Also - I seem to be getting comments e-mailed to me, but not right away. So if you have commented and not heard from me, I promise you will, just later than expected. And of course, if I have your e-mail address. I'm sorry to say I'm too lazy to close my e-mail messages and answer in the comment section, so if I don't have your e-mail address, or have lost it somehow, you won't hear from me.
OK, onto today and Unraveled Wednesday. You may recall that I was planning to knit the Olmsted Hat for The Tim, using some leftover yarn from this project. Well, I started it at the end of last week, and over the weekend, got quite a bit done:
I am so very happy with how the yarn is working with it! I was knitting away, and went to look at the pattern to see what the measurement was when you started working on the crown. And it was then that I noticed that I was not actually doing what the pattern instructed! My excuse is that I actually had to cast on and do the first row about 6 times - I think once I got it to "work" that I just kept going with what the first row said ... I was dismayed, but have decided I'm not starting over. So I'll just use the pattern for the crown, thereby making it an Olmsted-inspired hat. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Because I love the way it looks and is knitting up as it is, I'm leaving it alone!
As far as reading, I started this cozy mystery the other day. I'm about 80+ pages in, and am enjoying it. My brain is just in the mood for something like this that is enjoyable but not overly involved.
In exciting reading news, I won an Instagram giveaway sponsored by Liverpool Yarns! It was one of those "like this post and tag two friends," and I did that and won (sorry, two tagged friends).
I've been wanting to get a copy, but figured I'd have to wait until after the holidays. I was so excited to win, because I love contests and for as much as I enter, I seldom win. The book arrived in the mail yesterday, and when I showed it to The Tim, he said, "Let me guess - a knitting mystery?" HA! I showed him, right? (No, not really but it feels fun to say so.)
So that's what is happening around here. I hope your knitting and reading are going well (even if you are not doing what the pattern actually tells you to do ...), and that the rest of your week is a good one.
9 comments:
I think projects "inspired by" an actual pattern often turn out best! It's great to just go with the flow -- especially when you like the look of what you're creating. How fun that you won Clara Parkes' new book! I never win contests . . . but that doesn't keep me from entering. (My sister, however, wins nearly every contest or raffle she enters. It's pretty amazing, really.) (I figure she got all the luck in the family. . . ) XO
How exciting to win a contest! I never win anything, so much so that now I always put Rick's name on entries. He wins stuff all the time.
Sometimes, I think patterns should have bold print at the beginning: "The following instructions are for suggestion only, please feel free to alter as desired!"
And, congrats to you on your win! Wooo! That is awesome!
Nice win on the Clara Parks book!! Love the hat and I agree with everyone else - "inspired by" is often better than the original.
Sounds like the hat is a "Happy Accident".
I love that you did not unravel! The hat looks wonderful and since you like it and it's your creation, what more is needed. Congratulations on the Clara Parks book. It's always fun to receive a treat in the mail.
Congrats on the big win!!! That looks like a great book. I have her others so I'll have to go check that out. You just can't have enough books about sheep.
Who says knitters need to follow a pattern exactly as written. The hat looks great. How nice you won a copy of Parkes' book. I know what you mean - I often enter but rarely win.
I hope you had a wonderland anniversary dinner. Congrats to you and The Tim for many wonderful years together and many to come.
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