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wednesday 11.12.2008

07 nov 2008

that's travis, the stranger for whom the storm beanie was made. turns out he was touring around in santa barbara while i was knitting the hat. small world, eh? anyway, the hat made it to anachorage just in time for his return. i don't remember asking for proof, but i'm pretty pleased that he sent me the picture. nothing boosts my ego more than to see someone wear my work.

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neon gnomes

monday 11.17.2008

i made those over the weekend. the yarn is from a hideous kid size sweater i found at a thrift shop in sb. i bought it for the colors. i thought the yarn was acrylic so, after i ripped the sweater and wound the yarn into hanks, i threw it in with a load of laundry. it totally surprised me when the yarn came out shrunken and felted together. i guess there must be a good percentage of wool in it.

anyway, i knit both hats using the same needles and pattern. you can't really tell from the picture but one turned out larger than the other. i even made sure they had the same number of stitches and rows. i must be some sort of magician.

i plan on giving both hats away. after g gets her pick (because she called from australia asking "how many tons of wool would you like for souvenir?"), i'll just have to foist the remainder hat on another unfortunate friend.

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blk shep

monday 11.24.2008

that's one of the two "black" sheep i saw at slide ranch sunday. all i could think of was vegetable matter. he was so very shy. he kept backing away from the camera.

that's the other black sheep. i don't know what jg was trying to do there. pulling a jedi mind trick, may be?

that plate was on a german luxury car which we tailed for a couple blocks in san jose saturday. the driver looked more of a gangsta than a knitter.

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like kinokuniya, except free

friday 11.28.2008

look what i found this morning while googling for images of men's knit hat. the zakka page is my most favorite from all those links. it looks like i may never have to buy another japanese craft book.

lovely grannies

french mat

more donuts, less coasters

you would think that i'm excited by all the free patterns but no. i'm suckered by just the pictures. i hate the concept of leg warmers, but right now i'm willing to scrap my plan for men's hats to cast on for a pair like these:

i'd make mine with darker colors of course. because there is no need to highlight the meaty-ness of my calves.

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