More Cold Temps - a good thing

Yesterday I finished weaving in the ends on the Fake Isle Hat. I like the finished product and am happy with the few slight changed I made to the pattern. I'm still thinking about adding a little tassle braid at the top. Anyway, it was nice to see the temps dip again so that I could wear it today. Wearing brand new knitted items is ALWAYS so pleasant. Even if it meant yet another day of winter.

I'm still trying to figure out all the formatting and what size pictures should be. But you get the drift of how the hat turned out. So just for the record, the ribbed edge got changed to a rolled stockinette edge. And I don't think you can really tell from these pics, but I added one row of purl right before I started the very top. For my odd-shaped head, I needed just a bit of separation between sides and top.

Not much else to report from this end. I bought a long addi turbo to try the second bird in hand mitten. But am kind of ignoring that right now. For some strange reason, the dpns really annoyed me this time around. That's never happened before and now I'll try the magic loop. That kind of scares me just a bit. Oh well, nothing ventured and all that.

Tonight I got home and listened to David Reidy's latest podcast. I really enjoy listening to his show. He just sounds like such a nice guy, and he always picks great things to share (words and music).

That's it for now.



Big day at work tomorrow. Our corporate spelling bee which is loads of fun, but lots of work. We've been planning since last year.