I just knew that this would be the week I wouldn’t finish anything. I knew it.

I finished a sock last week and cast on the second. I got through the cuff and then decided that maybe I should try on the first one. The sock is too small. Too short, to be specific. Why on earth, how in the world would I knit it too short? Did I get impatient? Not measure correctly? Fudge it and fool myself? Well the sock is too short and so into timeout it went. I am still a little mad at it, but I’m coming around to the thought of ripping the toe out. It will have to be done because I love these socks already, the yarn is heartbreakingly rainbow.

And so, I pulled out my hat. This past winter I made hats for both kids, both brothers, and Kevin. I cast on a hat for myself at the beginning of this extravaganza. I received this skein of yarn from Baerenwolle, it was her speckled surprise club for September. The colorway on the far right below is Coral Reef and I just positively adore it. So much so that I wanted it to be front and center, right on top of my head.

Amazing yarn from Baerenwolle

My favorite progress keeper, Sucre Sucre Miniatures

I cast on for a sockhead hat, wanting to let the yarn shine in something simple. I really hated knitting that hat. Don’t get me wrong, the pattern is straightforward and just fine. But there is something about knitting 4 inches of ribbing and 5 inches of stockinette in fingering weight yarn. Ironic, I know, since I spend 90% of my craft time knitting vanilla socks. But still.

Anyway, after my socks went into timeout, I pulled out the hat. I have to have some mindless knitting for our Friday D&D games, so the hat was perfect. That was until I reached the point where you put the stitches on DPNs, and realized that I didn’t have the right sized needles. I’ll be honest with you, there was cursing. After the cursing, there was Knit Picks. I ordered the requisite needles—and their crochet kitchen kit, but that’s neither here nor there—and waited. They magically arrived 5 days early—about 2 hours ago—and I immediately opened them up and finished my hat.

I am so happy that I actually had a finish this week and that it’s this hat. I’m so pleased with it. I especially love how it looks on. The pattern, the color, the squish: perfect. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t contemplating another one already…

I’m squaring myself up to rip out that toe. Maybe in time for my mindless knitting tomorrow night? Maybe.

YoM day 41: Hat

YoM day 42: Hat and cross stitch

YoM day 43: Socks and cross stitch

YoM day 44: Socks and campaign writing

YoM day 45: Socks  and campaign writing

YoM day 46: Socks and campaign writing

YoM day 47: Socks and campaign writing and finished my sockhead hat!

Happy making!