- Take :: five
- 350 :: 250
- Stand :: take one
- Raspberry :: pink
- Turnstile :: subway
- Infomercial :: TV
- Dejected :: sad
- What’s the word? :: senile
- Awestruck :: Statue of Liberty
- Smashed :: drunken
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I bought a book.
The patterns look like something that could lure me away from my plain vanilla, I-can-knit-them-without-a-pattern, usual socks. Although I generally do not mind flashing and pooling in my socks, the designs in this book offer some nice alternatives. An item of note:
On the left, a photo from the book; on the right, my own feet in the same yarn, Colinette Jitterbug, #55 Toscana (the true color is somewhere in between the two photos). In case anyone is wondering, I am congratulating myself on my good taste in yarn. Those socks are long finished and have been worn numerous times; their completion has tragically gone unreported in these pages.
The other surprise to me was to connect the author of the book with Black Bunny Fibers and the Go Knit in Your Hat blog. Yes, I am a tad out of the loop...
* * * * *
I have knit seven preemie hats so far for Jeanne, and in the process will use up my stash of Knit Picks Shine Worsted*. That yarn seems to me to be perfect for this project -- super soft and knits up quickly. Last night I timed the pink hat (third from the back), and it took just under four hours from cast on to weaving in the ends. Number eight is OTN, and there might be just enough for number nine.
Speaking of ends, here is how much was left of the terra cotta color when I finished that hat in the middle of the row.
Hannibal was relieved.
Whew, I worry about these things. Not.
* Why are the clearance colors the same price as the rest?
Because it's Knitpicks. *L*
Love the hats and the unreported socks!
Posted by: Cookie | 01 February 2009 at 12:39 PM
Love the hats and the socks!
Posted by: Jeanne | 01 February 2009 at 03:18 PM
Look at all those hats! So cute. I can't figure out the Knitpicks thing either. Kind of ticks me off to be quite honest. But, I'm too lazy to send them an email or call and ask what the heck is up. How sad is that? ;)
Posted by: tammy | 01 February 2009 at 03:24 PM
Because of these trying economic times? I think that's the default answer to everything.
Posted by: Heather | 01 February 2009 at 05:17 PM
The clearance price thing has confused me for years. Is everything on clearance? Is nothing on clearance? Does clearance really have a meaning? Is my definition different from everyone else's?
The cats may not worry about this stuff, but I do...
Posted by: Sheepish Annie | 01 February 2009 at 05:22 PM
Love the hats.
ALMOST enough to get me to crank out some of my own.
Posted by: Helen | 01 February 2009 at 06:21 PM
Kitteh!! love the kitteh.
And thanks for buying the book... (;
Posted by: Carol | 01 February 2009 at 07:33 PM
Wow! Look at all those hats! That cat should have a hat. ;)
Posted by: Chris | 01 February 2009 at 07:50 PM
If I woke up at night and found that kitteh watching me, I'd be examining my conscience.
Cute parade of hats.
Posted by: Diane | 01 February 2009 at 09:32 PM
Yes, Hannibal is slightly worried about the preemie hats; but it's not that you'll run out of yarn....
I bought that book too, just last week, it's sitting one foot from my elbow as I type (something sounds strange and unanatomical about that sentence). Looks like some likely patterns in there.
And I always knew you had excellent taste.
Posted by: Cathy-Cate | 01 February 2009 at 09:32 PM
Great hats! I see your kitty is every bit as concerned about your knitting as my kitties are about mine :-)
Posted by: Julie | 02 February 2009 at 05:59 AM
Love the hats and the socks - super cute. And I don't mind pooling in my socks so much either but the book looks really interesting and has been getting good reviews. I may have to pick it up too.
Posted by: Clea | 04 February 2009 at 04:41 PM