Fastest Knitter in the West

I got back from work around midnight last night.  I had nothing to knit, so decided to cast on for something, anything.  I just wanted to knit!  And I finished it before I went to work today at 4!  I was really impressed with myself.

That's Kayla, my roommate, modeling it beautifully.  Yay for hats!  5th one that I've made this month.

Patterns a plenty.

One of the joys of working at the ice cream parlor is that sometimes people are awesome.  Like today - some guy who works at a barbecue place down the street brought me free barbecue sandwich and macaroni and cheese.  And tonight this girl who was wearing a knit slouchy beanie from Urban Outfitters GAVE IT TO ME just because I said I loved it.  Want pictures?  Oh I'll give you pictures.

(And here it is on the Urban Outfitters site:)

My first thought when observing said hat?  "I could TOTALLY knit that."  And I think I can!  And I think I'm going to decipher it right here and right now so that maybe you too could knit this hat one day.

Note:  I've never written a knitting pattern or actually deciphered one from an already knitted object, so this will be rough and this will probably be full of errors.  But I plan on actually trying to make it, so if there are many errors I'll hopefully catch them.

Cast on 64 stitches.  Work in k 1 p 1 ribbing for 3 rows, then work in k 2 p 2 ribbing until piece measures 5 inches.  Start decreasing by every k2tog every 8 stitches, until there are 12 stitches left on the needle.  Cut thread then pull thread through stitches and tighten.  

Maybe?  Yes?  I'm not sure what size needles to use... the yarn looks worsted.  I'm thinking size 9 or 10?  I'm going to try it out and see for myself!

Hats.

Sometimes I get irrationally angry at the stolen wireless internet not working.

I made another hat.  I'm a little obsessed at the moment.  Observe:

Not a bad looking gent, to boot.

Next on the docket is fingerless gloves.  Can I do it?!  According to strength #3 (positivity), yes.  Yes I can.

Halloween is nigh upon us

I've narrowed my costume choices to three:

Where's Waldo

Pepper Ann:

Or Spinelli from Recess:

I'm leaning towards Waldo because I think a) he's the most recognizable character, b) the costume would be pretty easy to reproduce, and c) because I found a pattern to knit a Where's Waldo hat.  But at this point in the game, I'm not sure.

Also, I'll hopefully be carving pumpkins tomorrow.  Think this pattern looks good?

Threaded Bliss/Bliss/Whatever, I love it

I felt like a soccer mom circa 1995 today, running errands in my '92 Dodge Caravan with the fake wood siding.  It was awesome.

One of the most important stops on my list of places to go/do was Threaded Bliss yarns, the closest LYS to me.  Despite many good natured decisions to visit the Sit N' (and?) Knit there, I had never gone.  When I found myself with a whole day of nothing, I thought it would be the perfect place to visit.  And it's AMAZING.  As soon as I stepped inside, a young woman around my age, maybe a little older, popped up and asked if I needed anything.  There was a large-ish group of people around a table, eating, knitting, and apparently having a blast.  And as soon as I was ready to check out (I bought Regia? it's brown and tweedy and will make amazing fingerless mittens, which is what it'll be used for), left the group immediately to help me, as nice as could be.  She told me everything about the shop, when all the sit and knits were, what kind of needles she recommended, and all in the nicest, most friendly way.  Basically, it was like a cool club and I want to be part of it like whoooooa.  I'm pretty pumped.

Roses and raspberry leaves

I've been knitting!  Want to see what I've made?  Really?  You do?  Awesome.

I made: a slouchy beanie for Katie G!

And a little something called Thorpe for Emily (but beautifully modeled by Chris... I know he just wants me to knit his already):

I've also started on another slouchy thing for myself:

That picture was taken on my phone, so you can't really see how amazing the color is, but it's maroon with a little yellow in it and I want to wear it already.

Also, the hat for Emily's soooort of a surprise, but I know she reads this (once a year), so SURPRISE!  Happy homecoming in two weeks!  Seriously though.  It's going to be awesome.