Pretending It's Fall

With the official start of football season just a few weeks away, a forecast that includes temperatures under 100F, and me ordering single skeins of wool to test, I know that fall is on its way! It may not feel like it - it was 112F here yesterday, a crazy temperature that has not been seen before in Central Texas.

This evening, I've picked a pattern to use for a simple pair of welly socks for my step-Dad using, hopefully, either Brown Sheep's Lambs Pride Sueprwash or Swish Superwash from Knitpicks. 
Here's a link to the pattern that I'm using for inspriation: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/irish-wellington-socks


Also, I snuck in yarn for me for my winter mittens. I'm hoping the color is close enough to the Bill's royal blue, but since is a cashmere/wool blend, I'm fairly certain I'll fall right in love and couldn't care less if the yarn turns out to be vomit colored (they do warn you that monitor colors might not be truly representative of the yarn. But, I'm willing to throw caution to the wind.)