Strange Baby Hat

If you go to Purlbee.com and look under a tutorial for cashmere hats for mom, dad, and baby, you will see a family with hats on and the baby isn't smiling. That should have been my first clue. If you look at the end of the whole tutorial, and the whole family is laughing at how silly the baby hat is, that should have been the second clue. Well, I guess I needed to find out for myself. I finished the hat, and, yes, I am showing you a picture, and I can only imagine how it is going to look on a baby's head! Maybe smaller needles, maybe thinner yarn - I don't know if anything would have helped. Maybe if the youngest grandson takes up snowmobiling he can wear this over the helmet. My next to youngest grandson likes to motor bike...maybe he can use it. Or, maybe it just could be donated to a drive for warm hats for kids, although that isn't very nice to donate a silly hat. It does look warm, and it does have a built-in neck warmer. I did get most of my sewing area picked up today. Here's the "before" shot, but I will wait for a good "after" shot. Somehow even a bit more organized it still looks cluttered. I guess I need to hire a stager to stage the sewing room so that my blog readers (all three of you!) will be impressed with the neatness. For now, though, I am going to start another small knitting project because I have a cold and I am too tired to do much else. Sniff. Jerilynn

Time to Knit

Knitting patterns always seem a bit more interesting this time of the year. The little hat I have almost done for my youngest grandson is in the book from which I made these two sweaters. A young friend of mine had twin sons and I thought I would try to make these that had a design chart. Other than having multiple threads to drop and pick up and wind around each other so I didn't get the dreaded holes in my work, I think it was pretty easy and fun. She sent me a picture with the little guys in the sweaters and if I can find it, I will post it so that you can see how cute they look in them! There is a moebius scarf pattern that I want to knit for myself, but I think I best get the hat done first. Have you seen those mobius scarves? They are cowl-like but are twisted a little and drape beautifully. Maybe because the weather is starting to chill a little, but those neck things are looking pretty cute. Faster than a sweater, even a little one. Especially faster than two little ones. Tomorrow is the organize-the-sewing-room-day! I can't wait to see what I find! Jerilynn

Bodum (R) and My Red Chair

Good Morning! We managed to get on an earlier flight in Las Vegas, and, even with the waiting-on-the-runway delays with that flight, made it back home almost before our scheduled flight was to take off. After a quick stop at the Castle, we were home! I am now in my favorite red chair, drinking the first cup of coffee that is in my favorite Bodum(R) mug. Bodum glasses are so fun - double layers of glass keep things hot and keep things cold. I like their simple modern shapes, too. Nothing seems to be too new around here. Even the pile-o-mail wasn't too large or surprising. There is a darling little neighbor girl who was passing around a flyer to walk dogs to earn enough money to buy a bike. We don't have a dog, but her flyer was so cute I asked her if she would bring in our mail while we were gone now and then. The business relationship was sealed and she has been helping us all summer and now even into the fall. She does a wonderful job. Sewing Club is today at my local sewing machine dealer. I wasn't going to be able to go because we were originally going to be home too late and I anticipated on being very tired. So, I think I just may get to go! Even though my brain is buzzing with new knowledge and ideas, sewing is like ice cream - there is always room for more to just ooze on in. What else is on the list for today? Unpack, organize the sewing room a bit, and start making a project plan. Most of what I bought Out West is arriving by post early next week, but I did carry a few things back. I will show you pictures of what I do. Have a good weekend, Jerilynn