It's a new month already and the fall colors where I live are beginning to show. We went from some very hot days to some cold ones and now we are having some nice fall weather. Lucy and I got our quilts to a point where we will deliver them to the quilter today and I do not know how long she will have them, but eventually there will be a picture posted of a completed project. I have been working on my Coco sweater a little at a time. Actually I have completed the back and front and one sleeve. I am currently working on the second sleeve now. I am hopeful to have it put together and be wearing it next week. You never know, but I can dream a little. Yesterday we spent the day in Cameron Park with Lana and she was going over the sock knitting machine again. I made the second sock yesterday so now I have a pair, but they are not the same length. :-) The tension was different yesterday so maybe when we moved it from her house to mine and back again we adjusted the tension differently by accident. This machine has a mind of it's own from time to time so you have to be watching it all the time and you cannot take for granted that it will pick up all of the stitches. I think that there are some adjustments that need to be made and eventually I will figure that out. One thing that I did find out yesterday that was of great importance to me was that my machine is not just an 80 needle machine, but it can accomodate 72, 60 and 52 needles. That makes me very happy to say the least.
Tomorrow Lucy and I are headed off to Filate in Rocklin to take a class on knitting with beads so that is going to be lots of fun. We really enjoy the ladies there and know that we will have fun. There was a hat that the instructor made with some beads and it was outstanding. Very classy and I might make an attempt at that some day. I have three sweater patterns ahead of me though and since I am not knitting as fast as I did that will probably take me into 2007. I am also having a craving so to speak for hand knitting another pair of socks. There is just something special about socks. I will post some pictures of my sock knitting maching in a few days and the lace beaded scarf as we start that project.