color.
Instead of casting on another sock, I pulled out my Pressed Flowers wrap and have made some good progress (until I started adding in random flowers to transition into the “border pattern” that is…That has caused a bit of unraveling…sigh.) But I think I have it on track now and once I have the rhythm, it goes quickly!
I have also been fascinated by Emily Greene’s latest design – Archetype. I love how it looks and I am intrigued with the construction…it is knit flat, in pieces! I have not knit one of Emily’s patterns since Calmus and I think that this fall might be the time to try again. I might even have some yarn in a cart while I think about it. Stay tuned!
The reading this week was so good! I finished Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend… and wow. It was so incredibly good! (not easy, but so good!) I loved it and believe that when too many people are trying to ban books… this book is a necessary read! Let Us Descend comes out October 3rd if you want to get on the list for it! I leaned into the challenging reads this week with Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America. A life changing book… and a very eye-opening read.
I also enjoyed my romp in Saint-Denis with Bruno… and I highly recommend the series!
My current reads include the start of the next Bruno book (thank you so much Hoopla!) and a soon-to-be published novel by Michael Cunningham, Day: A Novel. Both very good!
So tell me… what are you trying to wrap up in these last days of August?
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Your Pressed Flower “bouquet” is lovely! I’m tempted to give one of the Pressed Flowers patterns a try but I think I will be content to admire the beauty of yours. I’m trying to wrap up my current Hitchhiker so I can start another one, and I’m also going to try and deal with all the holds that have suddenly become available. Too many books is a delightful problem!
Look at all that beautiful mosaic knitting! Those socks are going to be so cozy when there’s finally an autumn chill in the air (and it looks like we’ll get a little taste of it today, though I don’t think it’ll be cool enough for wool socks). I’m so glad you loved Let Us Descend. I agree that it’s not at all an easy read, but it is a very necessary one. I also though Poverty by America was very accessible, making it easy to understand a complex issue.
I’m trying to get in one more spinning project before the end of the year, though I might need a day or two of September to finish.
Love your Pressed Flower socks Kat – so cute and they do look like they would be perfect with clogs. Archetype is really a gorgeous sweater – I can’t wait to see the yarn you’ve chosen. I have not read Let Us Descend, but I picked up another book on Audible for free by Jesmyn Ward (Where the Lline Bleeds) and am looking forward to reading that. I recently finished Horse by Geraldine Brooks – excellent! Still knitting on the same old, same old. LOL
I cannot wait for September and for cooler weather. Today is a blessing but I’m sad it’s just one day. The socks turned out perfectly and I can see why you will start another pair soon.
Congrats on finishing the socks, they’re fab! And thanks for the link to Emily Greene, she has some lovely patterns.
The socks are fabulous! And I also enjoyed Let Us Descend, although it was certainly an emotional read.
Seriously excited about a new Michael Cunningham book…and I love your Pressed Flowers fall you have on deck! And it sure feels like fall here today…drizzly and 62 degrees.
I laugh about all the wishes for “cooler weather” . . . come September. Because around here, September is rarely “cool” anymore. (Although the nights are definitely cooler, so there is that.) I’m up north right now, and seriously wishing I had brought some wool socks! (Any socks, actually.) Because it is COLD. But . . . no worries. It’s going to be up to the 90s again by the end of the week (in time to welcome September . . . ). 😉 Anyway. I love your socks, and that sweater is drool-worthy. Can’t wait to see the yarn that’s currently in your cart!
Pressed Flowers looks very snuggly. I have a feeling we may need warm socks this winter.
I am working on two pair of socks that I would like to get finished up before Friday. Probably won’t, but I can make a big stab at it.
I think I have all the Pressed Flower patterns but still need to knit one!! So pretty, Kat!
Aren’t those socks just fabulous, so pretty and cosy looking. I’m going to try to get out in the sunshine whilst it’s still warm enough to do so. I expect I might need wrapping up a bit!
Your socks look so cozy and just perfect for fall! We are enjoying wonderful fall like weather today, but it looks like it will be back in the 90s for the next week. Mother Nature can be such a tease!
Warm cozy socks with flowers will be a good treat come January. That sweater looks like a work of art. One of my favorite cabled sweaters was knit in pieces. The structure of seams goes well with cabled textures patterns. I’d like to read Poverty in America soon.