ADD Knit Fest.

I'm pretty disappointed about the hat I designed. I hope that part of my brain improves the more I knit. I asked my newly five year old to model for me. Thus why my pictures are  blurry.

I don't know why he is making that face ha ha ha

I knitted this with 9 and 10 1/2 needles. It came out super huge! I didn't like the pattern after I started the second diamond row..? ha It looks sort of like a native american pattern which may be weird cause I am native american but I don't dig it. I reached my goal and I finished it the night I said I would. The native american pattern actually fit the movie we watched that night called Foxfire. We looked on 'on demand' and we're so indecisive that Der just picked a movie at random and we watched it. I think it was made in the 70s? maybe 60's, funny and entertaining with little story line.

I blocked it on a plate for the beret/slouchy look but I was super impatient and took it off while it was still damp. I just wanted to see it finished! Still overly huge I took a chance and threw it in the dryer. The damp diamonds I knitted with the Eco duo lightly felted. The dryer definitely shrunk it. But not too much. Just enough to fit my brothers enormous noggin. I knitted him three hats. The first was too small, the second medium and the third fit fine but the brim wasn't stretchy at all so he couldn't take it on and off comfortably. This was his from the beginning! He is definitely more patient than I am.

In just three days I've whipped out that hat and some plain brown hand warmers. well warmer. I knitted the first one a couple weeks ago and finally decided to make the other. I don't know what the deal is with my pictures not uploading all the way. There's that gray line on the bottom. Grr.

 I'm loving the magic loop method. I've used it for the hacky sacks and all my hand warmers. This is another handwarmer I started right after I made the owl mitts. I love Tweed. This yarn is Lion Heart Vanna's choice. Which is actually one of my favorite yarns that my poor self ...use to be able to afford. I started the ribbing up top but Derek helped me decide to do black again..DUH! What would I do without him? Again I've wasted way too much time reading blogs and staring at yarn. The knitting must continue.

ze poor poor knitter. CB