Hmmm....will I ever finish the cardigan? I've been diverted once again by another small project. This time its the Ski Beanie by Terra Jamieson from Debbie Stoller's Son of a Stitch N Bitch. My friend Andrea was knitting this for her husband at book group and I really liked the way it looked. J didn't like the colors available at my LYS of the yarn called for in the pattern- Rowan Classic Cashsoft- he really wanted something with black and a very dark green. We settled on Lana Grossa Cool Wool Merino 2000. Its much finer, however, so I'm knitting it up on size 6 needles, with size 5s for the ribbed brim. I'm really digging the garter rib. It should be a nice soft, stretchy, form fitting hat when its finished.
Last night I went to craft cirlce and brought the hat to work on. Honestly, I thought I'd finish it be be able to present it-ta dah!- when I got home. Unfortunately, when I started the decreases for the crown I got a bit distracted and did one row where I just knit knit knit, and forgot to purl. As is typical of me, I just thought I'd go on and he probably wouldn't notice the mistake. I finished the hat, tried it on, and my sister was like: What's that wierd line running around the top? Argh! Since one of my new knitting resolutions is to knit without mistakes, rather than my lazy, sloppy way, I decided to frog out the top and redo. I know both he and I will be happier with the result.
In an effort to see the positive, despite the error the hat looked good and fit great, plus I got some really necessary seaming practice. On another note, at craft circle, Kirsten was making a mini version of Fetching for her 3 year old, and Sarah was crocheting a headband from a pattern in Knit Scene. Cute! 
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