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The Farmer's Market is in full fall mode but sadly the weather is not.
It's still too hot and humid. Blooms aren't going to last very long outside right now. Everything is showing the stress of this terrible summer.
We usually walk along the bay after doing the shopping but the sun on the water was making it too hot so we took Pup over to the shady wetlands park. Someone must have had a wedding there. Rose petals were strewn along the path and you could see the remains of a bouquet in the gazebo.
Some ducks were enjoying a dip to cool off.
I was looking for signs of fall among the trees.
And I found one. I do believe this is a black gum tree because the one I have out back is slowly turning red too.
Back at home I had to take care of some Fallish produce. I see a lot of roasting going on this week.
It all looks better than the poor pitiful tomatoes I had to pull off my own plant. These were the only three that grew from our regular sized tomato plant and as you can see, they split. It has rained here almost every day. Buckets of it which has been great for all the new trees but it was too much for the potted tomatoes. It was a tough summer all around and I'm hoping it's not lasting much longer. I'm in desperate need of a cool breeze.
The drive band on my little Ashford bobbin winder snapped the other day. I tried making do with some string but it didn't work. I've got a new band on the way but it won't get here until the middle of next week.
It hasn't been too much of a problem with this towel since I don't wind large amounts of any one color. All those different colors have made it very interesting to work on.
So much so that I dug out some fall colored cotton and then ordered two new colors to start warping another one. Now I just have to convince my back to let me get this done. I'm on the mend again and I hope to keep it this way this time. No bending, no lifting, no twisting. I need that tattooed on the back of my hand.
That Shinook fiber in the Sunset colorway has been very nice to work with. I usually hate fiber with lumpy bits but the colors are so pretty I can overlook them.
Some more new fiber showed up this week. They are 1 oz Cormo mini skeins in the Rose Verdant colorway from AJem Fiber Arts.
I needed something new for the drop spindles and I don't have the attention span for an entire 4 ounces of fiber anymore. I have to laugh at myself for hating on all those minis I saw at this year's MDSW. I should have bought a basket full.
I'm heading into the last week of watching the Vuelta with a finish that took 2 years. I worked on the hat last year and finished the matching mitts this year. We're still in a nasty heat wave so thinking about it being cold enough to wear such wonky, woolly wool seems like a long, long way off.
All that gray wool showed up and I set right out to get Spiral Chicken's background started.
I got one corner done and HATED IT. Rip, rip, rip.
The designers vision was a stripey background and I thought I'd take the easy way out and make it all one color. It looked terrible.
So now I've started over after ordering a bunch of colors I hope will work with the main design colors since I've run out of those. I'm pretty sure I'm keeping the rug hooking folks over on Etsy in business right about now. I seem to be ordering something every darn day.
I'm not sure why I didn't think of it before but all I needed to do was rip back the toes and add some length on those too small socks I just finished for the Grand. The width was just fine. I picked them up last week on my last visit and I've finished one already. The inside out toe is the original sock. I'm getting ready to rip that one back this week. Using that little darning egg has been a big help in finding those woven in ends.
The other socks I have going on are in various stages. I had hoped to finish those blue socks in August because I've got some Halloween-ish sock yarn I would like to cast on soon.
I've got one more square to finish in this row of the Hue Shift and I can finally see what's happening. I didn't realize the center decreases were going to shift. This latest section sits on top not next to the first section like I thought. Now it makes sense.
The Stroll Pi Shawl just hit another milestone. With this last increase round there are now 576 stitches. Yikes. This will keep me busy for a long while.
Between my aching back and company cleaning, I didn't pick up a stitching project all week. What I had to do was to figure out where to put them so the Grands didn't end up using them as playthings. This is the sad state of my sewing room where they all went to hide. One by one I'll unpack this mess and get them all back where they belong but yesterday The Mister and I had a rest and recovery day. The floors were the only priority. No one wants to walk on crab shells or watermelon juice puddles.
The Mister pulled off another of his annual family crab feasts.
Before all that, Daughter's Grands came down early for a walk at the marina. We saw lots of good sized crabs walking around in the wetlands and saw the crab boats unloading the day's catch.
Eating isn't that important to this kid crew. They spent hours beating the heck out of each other with my couch pillows and exercise ball.
Then it was downstairs to the craft room to make a mess that I'll spend a few days cleaning up. A good time was had by all and a few shirts were ruined. I'm sure they all slept well last night. I know I did.
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