I took a Mobius class from Hill Country Weavers last month and in a couple of hours I had half a cowl done. The idea of knitting a Mobius strip was fascinating and crazy fun.
There was only one problem.
It looked like a hot mess.

The pattern was supposed to be diagonal ribbing, but um, if it was, I couldn’t spot it. So, a frogging we will go…a frogging we will go…hi ho the dairy-o a frogging we will go. The yarn will someday become something else. The mobius cast on is cool and I plan to use that skill in the near future to make a plain stockinette cowl.
ps. I rather liked the movies “Love and other Drugs” and Beyond a “Reasonable Doubt”.

What a difference a year makes. Last February, I made the Hermoine hat for myself on size 5 circs. This January, I used the same yarn and the same needles to make the same hat. Only, it turned out a little big, so it seems I’m a tad less uptight than I was last winter. At least this is what I’m telling myself.

The hat is a birthday gift for my SIL. I’m going to send it to her with a note that if it is too big, she should let me know and I’ll knit her another (on 4’s). Some kind of sisterhood of the traveling hat magic could happen and it could fit. At least this is what I’m telling myself.
I also noticed that I look like I’ve aged a lot in a year – my eyes have dark circles under them. The good news on this is the first hat was done in DC (no allergies) and the second hat was done in mid-January in what I’m sure must be the Live Cedar Capital of the World. I haven’t really aged all that much in a year. At least this is what I’m telling myself…


Happy Birthday, C!

You know all those mother-in-law horror stories that you’ve heard? Well, I’m very lucky because my MIL is the exact opposite of all that. So, when I started dropping hints to see if there was anything she’d like knitted, she asked for a cabled scarf. And since she’s so wonderful, it couldn’t be just any cabled scarf, it had to be reversible! Cables on both sides! I was thrilled to have an excuse to try this pattern and since TH kept admiring it while it was in progress, I felt fairly certain that she would like it.

Here’s one picture to show color and one to show the cables.

Happy Birthday, T!