C's Fall socks

A week gone by with no posts.  I guess we're just lethargic busy doing the usual: school, piano lessons, paperwork, visiting with friends, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, attempting to bake pie, dealing with Whirlpool, etc. 

And canning peaches, and tomatoes into salsa, bought at a local stand, although it's not local produce.  There's a couple who, each week during the summer and early fall, drive a refrigerated truck in from Eastern Washington, stopping and selling produce in three small Montana towns over three days, and then heading back home to start all over for the next week.

A good friend and I went for an overnight stay in Missoula last weekend.  We've known eachother for 6 and a half years and yet we've never been anywhere together without children, aside from one midwifery appointment several years ago.  It was short but sweet getaway, only 24 hours, 7 of which were driving, 7 of which were for sleeping, so the rest was packed full of Indian food, a couple of beers at a couple of bars with a couple of local bands, the farmer's market, a little clothes shopping, coffee at Bernice's, a quick yarn store stop, and that's about all there was time for. The perfect Fall getaway before winter sets in.  What I'd give for that farmer's market to be just a short bike ride away!

Brought home:  carrots, basil, Bitterroot macintosh apples, fresh baked bread, corduroy culottes, a stack of turtlenecks, a little yarn, and a new attitude.

Oh, and then there's been the Equinox potluck/campfire/drumming together with friends.  And quite a bit of knitting, a little sewing, trips to the library, seeing birds gather before their journeys southward, preparing ourselves for our own travels southward next week. 

The weather has turned dreary, not so inspiring in terms of taking pictures, but we're heading out in it in search of turning leaves today anyways.

The socks?  Knit for C in Austermann Step #0025 that he picked out at Twisted while we were in Portland.  The yarn isn't any softer than any other sock yarns out there, possibly even less so.  Is it the knitters hands or the wearers feet that are supposed to benefit from the added Aloe and Jojoba?  It's supposed to remain in the yarn for the first 40 washings but how much stays in over that period?   I don't know.  It seems a bit gimmicky to me, similar to the way I feel about tissues with added lotions. The colorway and patterning are nice, though. 

Comments

[Jen C]

love the sock colors!

[Jennifer]

Aww, gosh. You did it again. The socks are amazing... but the way you tied them in with the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches is just too clever. I love how all the colors blend together. It just reminds me why fall is my favorite season! Yum... I think I need a PB&J now.

[cosy]

mmm... bitterroot macs - what i would give for a bag of those right now.

[KristenJ]

I've made just one pair of socks with Austermann Step, and they are verrrry soft.

[jesslm]

Love the socks...and all of the beautiful fall photos! I always read your blog, but never comment, but I have started to think that might be just a little creepy, so HI, here I am, I'm not just a silent stalker anymore:)

[amy]

love the way that yarn knitted up. the colors are very fallish. maybe they will soften up with washing.

[marti]

great fall colors in the socks, and i love the way that fall spread to the other photos as well!

[Kristin Nicholas]

Wow - we're still a week away from fall and it's going to be 90 today! Those sure do look like fall socks. See you at Rhinebeck!

[Ellen]

The color of the socks are wonderful. What pattern is it?

Love your photo montage - wish I'd see more 'fall-like' images around here. I had to laugh at your search of turning leaves. My first reaction was: why does she need to turn leaves over? Composting? :) Duh!

My favorite pic though is your pb&js. I still love this sandwich even after 40 years. Of course, replace the JIF with real peanut butter and the processed grape jelly with homemade jam. Much better.

[rani]

Gorgeous socks, gorgeous pictures. Always a pleasure to stop by your blog!

[Wanda]

Those are beautiful pictures and you always do a great job with your photos. I've used Austermann Step before too and found the yarn very moisturizing when working with it and it seemed the aloe/jojoba oil lasted the first wash, but less so by the next. I'm pretty unmoved on the topic of using aloe, etc. I probably would not buy more unless it's a colorway I love.

[melody]

Ooo...everything looks so cozy! I love autumn!

[Tola]

those are beautiful socks. i like working with Step, i think it feels nice. but i also love Trekking and it's cheaper. btw, im also doing a pair of Trekking #81 socks, and i find myself comparing my pair to yours, to see what colour repeat ill have next. mine dont match up nicely like yours, but they will still be soft and warm, which is my main goal. i find im too frugal to pull out any yarn to find the matching repeat. who's going to be looking at my socks anyway? but yours are beautiful and i m glad you put them up for us to admire. they warm my heart.

[Amber]

Great photos! I am loving your tonal photos lately.

Your posts are so full of life---it's such an inspiration to be present in everything we all do...

And I'm regretting another year gone without canning my own salsa! Maybe next year.

[Alex]

You have such a great eye for colours. I keep some of your posts on my bloglines just because I liked their colour schemes so much. This is one of them.