Back to the knitting talk

Not that I ever stopped talking about knitting, I just couldn't post anything. All projects were going to be gifts so I couldn't exactly chat about them.

Of course, in the mad rush of Christmas, I didn't take pictures of most of what I gave. But, as time goes on, I'll try to post shots of the gifts "in action." I mean, remember the picture I took of the Baby Brunhilde hat. Hot, right? k8 took one so much better (not that its any real shock since she's got mad photo skilz)...but my point still remains in the power of action shots.

Ok, here's how I spent my Saturday afternoon/evening.

Catherine made this hat first. As a general rule, Catherine makes cool stuff. Poking around her projects one night on Ravelry I found the hat. The hat changed my life. All through my Christmas knitting I was jonesing to make the hat. I needed the hat. And now the hat is mine.

Funny thing about the hat...For Christmas, I was lucky enough to receive yarn, needles (Lantern Moon!) and a gift certificate to Suss Knits. (More about that yarn in another post.) Today, I treated myself to that gift certificate. As I walked through the store and stared at the nook o' yarn, I kept going over and over what did I need or want...and I was struggling.

As luck would have it, I'm absent minded enough to accidentally buy the yarn for the hat. The alpaca yarns (on the top shelf about six feet up no less) kept calling me so I bought skeins in black, gray and white, thinking I would make myself, or others, nice hats or scarves, weight appropriate to our SoCal winters.

Yeah, I needed white for the hat.

That occurred to me when I was driving home.

I think that was the first time I've smiled while coughing this week.