Happy April!

They say "April showers bring May flowers," but they don't really say what sleet and freezing rain could bring. Only in Maine would we have colder weather in April than we did most of the winter.

I know I said I would stop talking about my grandmother's afgan, and I will... eventually. Her birthday was on March 29th and my parents and I met up with her for gifts, cake and ice cream. I thought it would be nice to put in a picture of me showing Gayer her new afgan.


She didn't cry like I thought she might, but in retrospect I think she was a little overwhelmed that the whole family came together for something like this.

It's the fourth day of April and I have been working hard on my contribution to the Dulaan Project. I've already completed two hats- one a small child size and one an older child size. Since I have so many different yarns to use from my stash I am hoping to make a large variety of sizes. First up... a basic stockinette roll brim hat:


and modeled by the ever lovely (albeit increasingly dirty) Dead bear...


Second... ribbed brim then basic stockinette:


and again, modeled by the Dead bear...


I'm not a huge fan of pompoms on hats just because they are sometimes a pain to make, but I feel like the blue one is somewhat unfinished. I'd contemplated making an icord tassle thing at the top. Thoughts either for or against?

I also discovered this crazy bright yarn in my stash:

How do you think kids in Mongolia would respond to hunter orange?? I'm not sure if I should make an attempt to use it or give it to someone that has a liking for hunter orange. A pumpkin/ jack-o-lantern hat perhaps?

Since it is cold and nasty outside, I wanted to leave this post with a little bit of optimism taken this past weekend, despite the fact that these flowers are probably going to be either dead or mighty pissed off in the morning. From my flower bed: