Well, time continues to be a strange beast, but I’m somewhat reassured by having written a blog for August already, so I suppose it hasn’t been as long (and somehow still short) as I thought.

I spent most of the month finishing up my Sharon Show shawl, which I’m really pleased with and which was a really consistent bright point in my knitting. It was my first mystery knitalong, and while I usually opt out of MKALs because what if I don’t like how it turns out?, I’m super happy I made this one. It felt like I could just knit forever, and it was the perfect combination of mindless-yet-interesting-enough knitting.

I’m standing with a multicolored large shawl wrapped around my neck, laid as flat as possible so you can see the pattern.

I also knit my September Sock Squad socks, which I made up as I went along, and which I am very pleased with.

A pair of cream socks with brown speckles lays flat on a table. The socks have contrasting solid brown heels, toes, and cuffs.

And at the beginning of the month, I also knit a Wave of Change Jacket by Denise Bayron using Earl Grey Fiber Co. As usual, I have not even blocked it yet, but someday I’ll get around to it and when that happens I will definitely post pictures.

A close-up of a 4" x 4” square swatch in a multicolored bulky weight yarn.

I also spun up more Neighborhood Fiber Co and am absolutely, totally smitten with it. Still learning how to spin consistently, but this is so soft and the colors are so good, and I can’t wait to figure out what I’m going to make with it.

A skein of purple and blue two-ply handspun sits next to a mini-skein of the same handspun plied with brown yarn.

And…that’s all, folks. It’s been a weird month. It’s probably going to get weirder.