She Knitted as Texas Burned

Oh lovely September. Back to school shopping, the turning of the leaves, the smell of wood smoke in the crisp cool air. Don't ya love those first weeks of cooler weather, when it is still a relief from the heat of summer, before the cold gets old and summer seems like a long lost dream. The coming months lay before us full of wonderful sweater and hat wearing potential. Yeah, I love it too. Sure wish it would begin.

I would like to pause at this point to make three points.

1. We are nearly halfway through September. 
2. It is currently 10 PM.
3. It is 100 degrees on my back porch.
4. WTF

Sorry, that was four points.

Why is this happening when there's Christmas knitting to be done? Is it some kind of curse? Is it climate change? Do I need to move North to Montana to get away from this? Is it cooling off in Montana right now like a normal September? If not I guess we'll have to consider Canada.

Finished knitting the first Christmas present. It isn't finished, but the knitting part is done.
The first item is a loose neck warmer. I made a funky art batt at fancy fiber farm then spun it into thick and thin lumpy yarn. There's wool, sari silk and mohair curls in this one. Man OH man, the knit fabric is unbelievably soft.



It isn't finished. The plan is to make custom clay buttons to connect the ends with. The knitting part is done though. There's ONE.