Yarn Along // autumn bonnets

Instead of finishing {the last baby bonnet}, I threw myself into making these two new ones because I preferred the yarn.  I like to crochet in pairs or threesomes.  The first go is like practice, in which I go slowly, make mistakes, and figure things out.  Then I like to do another one right away, while the ins and outs and pitfalls of the pattern are still fresh.  I had to get this right because September, personified, is a enthusiastic child, saying, "I'm here, I'm here!"  And while I'm sure there are some lovely days of Indian summer still ahead of us, the first of the month arrived with a wintry whim.  Today's been the same.

Next I want to crochet a hat for Afon.

That ball of yarn is my first wheel-spun thread.  The thick lobs are there because the teacher said it was a shame I spun so even, so we left some lumps in there for good measure.  "It's beautiful, lovely, lumpy wool," she said, "and as you get better you can't do it any more."

When I get busy crocheting, I replace television and movie-watching with book-reading, so I haven't got any further this week with T.H. White, but I did pick up my favorite random mag of mischievous miscellany, Oh Comely.