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posted 18 January 06 & filed under knitting, lenten hat

help me out here, what do you think? if i do attach the poms, they’ll be attached loosely, with some braided yarn between the top and the poms themselves. hm.

thank you for all your sweet comments about my iris demi-shawl, they make me verrry happy! i’ve worn it contstantly for the past few days and it’s just as warm as i thought it’d be, yay.

i’ve spent the last few days just organizing the busy stuff in my life – all my clothes, all my bills, old and new paperwork, the fridge, threw out the christmas tree. even handwashed the delicates! and, even better, i have a space for a wheel just big enough, hee. ah, i just like to write about a wheel, but really it’s still a bit off till when i get one. ;)

in all that frenzy though, last night i came back to my apartment, after a long day at ucla, and found i had left the door unlocked!! not only that, but the door wasn’t even pulled all the way shut!! thankfully, the cats were safe and nothing was taken. i am so lucky! and so very thoughtless sometimes. ay! can you believe it. i still can’t, still find myself scared with all the “what ifs”, still shaking my head muttering “can’t believe it!”

i finally used some gift certificates given to me by my friend lalitha, thank you! so i’m off to the post office to pick up two books, yee-haw. one is deborah madison’s humungous ‘vegetarian cooking for everybody’, which ever since miri told me about and liz baked with (btw, check out liz’s new digs!), i’ve been itching to get, and deb menz’s ‘color in spinning’ since i’m determined to learn color theory. a certain someone – coughjuliacough – mentioned something about dyeing on her new deck, so i’m patiently waiting and in the meantime, learning all i can. ;)

happy day to you all ~

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hmmm…The hat looks cute both ways..I guess it would depend on whether or not you want a “fun” hat. The pom-poms give give a definate fun feel to the hat.

~ moni (Jan 18, 01:33 PM#)

the patterning on the hat looks amazing—i think it could go either way; for me, personally, i like the hat w/out the poms.

btw, i love the look your cat (trouble or mamacat?) is giving…she’s like, “oh, that girl is taking pictures again…”

let me know soon about where I should leave the IS 245 book, okay? i’m coming in tomorrow (thursday), in the morning.

~ lalitha (Jan 18, 05:10 PM#)

pom! the colorwork in your hat looks really good. was it fun to knit?

~ meowgirl (Jan 18, 11:00 PM#)

hmm, that hat is awesome either way (love the shape). I think the poms will add a higher funky-factor though and since I’m all about the funky lately, I vote poms.

And, dude! be careful with the locking-the-door thing! don’t make me have to start worrying about you!

~ amanda (Jan 19, 08:41 AM#)

I say go for pom. I don’t care what anyone says, I like poms, when used in moderation. I also like pom juice, do you?

BTW, did you like the mix CD I made you? Enquiring minds want to know…

~ Tanya (Jan 19, 09:51 AM#)

I vote for Pom. The hat looks amazing, great job.

Ekkk… all of this colourwork… Ekkk running away….

~ Kitty Kitty (Jan 19, 10:08 AM#)

Pom! It will be so fun with the poms. :)

I’m so glad you got that cookbook… it’s my absolute favorite!

~ Liz (Jan 19, 03:22 PM#)

I vote for the poms!! They are sooo funky and cute (weird combination ehh?)

Hey I finally finished my hot lava cardigan!! I love it! I’m planning to knit a new one, using a black cotton yarn…. I’m thinking in the next summer!

~ Andrea (Jan 19, 05:12 PM#)

Go for the poms – so cute! Love the colors in that hat, A!

~ Lolly (Jan 20, 06:17 AM#)

What a question! (I’m pondering that for mine as well.) Poms represent fun, quirky, and casual. No poms represent elegant. Frankly, we don’t have too many occasions to wear warm hats in SoCal, so if and when we do they should be fun. Long winded answer boils down to: POMS! Poms, poms, poms!

~ MJ (Jan 22, 11:03 AM#)

/journal

to pom or not to pom

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