I LOVE Autumn!! I know….it is the season just before winter and a lot of people do not like winter…. but I can’t help it….I love every single thing about Autumn. You know what I mean…the smell of wood stoves burning to chase the chill away, apple picking, beautiful foliage and the crunch and smell of fallen leaves beneath your feet. LOVE it!
Another thing I love about Autumn are the colors….
Beautiful reds, golds and oranges kissed with a little green here and there. These are the colors of the palette I love most.
Recently Ashley asked me if I would make her a new hat for the winter. She wanted something soft and slouchy…..but not a beret.
Hmmmmm…………I flipped thru some patterns and found Ysolda’s Ripley. Ysolda used Blue Sky Worsted Handyed yarn so I had Ash pick out a color she liked with a little direction from me. (um….everything doesn’t have to be gray just sayin’)
She loves it! Isn’t it cute?
(yep…these are new pictures that she sent to me and I tried some effects I learned in my photograph class.)
( PS….Jimmy Beans is a fabulous company to order yarn from!)
The Blue Sky yarn was wonderful to work with but I wasn’t thrilled that a single skein had 4 knots in it….aggh. Thankfully it spit joined wonderfully….<grin>.
PSS……..the sweet little Sugar Pumpkin pin cushion is a kit offered from my favorite quilt/fabric designer Joanna Figueroa of Fresh Figs and Fig Tree Designs
The Woolen Rabbit 
That’s a great hat — looks awesome on Ashley! I love autumn too. And a belated happy birthday, chica! xoxoxo
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Ysolda’s patterns are absolutely wonderful and so wearable. Gorgeous hat, looks fabulous on Ashley.
Autumn is absolutely my favourite season, I wish it lasted a lot longer than it does. 🙂
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Totally adorable hat on Ashley! And omg she looks so much like you.
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She looks super cute in that hat!
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I do love the things about autumn that you mentioned. And I shouldn’t dislike it just because it’s the dreaded W that comes next. I will try and embrace it this year in honor of my friendship with you!
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It’s still very much Summer like here (though it’s cooled off CONSIDERABLY). I miss the leaves!
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I agree with you, autumn is absolutely my favorite too. I received the honey baby yarn (what’s up buttercup) and the skein of light blue sock yarn and I am really stunned by how gorgeous they are. Not only the color but the feel of the yarn is wonderful. This was my first Woolen Rabbit yarn but it certainly won’t be my last. Thanks for my package of woolly goodness.
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That looks fantastic on her!
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I’m loving this autumn weather. Everyone and everything just seems energized. There is knitting energy, and cooking energy, and just renewed energy.
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Ashley and her hat are wonderful! Great images.
I am a sucker for Fall! It has been a brisk one here in Chicago. It is the only time of year I like apple pie!
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