Happy Fall!

Well today was the perfect fall day. So, Lane and I decided to take full advantage of it. We went apple picking! The orchard was only a 15 minute drive away and it was larger than I expected. It was also super crowded and muddy. But I think it was worth it. Look at the goodies we got!

Delicious! The Cider donuts were definitely worth it. You can also see in the corner (though I mostly cut if off by accident) my bottle of old fashioned raspberry lime soda. It's delicious!

So, now we have this giant bag of apples, and only the two of us. I did at least make a slight dent in the bag and used 5 apples to make some apple crisp. First apple crisp of the season! Woo! And the first time I'm using the oven in this apartment for actual baking. So far so good!

Now I'm on the hunt for more apple recipes. If I can't find any good ones we can always just dip the apples in caramel or make more apple crisp. Which I think can be eaten for dessert and for breakfast.

Yesterday Lane and I drove up to Brattleboro, VT to meet our mom's for lunch. I needed to give my mom my engagement ring so she could bring it to the jewelry store and they could start working on my wedding bands. After lunch I convinced everyone to come with me to Webs, the giant yarn store in Northampton, MA. I'm now slightly poorer, but very happy with what I ended up getting. I bought yarn to make the v-neck sweater I've been wanting to make since I bought the book Classic Knits last year:

I'm really excited to get going on this project. But I'm going to be good and finish up my fingerless mitts first. No sense in working on too many projects at once, then none of them will get done! 

I also picked up a skein of heritage sock yarn, for 2 reasons: 1. I really like working with it and I've wanted to use this color for a while and 2. I told my mom I'd make her a pair of skew socks after she said she liked mine so much. Here's the color her's will be:

I think they'll come out really well. So I'm excited to start that project too. (so many projects, so little time! I need to knit faster).

I also have a ball of sock yarn that I got at the Westport yarn store when I got the yarn to make my market bag. I forgot to put up a picture of it before... anyway I don't know what I'm going to make with it yet, but this yarn will make an awesome pair of socks:

Now, as for my fingerless gloves I'm making some good progress. I've completed 5 repeats of the cable pattern and I estimate that after I finish the 6th repeat it will be time to start the gusset. 

Since the fingerless gloves I wear all the time are comfortable and I know they fit well I think I'll base the gusset for these off the gusset in that pattern. I just have to remember where I saved it on my computer... Hopefully the thumb comes out right, since it's the part I'm most nervous to come up with myself...even though I have a reference I still haven't decided how to choose the placement of it related to the cable pattern. Anyway, guess I'll just worry about that when I get to it. 

That's all for now. I hope everyone else enjoyed the beautiful weather on this perfect fall day!