Hats

Hello on Thursday!  I didn't make it posting earlier in the week, but here I am now.  I am feeling much better than I had been, so that's good.  It turned out to be a combination of general ick and exhaustion.  Over the past couple of weeks I had a couple of those nights where for whatever reason I could not sleep.  And I ended up being up for most of the night, and then not "catching up" on my sleep the next day, so I think I was just plain old worn out.  Then the week at work has been full of drama, thanks to a particular co-worker who is pulling some of her diva moves.  So I am glad to be feeling better, as well as happy that the work week is nearly over.

But anyway, I'm here to talk about hats.  I love hats.  Hat hair, not so much, but when it is really cold, I am more about warmth than wonderful looking hair, so I wear hats a lot of time during the winter.  One of my plans for the coming year is to make quite a few hats.  I want to make three versions of the Turn A Square hat for Christmas gifts for nieces' husbands.  I figure if I don't try to do them all at once, I won't get sick of the pattern.  I've made a couple for The Tim over the years, and he likes them.  Plus, one of the husbands has actually complimented him on his, and said, "Wow, I'd love a hat like that," and since it was the husband I thought was least likely to wear a hat at all, that clinched it!  If you haven't tried the pattern you should - it's very simple, and the results are so nice.

Then I have plans for four basic hats as part of the Harry's Hundred Project.  I want to do basic ones right now, so that I actually get them done, you know?  I have the yarn, and plan to get started this weekend.

As you can see, Jetsam is all about quality control ... :-)

And then, a hat for myself.  I keep seeing the Baa-ble Hats that everyone has made, and I just love them!  I've seen some in person, and decided I just need to join the crowd and make one for myself.

I am still deciding whether the little sheepies will be gray with white faces or white with gray faces.  Also, will they be in a corn field (yellow) under a blue sky?  Or will they be in Kentucky bluegrass under a sunny sky?  Just making these involved decisions could take much longer than actually knitting the hats ... 

Of course, there are many other hats that I would love to knit, but right now, these are at the top of the list.  

What about you?  Do you wear or knit hats?  Do you take a ridiculously long time to make basic decisions about color combos?