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Sigh. This is lovely. I will enjoy knitting with i

Sigh. This is lovely. I will enjoy knitting with it at some point. But this is not the project for this yarn (as always, this is not a complaint about or a criticism of the yarn itself, it's totally just that the yarn and the project are not a good match for each other). Let's try again.

Decisions decisions decisions.⁠ ⁠ I mean I don

Decisions decisions decisions.⁠
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I mean I don't think there's a wrong choice here, but I do have to actually *make* a choice at some point. Any guesses?

So look, sometimes the thing that looks absolutely

So, you totally don't HAVE to put in the sneaky se

So, you totally don't HAVE to put in the sneaky secret drawstrings to pre-slouch your hat. You can absolutely just knit it like a regular hat and adjust it when you put it on. It absolutely works that way too.⁠⁠
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The drawstrings are just there as an option for anyone who is maybe not 100% confident in their slouch arranging skills. ⁠⁠
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But if you are cooler than me (almost certainly) or better able to dress yourself than me (also almost certainly), you can totally just do this the old fashioned way.⁠⁠
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Either way it's adorable and you'll be unspeakably fetching. I'm sure of it!

Ok, can I just show you the back of this? Because

So I have a confession to make. I love slouchy ha

No, really, I was very much not kidding about the

No, really, I was very much not kidding about the parade of swatches. There are So Very Many. I'm going to take pictures of them and then just randomly inflict them on you when the mood strikes.⁠⁠
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This, by the way, is an actual delight, but so wildly impractical that I would not inflict it on anyone else. I'm pretty sure if I tried to talk people into a project that needed three yarns, people would revolt.⁠⁠
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But...but I shall be borrowing bits of it and working them into something else. Which is yet another reason I staunchly maintain swatches are NOT a waste of time (or yarn...the yarn rips right back out, yes even the mohair). Swatches are yarn doodles and they teach you things and give you ideas and make your knitting better. If you let them.

No, I am *not* making hats for easter eggs. I am m

No, I am *not* making hats for easter eggs. I am making hats for something else tiny and absurd and BLOCKING them on easter eggs.⁠
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Though whether that is better or worse I truly cannot tell at this point.⁠
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But yeah...yeah tiny hats for another project you'll be seeing more of later in the year. I just had to share this bit right now since it was extra funny.

I'm not sure why, but I'm right in the middle of a

I'm not sure why, but I'm right in the middle of a massive 'swatch, make a face, rip it out, repeat' dance right now. I've got literally dozens of swatches that are Really Quite Close But Not Exactly Right littered all over the house right now. ⁠
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I think what I need to do is collect them all in one spot, take pictures of the ones that are close enough to good to at least show off on here (because yes, yes I totally WILL mine my unsuccessful swatches for instagram content, and if anyone gets snarky about that, I cordially invite them to find something to post damn near every day for years on end), unravel them, tidy up all my needles, and start fresh.⁠
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I mean what I REALLY want is for it to be safe to go to a yarn shop or better yet a yarn festival. Because I have just SUCH an itch to put solid colored yarns together with yarns that use that same solid color in a speckle. But that is shockingly hard to do over the internet and much much much easier to do in person.⁠
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But we can't do that quite yet. Soon, but not quite yet.⁠
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So for now, I swatch and rip and dig through the stash and swatch and rip and order yarn and swatch and rip and dig through the stash again and tidy my needles and swear and count down the days until my state opens registration to folks in my age group.⁠
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Because when this is all over? When this is all over I'm going to wander around pairing yarn, in person, with My Own Two Hands And My Very Own Eyes and my goodness but that sounds lovely.

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