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...

Sheep Shorn, Slippers Felted, Fellowship

The sheep are always fun to visit and it was a much warmer day than last year! Still, there was a chilly breeze that apparently brought us the beautiful weather of today.

Even babies are being born already, which serves as a reminder of what's to come in our lives. Not that looking down isn't enough...

Leviah got a lot more out of it than she did last year & Naomi was asking such great questions! It's amazing how much our own children have changed since the last shearing. 

It was nice bumping into friends while we were there...

Back at the homestead there was napping, finishing up these slippers for Naomi, and then having friends over for great fellowship and study. I'll admit that I wasn't really in the mood for company, but our conversation was exactly what I needed to lift my spirits. Delving into the depths of the scriptures and our faith is like deep meditation, and even when we can't answer every question definitively, just opening our spirits and having friends to do that with is like water to a dry soul. Not that I'm particularly dry, but I was very thirsty yesterday ;)

& one last time to remind you of the giveaway. & to warn you that the nesting has apparently kicked in full force and I'll have a few more complete projects to share this week!

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.