Be still and KNIT!

Yay Knitting!

Since I'm not really posting the spiritual stuff so much anyway, let's bring in the knitting!

It'll at least make the knit-along easier to be part of!

A double knit hat is two hats in one-- double the thickness, yum yum! Now that I'm urban, I spend more time outside, (does this seem ironic to anyone else?) and I need a better hat.

So a double knit hat. I want long up and down stripeys like I found in a book of hats and mittens from Maine traditions. But I'm lazy to find that book, so I'll make it up as I go. Which makes progress slower.

So in the meantime, I finished a scarf to match, also long skinny stripeys. I'll post a photo soon.

It's harvest colors, real cozy and soft. I'll use the colors in the hat, and a couple more, and hopefully it will look coordinated. It will be long stripes something like this (one stays constant and one mutates)

H=H=H=H=H=H
H=H=H=H=H=H
H=H=H=H=H=H
H#H#H#H#H#H
H#H#H#H#H#H
H#H#H#H#H#H
H+H+H+H+H+H
H+H+H+H+H+H
H+H+H+H+H+H

The challenge being that I'm using up lots of old yarn, which is all a little unusual, and has all different textures.

I'm headed to four days of Central Committee, and I've got my hat recipes packed, and lots of needles, and a whole lot of courage mustered to figure out how to double knit this hat.

I hope I figure out enough before the meetings start so I can knit in good conscience-- not getting too caught up in patterns to pay attention to the meetings.