In which I am ded of cute.

So I went to the LYS and bought a hat book.

I now have the insane idea of making one of the hats. It's a little.. teeny-tiny... adorably cute... SWEATER. The hat pattern is a little tiny Aran cabled sweater that goes on your head. The neck ribbing is stitched closed and the little sleeves tie in an overhand knot on top of your head.

I am, first, INORDINATELY amused by this hat, but second, thoroughly disgusted by the amount of purling that goes into it. If I wanted to purl I wouldn't be on circular needles. Of course, one can't just whip it out in all-stockinette, because that loses some of the "sweater on your head" joke; what I really want to do instead is make a...

NORWEGIAN SKI SWEATER for the head. Then I can practice steeking on the arms, pick up some ribbing at the neckline (though I likely won't open the neck, just leave it bound closed) and carry on with it all.

Now I just need to play around with gauge and patterns... and in the meantime, I have a sock to finish!

Relationship meme (stoled from strph)

So... meet my primary, st0rmraven; since he doesn't post much, I get to talk about him :)

( down at the bottom is a list of the questions separately. )