Where did September go? Welcome to October. We had coffee on the porch this morning with the sun shining but with a thin haze of smoke from what we presume to be the Canadian wild fires. We haven’t heard much about them in the lower 48 lately but they’re still burning, predominantly in the west of Canada. Our breezes are blowing from the north which makes the Canadian fires the likely culprit. (My allergies aren’t happy so I’ve come inside with my air cleaner to see if I can get a breathing break.)

I’ve promised a photo of my complete set of little Advent sweaters and today’s the day. I won’t hang them for another couple of months but I will take them all out of their storage bags and let you see them all. When I hang them after Thanksgiving, I’ll show you again.

This was a true project that required persistence. I cast on the first little sweater on October 31, 2021 (and I thought I’d get them finished by Christmas?) and the last one was finished on September 3, 2023. Almost two years in the making.

I knit with Patagonia Organic Merino by Juniper Moon Farm. I love this yarn and whenever I’m considering a new project, I think of this yarn first. Patagonia also had the right colors for my Christmas palate at our home. I like the deeper blue-red and the pine green and the white/natural was the perfect third colorway. (All the details of the exact colorways is on my Ravelry project page.) I’m very proud of this project and that I really did finish it and we will use it this year.

We’ve gotten very blase (that should have an accent) about decorating for the holidays. If it’s just us, we do a little bit of decorating – a tree with ornaments and a couple of poinsettias. If we are traveling, we may skip the tree. So this is a decorating commitment in our house. Now I need to find a couple dozen pieces of candy or something really small to stuff them with … or maybe that will wait until next year. Ha! Ha!

Gone knitting.