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I hate when my lunch immediately gives me hiccups. How annoying.

Working at home has gotten much easier today. I got my printer and little table set up next to the desk. And the BIGGIE, I got a lamp out of the storage room this morning to put on the desk. Our bedroom is not the most well lit place. Even with the blinds open, it can be dim in here. Very dim. It's not good. It also leads to problems while trying to knit while watching something on the computer. Now I can see my keyboard! Yay! I grabbed a few baskets too. All my mail keeps getting shoved in between the wall and the computer and that just looks gross.

I'm going to frog the Celtic Cable Scarf I'm working on. I think black slippery cashmere + crazy cable pattern on smallish needles = Jessica is never ever going to want to knit it. Plus, it's for a guy and it was just a bit too feminine and too narrow. So I'm going to find something new and hopefully have it finished within the next week to get to him as quickly as I can.

Last night I started another quickie 1x1 ribbed scarf. This one is bright kelly green and black. I like it. I very, very rarely knit with black and I love it. I don't know why I don't do it more often. In fact, I was daydreaming about a little black bolero or shrug last night while I was knitting along to Project Runway. (Speaking of Project Runway -- 1. I love Chris and Christian. They're great. I'm so glad they brought Chris back. He shouldn't have gone in the first place. 2. Ricky. I'm sorry Ricky, I can't stand your designs. They all LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. Tiny dresses. Wow. Go you. And you cry so much. 3. Someone else who does the same thing every time -- Rami. You make gorgeous stuff, but you make the same thing every. single. week. Branch out dude.)

The American Idol auditions have been... fun(ny). The "Rocker" - "I'm a Rocker. I like to ............... rock." That guy was wearing so much makeup. Ew.

Hey. What's up?

I am posting from the library. My internet at home is a bit wonky right now. I did manage to get a few photos uploaded of the freshly completed items.

The Silk Garden hat v 2.0:
1 skein Noro Silk Garden Color 205
US Size 6 DPNs
Basic hat recipe



And a cute little felted box:
Partial skeins of Yarns Brunswick Brunsana (Persian Yarn) in black and pale pink
US Size 11
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3"
Based on the pattern in Mason-Dixon Knitting



The box has shrunk down a little more since drying totally. I might give it another round of felting. I forgot how fun these are to knit. I made a very small square on for Mom for Christmas and really liked it. This one felted a little better. I went up a few needle sizes. I think I got it prefect this time.

A HUGE GIANT FANTASTICALLY ENORMOUS Thanks to Lauren for my Lurve Package! I love, love, love the yarn. It's mouthwatering. The Swiffers wil help keep my hardwood floors looking lovely for photoshoots.
And thanks to Cynthia for making me the most lovely stitch markers! I love the colors. They match my Hourglass perfectly!

Thanks so much you guys! I was having a really crappy day and that really brightened things up!

ETA: Photos! I got them uploaded! Woo!

Another hat

I finished a hat for Z. Just a simple black wool hat, but he was VERY specific about how it looks and fits. Hopefully he likes it. If not, it's mine! Ha!

I'll have photos tomorrow.

ETA PHOTO!!!

Little Black Beret*

I'm on a hat kick. I can't stop making them. I blame Ohio and the winter.

Today's hat was not intended to be a beret, it just sort of turned out that way. I'm not even really sure how it happened. It's knit out of some Lion Brand Chenille that was in my stash. I generally hate chenille and still kind of do. I would never knit something larger than a hat out of it. I used US size 8 DPNs and cast on a random number of stitches, then I decreased once I was worried the yarn was running out. I actually could have made it much larger, but I think it fits very well and I'm glad it's not any bigger.

It's pretty perfect timing too -- we're expecting a pretty big snow storm tonight and I just found two pairs of black mittens in my closet!

Now I really have to get to work on a beanie for Z. I've cast on about 4 times for one made out of the brown alpaca he got me for Christmas, but it's just too fine and I keep breaking it. I've tried it on 3 different sized needles and nothing seems to really work. I'm going to dig some plain black wool out of the stash and use that.

*sing to the tune of "Little Red Corvette"