Halloween & a FINALLY Finished Sweater!

Halloween & a FINALLY Finished Sweater!

I don’t have much writing in my this evening, so I’ll let the pictures do the talking . . .

First, the fabulous Park Slope Halloween parade. Halloween is when our little neighborhood feels the most like a small town.

On the way to the parade, David enjoyed some of the local jack o lanterns:




As always, the parade was a fantastic mix of kids & dogs (all though it was light on the dogs this year)






Last week I finally finished the Flame Stitch Cardi. I had set it aside for most of the early part of the fall while I worked on other things. Here it is blocking, pre finishing


I gave myself less finishing to do by picking up stitches for the collar instead of what the pattern called for (knitting it separate and then sewing it on . . . bah humbug).

Here she is:





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