This is fun! I finished this hat in a week. I improvised the fair isle. I had to re-knit it three times before finding a pattern that would fit this yarn. But I really like the simple snowflake in the edge. This hat is super warm too. We’re having a warm, windy spell in Denver now, so I look forward to chilly days to put this hat to the test.
The special thing about this hat is I made it from home-spun yarn! The gray was the first skein I ever spun, using a drop spindle. The ivory was the first yarn I spun on my wheel, made double ply. Both are natural colors from corridale sheep. My coworkers were suitably perplexed/impressed (perpressed? implexed?) that I made this.
I’m on call tonight, my last shift of the week. I hope I don’t go in. My folks are on their way to visit for the weekend and I’d really like to have a relaxing dinner with them. They should be implexed by his recent growth spurt.
I’ve hit a choreography style writer’s block. Gaston is a rousing, mug-clinking dance number. There’s a bit of music that has me dumbfounded. I should just glaze over it and go by counts instead of awkward music writing, but I just can’t put moves to paper. I hope a little procrastination forces me ahead – I have to teach it next week! The good news is Amanda found a classroom with mirrors that we can use for rehearsal. The kids have so little body awareness. Using mirrors should boost there form immensely.
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