Cass's socks have been finished and sent off to her. And of course I was in such a rush to get them to her that I didn't think to take pictures. Oh well... they look pretty much like the previous pictures, but with feet. You'll have to use your imagination.

I finished one of two hats for my mother-in-law's sister. She has breast cancer, and this is the second time it's come after her. Totally sucks. My MIL says she'll have to go through chemo for a year to 18 months, so it's pretty likely she'll lose her hair. So I'm making her a couple hats so her head won't get too chilly during the cold Chicagoland winter. This one is the Lace Edged Hat, knit with Paton's Silk Bamboo. I don't know if silk/bamboo really blocks or not, but I wanted to try to get the lace to at least lay flat.

Now I'm working on the second one. I started it in Supple Rib, but frankly Supple Rib is sort of a bitch. It took me two hours to get about an inch and half of hat done, which is a bit much. But I like the way it's coming out, so maybe I'll stick with it.

Scott and I went to the pumpkin patch this weekend, and there was an alpaca tent sent up at the farm. It took all my willpower not to enter the tent and buy all of the yarn she had (only a basket or two from what I could see at a distance). I also forced myself to stay away from the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival this weekend. I'm saving up all my yarn allowance for Stitches East in a couple weeks. I figured Shenandoah will be in the same place next year, but this is the last time (at least for a long while) that Stitches East will be held in Baltimore. So I have to go, and make it count. So that's my plan.