Fall Is Fiber Season

Fall is in the air and like any mama bear, my instincts are kicking in for what the season has in store for me…and also what I have in store for the season. During the spring and summer my focus isn’t usually on fiber arts and craft projects. But fall…yeah that’s another story.

Autumn is a great season to make the most of the outdoors starting to wind down it’s need for constant attention and having a chance to prep any needs or wants for upcoming craft projects I have for the fall and winter. It’s also perfect timing for when fiber festivals pop up and I can go add more yarn to my “collection”:)

If there’s going to be any handmade Christmas gifts given, now’s the time to get things together and start scheduling it in to work on them. Waiting for winter is just too late. It’s also about the time I put a post-it note on my bedroom door that reads “North Pole Do Not Enter”. That way I can work on some handmade gifts without having an audience spoil the surprise, or even get away and hide for a minute, whichever I need in the moment;)

So this past summer we were in Alaska for some work. While there I had picked up a locally dyed skein of yarn from a yarn shop. I loved the colors and even though it was wool it wasn’t itchy in the least. I started a knitted cowl project. And I’ve been ever so sloooowly and intermittently working on it for a few months now because there’s been other things that need my attention.

Even though I’ve been knitting for years I learned something new with this project. This will be my first project that I “knitted in the round”. All my other knitting has been with two knitting needles working back and forth like an old style typewriter. Knit to the end, ding, switch hands, knit to the end, ding, switch hands, over and over. But knitting in the round isn’t complicated at all. I was intimidated by how I thought it would be hard. But it’s not. I probably prefer knitting in the round for circular projects now than go back to the knitting flat method.

I also favor keeping my projects simple too. I like the projects that don’t require too much detail in design because at any moments notice I may have to hop up and tend to something unexpected. I let the colors and fiber do the hard work of making the project look extra special.

Now that fall is here I can finish this project up and get started on a new one:)

So I’m curious, do you knit too or have you always wanted to learn? Let me know.