our cheeks are nice and rosy and -

Oh man, it has not been that long since I posted. Oops.

So anyway, after that last entry full of good intentions and plans for Christmas knitting and resolve to work on my sweater, I sat down with my friend D- for coffee. And D- is a really swell guy, but sometimes his head gets cold, so he said to me: could you knit me a hat?

We have been friends for seven years. I said yes.

(This is the best picture of the hat I have, and it’s no longer mine to to photograph. I have this problem with things I knit for gifts. Anyway, it’s made of Dream in Color Classy, half from stash and half bought fresh. I used Jared Flood‘s Turn A Square pattern.)

Okay, but here is the thing. D- has a roommate, and he is also my friend. We’ll call him, I don’t know, B-. I couldn’t knit something for one without offering to knit something for the other, obviously, so I’m also making a scarf. In the same yarn.

(I’m trying my hardest not to go all Mrs. Weasley and accidentally give them matching winter wear. It’s going well so far.)

just an old plywood boat

IMG_7750, originally uploaded by pirateygoodness.

This latest project definitely falls into the category of “fun to knit, boring to photograph,” and I apologize. This is yet more knitting for my family – my dad is turning 60 at the end of the month, and after sitting down with him and asking him what he wanted me to knit him for the special occasion, he decided on a hat. So we went through Ravelry together, and I picked out a few candidates, and he decided to go with this one.

The pattern is “That Chocolate’s Gone Straight to Your Ribs Hat” (Ravelry), and it is almost but not quite the most boring hat my dad could possibly have requested. (It’s K4p2K2p2 rib, instead of plain old k2p2. That is crazy.) Still, it’s knitting up very quickly, and I’m sure he’ll like it – which is the important thing.

Song of the Entry: Alan Jackson – Drive