Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Hayden came!

I’m a moron and completely forgot to take a picture of her wearing her new, yellow, beaded lace scarf! (The one I knit last week).

We made enchiladas and put olives on our fingers

And we knit, just like the old days

I’m working on my brother’s hat. Not that I ever offered to knit him one, but he’s been nagging me since I finished his scarf (the one that gave me tennis elbows) in March, and I figure I’d rather whip out a hat than continue to listen to him go on about it.

So, it seems that I’ve forgotten how to knit hats. I’ve had to rip the decreases out of this one 3 times because it was too short. Now it may be too tall. I’m waiting for him to try it on before I finish duplicate stitching the requested vertical-stripes-a-la-the-signature-John-Mayer- stratocaster.

We had the same problem with the hat Abby just knit. I though you knit 4 inches of hat length (more if you’re flipping up the rim) before starting decreases every other round? Isn’t that about standard?