Sad Jack

Mr. Gnome and The Bug carved the pumpkin today. The Bug designed it as usual. This year she wanted a sad pumpkin. It has a tear and a sad mouth.

Boo!

Halloween

The Bug in her Halloween Costume.

The Botanical Garden had a Ghouls in the Garden member even today and we went. It was very fun. Their were different tables where the kids could trick or treat. Each table was a different theme. The tables were really well designed and the people manning the tables were in very neat and clever costumes. It was a great fun. After playing in the kid's area The Bug declared that she would eat her popcorn and then the apple on the way to lunch and that after lunch she'd have a treat. Sounded like a good and well thought out plan to me.
We are both very happy with how the costume turned out. She sewed the round sparkles onto her tail I just did the knots. The seaweed in her hair was a fun touch.

Fingerless gloveless

I made The Bug fingerless gloves again this year. They looked a lot like the ones I made last year. She lost them in two days. I guess that's better than last year when she lost them in one day......

October Socks

The October Socks are Done! The big plain gray October socks are done. I know I'll do Gray socks right after doing a pair of gray socks during the grayest month of the year. Not my smartest move. On the bright side, if there is anything bright in this state of perpetual rain, I have one more Christmas Gift crossed off my list. These are for the FIL, the yarn is New England Shetland, which I thought would appeal since he lives in Vermont. Upon closer examination of the yarn band you find out that New England is New Hampshire. Now Vermonters call New Hampshirers (?) upside down and viceversa. Because they think the other state looks like their own state only upside down. I know, weird. So the yarn is upside down. I made them toe up which to some people is upside down. Anyway, they are done and I'm on to more colorful socks for November.

Roo

I started Roo for The Bug.

Done the sleeves and almost done with the back.

Big Gray Socks

These are the Big Gray Socks for the FIL. Nothing too special just lots and lots of plain gray knitting.

We also added someone to the family. Attica. As in this Attica....

See Knitting

I did this month's Fingerless glove Fanatic's Knit-along. Simple and loverly. I had the yarn and have wanted some more blue mitts. Love me some blue! The yarn is Katia Mississippi which I got from my mom a while ago. I'd used some in Blueberry and still had two balls left. I did these gloves as a way of playing hooky from the really big gray October socks. Back to the socks.

I have been knitting!

Finally finished the Sunrise Circle Jacket. After more false starts than can be counted and some annoying gauge issues. It is done.

Now I knew I wasn't getting row gauge; who ever does. But for this pattern it was important ino order to make the back to fit into the fronts. So I made the fronts first then the back as long as it needed to be to fit into the fronts. If I had followed the pattern the back would have been way shorter than the fronts and nothing would have fit together.

The yarn was Irish Ewe, an Organic Irish yarn that I think is discontinued now. It's a wee bit scratchy but not too bad and I'll probably usually have a long sleeve shirt on anyway. The buttons came from the consignment shop Alice's where I usually buy my buttons. Fun and funky.
This sweater has been done for almost a week now. I just needed my photographer to be home.

Claimed

I have been claimed by a Stage Hand. Mr. Gnome has had a long month and especially long week. We have been missing him.