My Early Fall Knitwear

The days are getting shorter, the long-awaited cold is slowly returning—that’s it, fall is settling in around here. I’m the first to be thrilled about it, because summer is my least favorite season. Between the sweltering heat—which is often completely overwhelming—the insects that have a field day on our legs and arms, and the nasty sunburn, the only advantages I see are the beautiful nights and the delicious fruit.

That said, there are also delicious fruits in the fall and winter, so that’s not even a valid argument. I don’t know about you, but I had a hard time knitting this summer. With the heat, either the wool would stick to my fingers or my skin would get too dry—in short, it wasn’t pleasant at all! Since the beginning of the year (my year starts the first week of September—it’s always been that way, and I’ve come to terms with it; I’ll tell you more about it later if you’re interested), my knitting mojo has returned, and I’ve already had several projects in progress or finished. A quick photo recap of the past few weeks.

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From left to right and top to bottom:

1. The notebooks that will be with me all year long: Hobonichi A5 and A6 notebooks, a Traveler’s Notebook, and a Take a Note Record with its very detailed grid, which I use specifically for knitting. I use them for both my daily life and my hobbies—including, among other things, a notebook for keeping track of my tasks, one for knitting, and another for studying Egyptian hieroglyphs, which I took up again this summer.
2. I bought some Sarica Studio inserts (which fit into the Traveler’s Notebook shown in the previous photo) to add a few little things to my order from Journal Blend. Oops!
3. I’ve finished both volumes of Paul Carta’s *Chronicles Beyond the Threshold* (Volume 1 * | Volume 2 *). I really enjoyed these two fantasy novels, which follow Khimaï—a crown prince stripped of his rights after a plot against his father—on his quest to regain power. Or, more precisely, in his quest to find his childhood friend, who possesses the knowledge he needs to reclaim the throne. I have to admit that, for once, I was caught off guard by the ending—which I didn’t see coming—which isn’t always the case, even though I was left feeling a little unsatisfied by the final conclusion of these stories. There’s a sequel, but since it doesn’t focus on the same characters, I don’t think I’ll read it… at least not right now.
4. Je tricote trois modèles pour le deuxième numéro du magazine TRICOTE avec des laines de chez Chandails et Cardigans, une découverte pour moi. Le premier est une paire de chaussettes (on ne se refait pas, non 😬) avec un motif comportant de la dentelle, des torsades, et des mailles entourées. La première chaussettes est finie, le patron est en cours de finalisation, et j’ai déjà hâte de te montrer cela en détail.
5. The beautiful morning light in the forest.
6. Le deuxième modèle est une paire de mitaines (le troisième est encore au stade de brouillon mais arrivera très vite, je t’en parlerai dans de prochains articles). J’en profite pour utiliser mes marqueurs de mailles trop mignons et mes protèges-pointes en forme d’adorables tulipes. Les deux sont disponibles dans la boutique 😉
7. The ones coming out soon! Everything is almost ready for the release of this new pattern from the Promenades collection. The pattern will be included in the Promenades Tricotées Club until the next pattern in the Promenades collection is released.
8. Celles qui me suivent partout. Encore des chaussettes. En-cours depuis des années car je ne les tricote qu’à l’extérieur à raison d’un rang par-ci par-là. J’ai commencé le gousset de la première chaussette. Plus que deux ans et j’aurai fini la paire 😂

And you—what are you working on right now? What are you reading? What are you looking at?