so, i have leftover noro kureyon yarn from my FMB and as well as planning on using it as a stripe for some yet-to-be-thought-up sweater, i decided to make the one-skien kureyon hat from the knitting garden. So, i took the pattern and yarn on my road-trip (pics to come), but didn’t start, or finish it until i got back. what adjustments did i make? (yes, you know i made adjustment). well, first, the pattern is flat, and i knit in the round, casting on 65 stitches so that i can stitch the first and last ones together to give me a total of 64. Then, i ended up knitting much more that the 11 rows after the ribbing stops because my first attempt made a nice yarmulke, but not a very good beanie. Then, i followed schmeebot’s advice on beanie decreases to shape the head. Then i added a itsybitsy icord topper. basically, all i used the main pattern for was the number of stitches to cast on and how much ribbing to give it. ah well, i am really happy with it and it was a VERY quick knit.

for a pissed-off announcement.

SOP’s garage was broken into last night while we were away at a party for a friend of his who was hurt in a bike accident and is now paralyzed from the waist down. What was stolen? SOP’s bike (which he had just started to ride again) and my dad’s compressor that SOP had borrowed for the roof work. i feel sick. my dad recently lent his chainsaw to someone who broke it and didn’t offer to get it fixed or anything and now this! SOP will check to see if his insurance will cover any of the replacement and either way it is time to check out Sears. sigh. it’s a big compressor, too, so we are hoping some of SOP’s neighbors noticed something. now i need to get the serial numbers for the compressor as well.

today’s post was going to be all happy about my great road-trip this weekend and the beanie i started and finished and lots of pics, but that will have to wait. maybe a little later.