Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour

It's the last day of October, and the last day of Socktoberfest, and thus fitting it's the day I post my Mystery Socktober Socks!



Pattern: Mystery Sock '09 by Through the Loops
Yarn: S.R. Kertzer On Your Toes Bamboo in Gray (1 full skein), plus a little leftover sock yarn, on US 1.5 needles



See that little bit of purple on the toe of the right foot? I ran out of yarn with four rows to go on the second sock! I knew that was a danger with the yarn I was using, which is why I only did three repeats on the leg instead of the called for five. But I came so close and had to finish it off with some leftover Socks that Rock.



It's a very nice pattern, though, and this knitalong was a fun thing to do over October.

Our annual Rhinebeck road trip

Another year's fun at Rhinebeck has come and gone, alas. Do we really have to wait until next October?

We left Boston very early Saturday morning to head out. The weather forecasts all week had taunted us with warnings of rain and snow. Instead we got a gorgeous, if cold, Saturday to wander around the fair.

The sights from the fairgrounds...









I made a friend:







Monet with her first skein of Socks that Rock:









I made another friend:







This yarn was even more eye-searing in person:



Monet in her new hat:



Our whole crew:



From the Ravelry party:



With Ysolda Teague in her "secret project"--dressed up as Bob!



The youngest member of our crew:



On the way home we did our normal stop in Lenox, where we were met with cold, heavy rain. By the time we left Lee, it had become heavy, golf ball sized snow, which accompanied us across the state back to Boston. The view from the car:



Definitely an out-of-the-ordinary end to our fun weekend!

walking on sunshine

Sunshine socks, that is!



Pattern: Sunshine, from Sock Innovation by Cookie A.
Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in Flamingo Pie on US1.5 needles



This is the first time I've done cabled socks. Constantly pulling out the cable needle was a bit annoying, but I'm pleased with how they came out. And I love the colors of the yarn.



And Kate's got me doing socks again right away--she convinced me to sign up for Mystery Socktoberfest!

pumpkin pretty

This weekend I went to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch at MIT. I had gone for the first time a couple of years ago, but I missed it last year. But I made sure I knew when it was this year!













And my pumpkin collection, after yesterday's additions.

she wore a green beret

(Yes, the Green Berets song would have been more fitting, but I had Prince's Raspberry Beret song stuck in my head the entire time I was making this, so there you go.)



Pattern: Purl Beret, from Purl Soho
Yarn: Koigu KPM in a glorious green (1.16 skeins) in US1 and US3 needles



Ariel gifted me this absolutely gorgeous green Koigu the first time (of many) that I helped her move, knowing that I had been staring at it for months. Seriously, this yarn glows. It's so pretty.



It needed to be seen, so I didn't want to make socks. Then Grumperina started posting about this Koigu beret she was making and, well, that was that. The yarn had found its project. Though I still have most of a skein left to find something to do with.