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Two hats to sisters. When I knitted the watermelon hat, I was doing some wishful thinking that my friend would have a girl. (previously blogged). And she did! The Shores hat is for her sister, who is also the recipient of a cow :)
Super quick, super cute projects. Both knitted with destash & gift yarn from J and GD. Thanks for all the colourful yarn :)
Some days I really get tired of trying ... last Friday was one of those days. I had another interview in SF and it went as I expected. With that said, I did choose the long shot it would turn out differently ... I am not complaining, I am just tired.
I did take advantage of a few hours of free time in SF (half a dozen shots on flickr) before meeting Mom back at the Oakland BART station. I took a walk down to the Ferry Building, then back to the Powell Street Cable Car turnaround, (the cable car operator smiled at me while I took these pics. aw. I miss SF!) then into San Francisco Centre (part of Westfield Mall now) to look for some earrings ..
Earrings ... I wanted some dangle earrings for an event last Saturday, you know, the kind of event one has to put on a dress. It has been many years since I looked for earrings. I have a few pairs of earrings. I do not know where most of them are, and if I find them, none of them would be right. I visited (in two different cities) - Nordstorm Rack, TJ Maxx, Target, Nordstorm, Something Silver, Bloomingdales, and Macy's. I failed to find what I want at the price I want. What to do? MAKE THEM MYSELF of course... and J encouraged!
Oh yea. I am continuing this monologue since comments are still broken, with no fix in sight.
A few weeks ago, J (& W) and I were strolling around on main street in Half Moon Bay .. J was admiring these gorgeous blown glass pumpkins. I had no idea she liked pumpkins :) This one is nothing in comparison to those but it is a fun little thingie... I will either mail it to her or bring it on my next trip.
In other note. I finally sew in ends and washed the other Calorimetry I finished on a few trips back. And I just received buttons I purchased from Natural Resouces on etsy - horn buttons, dome buttons, etc. woo ...
That was last Tueseday morning. I was so confused. What could be making my fingernails red. I did not give it more thought and continued with usual job hunting and knitting ... Then it suddenly hit me, twelve hours and may rows on habitat later, it is the red Araucania Nature Wool! er. yea.
The Selbu beanie is used some yarn J gave me a long time ago. I've wanted to knit Selbu for a long time. It is a fun pattern and easily converted into a beanie (that is just a touch long). There is not as much contrast as I originally thought. It turned out ok. Not entirely as expected.
Then I found myself doing more travel time to pursuit employment. That means another travel project. I did not have a lot of time and just quickly grabbed something. Flora is a very cute pattern and I like Lamb's Pride' Superwash. It softens a lot after soak. Both quick, fun, and simple projects. More knitting = less time go mad :D
We went to N & J last night - tasty dinner (huge salad, cheeses, russian dumplings (*pelmeni), salmon ... mmm), felt hats and play Bean game.
Hats pre-wash were huge. I knitted mine bigger than pattern suggested to ensure a proper fit and to accommodate a velvet ribbon lining. There was no worries that it will shrink too much. J - "It is more like an art". J's Cascade 200 Heather turned out really purty :) woot, hats!
Spring Beret (Ravelry link) made for my good neighbor Loretta who took care of the fuzzies when I was stuck in hospital with G during the snow storm. She wears a slouch beret when she works in her garden. I hope she likes it. And as always, J finds the good patterns.Thx J!
.. I said tomAto. Tomato hat for a prez. Yarn and pattern are gifts from J a looooong long time ago. P.S. will link to Ravelry later .. hiding hat from recipient.
Another knitting emergency... a baby hat for another niece.
Over T-day, I did a little emergency hat knitting for a little niece who didn't have a hat. So I went to a LYS and bought a skein of Pink and a skein of White Berroco Comfort. It is a quick icord with ear flaps and white ribbon (from MiL). I didn't end up using the white ... oh, did I mention the LYS didnt have addi turbo in the size I need, so I am now in possession of a new Lantern moon Destiny circular needle. doh
A few of the stuffies wanted to model the hat :) This one won the gig. I simply washed the hat, didnt block it. And a shot for the top.
Second project I finished. It is a hat with gather and stockinette stitch with a decrease.
