More Hats
He wanted another hat. I can do that. Cast on Sunday, should be casting off tonight. Might be able to convince him to let me get some proper pics tomorrow.
I’m very much liking this ‘double up two otherwise unlikely to be used yarns to get one nifty yarn.’ Isn’t that a pretty color? You have to pay a bit of extra attention to make sure you get both strands when you’re doing purl decreases, but otherwise it’s not really a challenge.
In non-knitting news, the oven has finally committed suicide. Way back in July it started acting up. It lasted a week or two, then cleared up. We…well…we sort of forgot about its little temper tantrum and went back to using it as usual. On Sunday morning I was about to put a pan of biscuits in (it was The Boy’s birthday, he wanted biscuits) and realized that the oven had declined to turn on. Not even a warm. The stove works (the part on top where you use pans…I think that’s called the stove and the part with the door is called the oven), the oven is useless.
Luckily we’re not doing any holiday cooking (and we found a way to do the biscuits in a skillet), but the timing is still lousy. We’re debating the whole repair/replace issue. Isn’t being a grownup fun?
Two strands held together was how I finally came to understand the anatomy of a stitch. Very much like the look of this hat! I’ll test for you 😉
Nice cables! (as usual)
And yeah, being a grown-up is just delightful. I’m currently having a bit of fun with my dishwasher, and hoping it doesn’t turn out to be too, too expensive.
Good luck with the replace/repair question!
I once had the oven repairman come to my house on Thanksgiving morning – our gas oven has a fuse that often goes bad – just at critical moments. It’s a cheap repair, and the repair man lives a mile away. He’s a good sport, and thankfully he had a heart for us during that holiday oven crisis!
P.S… I still say you’re destined to write a hat book…