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it feels like friday!
posted 26 January 06 & filed under lenten hat, politics
with my new schedule, where i have monday and wednesday’s off* it’s been a little jarring to my sense of weekdays/weekend. no complaining here, it’s a nice thing to feel like it’s friday all day only to realize friday is just a couple of days away. ;)
[* that is no work or school, but always plenty to do of course, including freelance work, yeehaw. and laundry. always laundry!]
anyhow, ta-daa! my finished norwegian knit along ‘flenten’ hat. isn’t it lovely? thanks to my big old noggin, it feels a bit too snug alas but no worries, i’ll find someone worthy-enough to give it to and i’ll definitely be making more of these. i highly recommend bea ellis knit kits for the beginner fair isle-r as the color choices are many, the pattern and chart easy to read, and the result tremendously satisfying. thanks to mj for organizing the kal! i might slip in another fair isle something or other before the kal ends, we shall see. as always, more detail on the hat, plus pics of what it looks like on the inside!, on the project page.
i’m joining lolly’s project spectrum – have you heard about it? it starts march 1st, so there’s plenty of time, especially for you crazy olympians, and the general idea is just to use more color, specifically certain color groups each month. excellent!
here in l.a., the south central farmer’s community garden is being threatened! look at this google map – that big patch of green is them, to the west all housing on teeny lots and to the east all factories and industrial area. the largest community garden in l.a., it’s about 14 acres large with over 350 farmers working on it for over ten years. now, the owner wants to demolish the garden and build a warehouse there instead – please send a letter to the politicians asking to save the garden. it’s ridiculous that instead of holding this garden up as a model, it’s being threatened with demolition! grrrr.
how to grow fresh air, featuring 50 plants that help purify the air in your home. cool. also, inverted indoor gardening – v. tempting. lastly, check out this crazy keyboard – i love it! in general, pics of nature taking over technology/ man-made-things make me giddily happy.
can you believe it’s almost the end of january already? wow.
Comments
Your hat looks great! One of these days, I WILL muster up the gumption to try two-color knitting. I know it’s not that hard, but it’s all about finding the time and the right project.
Thanks for the link about the South central garden…GRRRRR! I get so disgusted/frustrated with the lack of a long view in this country. Here you have one of the only places in LA where fresh food is being grown, and we think we should have another warehouse instead. Yea… that’ll solve our problems as the cost of oil goes up. Off to write my letter…
~ Liz
Andrea, the hat is so pretty! i love the pom addition, and I really like the colors of your Fair Isle – I love when they are close like that. Thank you for the recommendation on the pattern too. I plan to dip into Fair Isle this year.
I am so glad you are a part of my little Project. It is going to be a real joy seeing so much creativity and COLOR! I can’t wait to see what you have planned ;)
I have Mondays and Wednesdays off to – love it! I decided to use Wednesday afternoons (before class) for cultural/natural inspiration. I did some sightseeing in my own city!
~ Lolly
I love the pom addition to your hat! very cute :). Can’t wait to see what you do with Project spectrum. I signed on for that, too. I think I will try my hand at dying yarn…
~ moni
It looks great, Andrea. The poms are a great addition. You know you can block the hat to fit your noggin, right?
~ MJ
Love the hat…those colors look fantastic on you!
~ Sonya
Oooh, the pom looks great.
~ rose
Hey Andrea! :) Your hat is wonderful – super cute. I’ll have to check out the kits.
And thanks for the tip on Project Spectrum – I have to add Lolly to my blogroll, I tend to forget to view her great site! I may just join in – especially since it’s a wide-open use of creativity!
Hope you are doing well!
~ Miri