Hail to the Redskins.
Although I freely admit to being a yarn snob, I couldn't resist Red Heart's Team Spirit in Redskin colors. That's Mr. Freaky Face modeling the hat. He's very happy to have ear flaps because they cover up the dent in his ear from where he recently took a tumble off the shelf.
I haven't made much progress at all on the latest chevron scarf.
I wasn't feeling the love & quickly put it down & started another blanket instead.
I got the idea from a rug I saw in a magazine. I'm using Fibonacci's numbers (the Fibonacci number?? not sure how to word that) for the stripe sequence & solid color scrap yarn for the stripes. I like it & hate it at the same time. It's bright and gaudy and tacky but oddly, the bigger it gets, the less gaudy & tacky it seems. Is that what they mean by "growing on me"?
While working on the blanket squares, I watched Once Upon a Time on Netflix. I started noticing all the different hats the characters wear which got me thinking about hats and how much easier & quicker they are to knit than a blanket and...
Voila! The beginning of a hat. On my screen, it looks like slate gray yarn but it's actually a dark gray. Palette's "Ash" to be exact. I chose the yarn simply because it was within reach & I had two skeins (wasn't sure one would be enough.) It doesn't look like much yet, but it's going to be my version of Red's hat, only in gray. It's also going to be slow going because once again, I'm using fingering weight yarn & #2 needles. I really should stop complaining about that. With the exception of that Red Heart hat up above, I don't think I've used anything but fingering (or worse, lace) weight yarn for the past year or two. I think it may be time to give in and admit that all my projects take me a while.
Well, the hail has finally stopped and the thunderstorm seems to have moved on. Think I'll go see if the newly planted tomato plants survived.
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