Cooling Off Where You Are?

It's cold (squeal of delight) and Eliza is now wearing the hat I knit while she was in-utero. It's cuter on & all the flaws are much less noticeable when her sweet laughing eyes are peaking out from underneath. Here's more on the pattern. Is there anyone who doesn't think aviator hats are adorable?!

What cool-weather knits are you pulling out of hiding?

Not so-well Knit & And Ode To Treasuring.

I knit this aviator cap a few weeks ago for the new one and while I enjoyed (throat clearing) it, I think it was for all the wrong reasons. The pattern, for me, seemed off. Again, I am a novice knitter and everything I do know I learned here or via the internet at large. So, the hat seems wonky--which I knew about 16 rows in, but it's not in my nature to 'frog'--as they say. I'm too hopeful that what seems lost may be found.

Anyway, still need to add a tie via an idiot chord--should be able to swing that ;) and maybe next time I'll follow this pattern and have more success...(seriously, what's with the point?!)

And I just wanted to share a treasury that I put together in memory of my Grandfather. It's the second one in a series (the other is Ode to Ethel, his sister, my great aunt). The whole process is pretty sweet, seems simple enough to create a treasury, but it takes me time and brain power to think on things I don't like I should. For me each person was whole and complete and I can nearly smell them when I think about them, but for anyone else these little odes are a glimpse into their story...

She Knits?

It's true, I've handled the needles a time or two, but I'd never call myself a knitter. Why? well, i'm too distractable. Can you believe that's not a word? (case and point).
Anyway, on my list of accomplishments:

• Scarf
• Socks (thanks to the persuasion and patience of my mother in law)
• Booties (a couple of pairs)
• Several really bad hats
• A sweater, that while cute, i cannot get to stay together--course, i made it in my pre-natural fibers days.
• The most darling felted slippers that would have been perfect had it not been for novice me not making certain it was all wool scraps--they will be made again, and again.
• And I just cast on another hat, with higher hopes. 

Thanks to ravelry, I think I may keep up with this hobby more regularly. The ability to match free projects from other great knitters to the stash I already have is just irresistible. 

Leviah approves--and is silly with her green drink mustache.

Actually I got it made.

It's taken me a while, but I finally sewed together the pieces of the Red Riding Hood hat I downsized for Lebo. It's totally out of season, but unlike the children of human variety around here, I expect it will fit when the seasons dutifully change again. & Of course, it's not as fantastic as the Waldorf Mama aviator hats, but maybe I'll try that pattern next.

I also finished up some shoes for Leviah as she outgrew her last pair...who knew 7months would come and go so swiftly. I swear it's like a time warp each morning--I wake up anticipating the next development in both my girls. From teething to reading, it's all I can do to even notice, let alone stay on top of their progress. So I pray I don't fail them or miss possibilities. How do I choose which outlets to nurture? Their horizons are so vast...