For some reason I had this idea in my head that it had been about three weeks since I posted last, but in looking at the dateline, it's only been a matter of days.

Time flies when you are having fun knitting.

I'm at a good 12 inches on Orangina, but honestly haven't touched in since the weekend when I did two pattern repeats and then stopped. Have I mentioned how much I hate the needles I am using? I was subconsciously pushing the needle down with my index finger when I would make a stitch, and because I am not used to the metal needles, I split my finger open. Pleasant... but I really wasn't looking to customize my Orangina with spatters of blood.

I have, though, been working on another project. One of my cousins in Texas asked if I would have any idea how to knit a hat similar to this one:



Yes, dear readers, that is Ashley Olsen. You know, the twin that doesn't wear so much ripped up clothes. Anyway, since my cousin was willing to pay for the creation of said hat, I decided rather than scout around for pattern ideas I would create it myself. Not only would that bring a sense of satisfaction to create my own thing, but it would also keep me from being in trouble for violating copyright.

The band part went really well... I'm using bobbles for the bumpy parts in the picture. But being stupid, I increased way too much after the band and created some sort of light blue yarn monster that resembled one of those poofy chef hats. I ripped all 9 billion yards of too much increase out and (I hope) am back on the right track. I think it will end up looking slightly rasta-ish in the back, but not so big. I'll try to remember to post a picture of it in progress.

After dying my own yarn the other day I sat holding some of my Wool2Dye4 yarn and dreaming of the spectacular colors I could create.

And then I remembered that these are 1/2 pound hanks, and I do not yet have a yarn yardage thingy-majig. I attempted to jerryrig one in my garage by measuring on a long board, but we were fresh out of dowels. Or big nails. Or screws. Or anything large enough to hold the yarn solid. I'll have to see about getting some dowels when I get paid next week. Until then, I can only look sadly on my undyed sock yarn.