It is so hard to believe that after this month, there will be only three squares left to get to the planned sixteen squares. How fast this year has gone!
It is fall here on the West Coast. The temperature has dropped, the leaves are turning and it has started to rain. And thank heavens for the rain! It was way too dry this summer.
Fall almost always has me thinking of the past. The past year and the past years.
Do you save up memories? You know, those moments that you experience that you want to be able to revisit, so you drink in every moment and try to preserve it in your mind’s eye. I have a few of those moments.
One of them is a fall moment:
I am 13. We have just moved back to the Okanagan and were living in a house on Mount Boucherie. My parents were looking for a house across the lake in Kelowna. While they looked, I still had to go to school.
The school wasn’t too far away if you crossed through the orchards. Which I did.
One morning, it was so frosty that the grasses crunched and the leaves and few apples left on the trees were sparkly. The air was thick and moist, foggy. And that orchard was magic. I walked through, taking it all in.
I was in the habit of eating an apple as I crossed through the orchard. The pickers had missed a few and they tasted so good!
This morning, the apple tasted even better. So good. I had never tasted an apple so sweet and so crisp.
I learned later that certain fruit, like some apples and grapes, improve when they get frostbitten.
This was my fall moment, and my inspiration for this month’s square.
Do you have a moment, a memory, that can take you back in time? I would love to hear about it – if you are willing to share.
This month’s fancy is the companion piece to the August Fancy – the Grand Shell Collar.
II was so pleased with the results I decided to add a hat to co-ordinate with the collar. So here is the Grand Shell Juliette Cap.
So if you like vintage looks — with or without beads — this set might tickle your fancy.
Life here has been busy. I played hooky one weekend. I will tell you all about it in my next blog post.
And I went down to Victoria to see my daughter and went to Gala Fabrics. I, umm, may have bought a few items. A very dangerous store.
Right beside the till, a very dangerous spot, was this innocent looking bowl of buttons. They were all made of stone. And there were enough to actually use on a project – as yet unknown. My button box thanks me!
I am looking forward to a great start to autumn, aren’t you?
Happy Knitting,
Lynette
