Spazzmanda

There are some changes going on right now where I work that have me all… conflicted. A sad departure? A new opportunity? On many levels, I’m just so torn, between what there is to be done, the thing that needs to be done, the moral right thing to do and what is currently expected from me– and none of these things, mind you, are ever, ever, ever the SAME thing, the comfortable thing, or even the easy thing. Blah. I can’t even really communicate all that is going on, nor do I really want to… once again… right here… in my safe place.

I shall skip on to the knitting.

Super-secret-finished-object numero uno:

For more details, see Ravelry.

Also, I started this over the weekend:

For our “Hedge” A-long- where many of us are knitting a felted hedgehog at the same time. I made much progress on this little fucker before finishing the blanket o’death (pictured above.) All yarn from said hedgehog is a remnant from my stash (and Shari’s- thanks for the fun fur so I can make him all one color.)
This isn’t the “easiest” pattern to read, you are kind of have to be assumed to have half a brain, I really favor “moron-worded” patterns myself.

Yeah, he will be a cute little door-stopper for my mother once I come up with something heavy to stuff him with. Shari suggested rice, I asked her- “What about bugs?” She mused, but confirmed that rice would probably be better…

Wait for it.

It is funny… Maybe you had to be there.

Me and my knittas went to the Twisted Skeins in Clarkesville this weekend (gosh, I needed that outing. It healed my soul a little that day, thanks in great part to Shari for being… a perfect friend and destination-knitting-companion exactly when and where I needed her. Uncanny.)

In the immortal words of Forrest, Forrest Gump:

“That’s all I have to say about that.”

I finished something that is knitted! I know, January is almost over and I have a teensy little baby hat to show for myself! How wonderful!

This is my niece, Miss Ashlyn Skye and she is probably the cutest baby on the planet and I just love, love, love her. Particularly when she looks so damn cute in the ruffled baby hat I made for her. I used a stray ball of Knit Picks Shine Sport in a periwinkle color (sorry, I don’t know off hand.) I just love how the cotton blend drapes for this delightful little ruffle! I also don’t remember where I got the initial pattern from which I drew my inspiration, but I really didn’t use it for much more than the general idea and then made up a pattern myself so it would fit her age group since the pattern was for a newborn and at almost six months, her head is decidedly larger. I cast on 180 sts. using US#5 Addi Turbos, joined in the round and worked for an inch or so and then decreased by knitting two together all the way around. I worked an eyelet row (K2tog, YO) for the ribbon then proceeded in stockinette until it was almost four inches from the beginning, then did my decreases (K 8, K2tog, repeat, then knit a row, then K7, K2tog, knit a row) until I was down to 9 stitches. Voila! Baby Hat that fits a 5, no, 6 month old baby!

Still working feverishly on the top secret, non-knitting but still needle worked project for a special birthday that was, er, yesterday. (I’m still so behind!)

UPDATE:

This hat is getting rave reviews from Mommy. She likes the ribbon, it makes it a little ‘adjustable’ as well as fashionable. She likes the yarn choice a lot too because it is cotton it is warm without being too warm, or something. She sees her wearing this into the spring, circumference of head allowing, of course.