So, September Happened

September involved an amazing amount of house cleaning (resulting in an unintentional digital hiatus).  Every closet, every cupboard, even the garage, got cleaned out and put in order.  Yes, even the craft room got sorted.

The drawers are currently holding sewing notions, random household stationary stuff, beading supplies, and an assortment of scented candles.  There is more yarn stash, still in less than photogenic bins, on the opposite side of the room and in the room's closet.  All the "knit soonest" projects are in the cubes, affectionately dubbed, "tribble corrals".

All this cleaning was part of the run-up for family coming to visit a few days in late September.  They brought germs.  We spent the last week of September, plus a little bit, fighting off a cold that didn't seem so awful at first.  This was an incorrect assumption, as I spent two and a half days with no voice at all.  The coughing still lingers.

There has, of course, been knitting.  Not many projects have been finished.
My Love Note:  Not the best photo, the light has been down right awful lately.

As well as my first (of soooo many) Ripple Bralettes:

The yarn is Cat Sandwich Fibers on the Skinnie base, How to Mix Black colorway. ::swoons::

The recent dramatic temperature drop, paired with all the fabulous new patterns(have you seen this one yet?!?!), has made it difficult to not buy all the yarn to build a wool fort to hide in till Spring.

Leeloo from the Women of Sci-Fi collection may have hopped on the needles, but with colors like these, how could I not?  Nerd Girl Bounce and Stomp in Girl on Fire and Twirl for Me.

Belladonna from Andi Satterlund's Spooky Collection is also on the short list for cast on, in multiple colors...as soon as I free up some needles, likely in some Northampton I have in stash.  Ichabod is probably not far behind.  Maybe in something tweed?

I also feel I need a Diaphanous Raglan, though I haven't quite found the yarn for it yet.  Maybe something black and sparkly to counter-point the soft, fluffy sleeves?

Yes, there are seven other sweaters on the needles.  Why do you ask?

Since the stash got organized, the yarn for two more projects came readily to hand;  Scoops Ahoy socks and The Hen Wife shawl.

Random KnitPicks sock yarn pillaged from stash.  Two are sparkle base, one is un-dyed.

I found so much Northampton in their Dark Olive Heather colorway in the stash, there should be enough to make a sweater after the completion of a giant shawl.

Sewing got put on hold, though I have plans to get back to it...and actually start finishing things, this weekend.  After the grocery shopping and food prep that needs doing.

There was an awful lot of time also spent on gathering and drying herbs and hot peppers, as well as just the tending of the plants so they would make more things to gather.
The pots for the planned winter window sill garden arrived today, so the tending of the food plants will continue.

I learned a new term: echoism.

I found a new author.  I've only read their blog posts so far, but The Witches of Portland series in now on my to read list.

Mostly, I am just trying to get back into a productive groove.  Get all the piles of festive lights scattered about the house actually put up, along with more glow in the dark bats. (Note to self: make more glow in the dark bats!)  I might even pull out all the (old and new) bits and pieces for my Dr. Isley costume to (hopefully) fuel a little more excitement for Halloween on my part; apparently all that cleaning wore me out!