The first snow

So this is it...the first snow! Not a lot, but it really took me by surprise. It comes as a total shock every year. I haven't even had time to fully enjoy autumn yet! And suddenly it's less than two months til Christmas...If you look closely, you can see the little white flecks of snow. It melted as soon as it hit the ground, but still...
I've been so busy the last couple of months applying for jobs that time just seems to fly by. But I really enjoy this time of year -the cool, crisp air, chilly walks outside and staying in at night, reading, knitting, drinking tea or red wine...And it's time to start making the first of those homemade Christmas gifts! Bought some yarn for a cable scarf and got to work on it last night, and since the yarn is so chunky and I'm knitting on big needles I managed to finish it today! Got some yarn left over that will make a nice matching hat.
I really like the finished result -it's made for a man, so I've decided to go for neutral colours, but got a yarn that has little specks of colour in between so it's not all beige and boring -for me to knit, that is!The cable work was so much fun and a lot easier than I imagined it to be, so I'll probably whip up a few more to keep male necks in my family nice and warm for winter.