So, I decided to start one more project. I cast on a nice pair of yoga socks for the Socktober group on Ravelry. I've never used sock yarn to make socks before, I usually use worsted yarn and make thick socks. But I'm trying the sock yarn, and I'm liking it so far. I'm already passed the cuff and am doing the body of the sock. I can't wait 'til they're done!

Hello blog land :), time for a new post. The nice fall weather has inspired me to start another blanket (even though I still have one in the works). I got the pattern from the wrapper on a skein of Caron Simply Soft, and it's designed by Marilyn Losee. I'm not using Caron yarn, though, I'm using I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby in the color Linen.
The blanket is Aran cables in crochet. (I'll post a picture soon.)  It's very pretty, and easy for anyone that knows how to do FPdc (front post double crochet) and Popcorn stitch.  I'm enjoying making it very much. I love Aran craft items! Nothing is more cozy then a cup of sweet hot tea, some soft music (I choose Celtic) and crocheting!
I'm still working on a fun triangle shawl in knitting and am needle-pointing (is that how you say it?) a hummingbird picture I'm going to give my mother for Christmas . . .shhhhhhh! ;)
I'm still reading Middlemarch--I'm one chapter away from finishing the second volume--and I'm loving it. Classics are always a favorite of mine. There are few I don't enjoy at least a little, and I'm really enjoying Middlemarch.
I'm almost ashamed to say I haven't read any of Eliot's work before, but I'm definitely going to read more. The combination of the wonderful writing and the intriguing fact that George Eliot was actully a female author that never unveiled herself as such, makes for interesting reading all the way around.
I don't think of myself as a professional to critique, but if I had to describe her work, I'd say it was a cross between Charlotte Bronte and Thackeray. Good stuff!
Well, that's all for this post, just a project/book update.

Au revoir, blog land!