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the bobble hat

well, I finished the bobble hat. too bad I didn’t figure out how to do the bobbles until the end.

isn't she cute?

I honestly don’t know where the time goes. It seems like I am just here posting, but the next thing I know, months have gone by.

I have been doing some knitting. My daughter requested a white hat, so I made her the bobble hat from Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter. The problem was that didn’t figure out how to make a bobble until the very end – so it doesn’t look great. I’ll take pictures when it’s done blocking.

I am still working on the Huug and the Lace Sweater and the purple sweater and the dish cloths…. I also started 2 baby hats for gifts using some new Cascade Fixation yarn.

It was on October 21st 2007 that I re-started the back of the Cables & Lace sweater after the puppy destroyed it, and I finally finished it last night! whoo hoo!

Also, a teacher at the grade school started a knitting club after school that I went to with my daughter on Friday. Too fun. A ton of people showed up, most of whom had never knitted a stitch. As a lefty, I was able to show the two other lefties present how I knit. We’re making “Huugs”. I’ve finished one leg. My daughter doesn’t seem to want to knit at all, but she said she had fun. We’ll see.

I actually have a bit of knitting news to share….

I am so excited! A friend of mine farm alpacas and she has yarn for sale from her prize alpaca. I guess a local spinner spun it for her and I asked if I could get some. I need to get over there.

AND here’s something to really get excited about…. I have been making “plarn” out of Safeway bags and plan to make some reusable shopping bags out of them. Checkout the neat site here: How to Make Plarn.

I have been feeling guilty about not knitting lately. It’s been so long… I have a mental block about finishing that pattern – I got mixed up on it some how and I can’t get it right. So, I decided to table that project and finish #1’s mittenettes.

The kids saw me working on it and wanted to pick up learning to knit again, so we all packed up the car and went to the store for needles and yarn. I found these cute little kits with short needles and instructions. #1 seems to be getting it, but #s 3 and 4 are still a little behind. I had to teach myself how to knit right handed so I could show these people how to do their way. It’s really hard for me to show them how to do it.

Anyhow, I am about 5 rows from finishing minttentte # one