I’m reswatching for this project because I forgot to note what needles I used for the swatch I found stashed with the yarn. I can’t afford to assume I used the size 3 needles called for in the pattern, I’m just not that lucky. Swatches lie anyway, I may as well try to hedge my bets. I’ve frogged the swatch and am starting again.

This means that I have created a swatch for a project not just once, but twice.

I’m pretty sure I have to turn in my Reckless Knitter card.

That is the question.

Answer: I sort of slouched. I started the decreases several rows earlier than I did on Danica’s hat.  I’m going to weigh the yarn to be sure, but I think I will have enough of the Groovy colorway left to make another hat.

While I’m knitting with one color, I put the ball of the other color into the hat to keep it out of the way. Oh, the cleverness of me.

I took these pictures earlier in the hat’s life. I don’t know if you can see the difference in the thickness of the yarn.  This is one of the very few things that bugs me about this yarn. Ah Chroma, bless your ever lovin’ wonky, inconsistent gauge. It’s a good thing you’re soft and pretty.

It finally stopped raining. Which, I guess is a good thing. I like the rain and we really can use a lot of it. I am definitely not the type of person that whines when there is a lot of rainy or snowy weather. It is nice, however, to have variety and I appreciate a good mix of sunny and rainy weather.

I started the hat even though I wasn’t sure I was going to like the colors.  I started with the Chroma Natural and I’ll decide on what the other color will be later. I may change my mind several times before I settle on which color to choose. I started this hat with the idea that I would turn it in for a class for HPKCHC, because clearly I am delusional enough to think that I can knit a hat in 20 days on top of all the blanket squares I’m planning on doing. If it were an aran or bulky weight hat, sure, I would totally believe I could do this. But this is not an aran or bulky weight hat, it is more like sport weight. Even though the yarn label says worsted weight, I know that not all worsted weights are created equal. This is clearly NOT Vanna’s Choice worsted weight, nor even Red Heart’s worsted weight.  It is Knit Picks Chroma worsted weight and Chroma is a much finer worsted weight.

I’m not sure what I was thinking about, but it threw off my groove.

Is it true that putting on a hat will keep your feet warm? If so, I wish this hat were done now, because my feet are cold.

1. I ordered yarn for a hat.
2. I don’t like the colors.
3. The yarn is no longer on sale.
4. I really can’t afford more yarn anyway.
5. It’s raining.
6. The colors are probably fine, I’m just in a funky mood.
7. It’s still raining.
8. I’m going to make the hat anyway
9. I don’t remember the needles size I used the last time I made this hat.
10. I have to swatch.
11. Swatches are lying little bastards.
12. It’s still raining.

#knitterworldproblems

How I spent the day before Mother’s Day:

Playing WoW with my mother 🙂  I have the coolest mom ever 🙂

Side note: Four years ago my ex husband took my son away from me. It’s been four years that my baby has been under this negative influence and I’m heartbroken to say that my son has turned into someone I don’t recognize or understand.  And why was this necessary you might ask? Because goats have to be milked and the ex shouldn’t have to be required to live and work in close enough proximity to his animals to be able to do it himself.

Heartbroken is the word of the day.