Fall, Ad infinitum?

It's been a minute since I posted.  Why, might you ask?  Well, as I mentioned in my last post, I had to travel for work.  Let's just say it involved about 1569 miles, 1 bloodmoon, 1 new car starter, 1 repaired tire, 1 sick child, a week out of town for work immediately followed by a weekend out of town for a family visit, and to top it all off with a toy surprise, a vet checkup that ended with bladder infection meds and xrays for 1 of my dogs.  Due to the chaos I did not get to my yarn stops I had planned and I was just happy to be here when it was all said and done.

And speaking of happy, it is fall!  Well, officially, according to the calendar.  According to the weather apparently I live in FL for 12 hours of the day and Chicago for the other 12.  We call it St Louis, a magical land of confusion and mysticism.  I have, however, had the air off for at least two weeks, nevermind the fact the house gets down into the sixties at night and in the mid 70s during the day.  We're not here during the day, it's fine, really.

In celebration of fall and all things foliage, I present this month's knitting design Leaf River.

Leaf River a la Patons Metallic

The idea was sparked by seeing many a leaf motif knitted in one direction and wanting a pattern where the leaves flowed in both directions and went endlessly on.  To many, fall signifies the end of summer and vacations.  For me, it is the beginning of crispy outdoor walks and hot chocolate oatmeal mornings and a new buzz of activity around the school year and holidays.  I wanted my design to be ad infinitum knittable and entirely up to the knitter when it would end, or begin.  To me, nothing ever really ends, it just changes.  The pattern can be knit in any weight yarn, as long or as short as you want it to be, pieced together with other knitted "scarves" to create blankets or wall hangings,  I can't wait to see how others use this pattern!  Enjoy!