Combatting the Threat of Store-bought Knitwear
Well, I finally completed a headband that extended around the full circumference of John's head. It took a while, but I offer up as proof, the following:
I ask you to ignore for a second that this was an indoor shot. This manly colored headband will soon be entering the chilly Chicago weather and protecting John's ears from wind and cold. And saving me from watching John wander through Target looking for something as a substitute. It has gotten several thumbs up for being warm and pleasant on the ears. And I've even been given "permission" to make him a scarf -- in Lorna's Laces Angel, dyed in the Pewter colorway.
It was a pretty quiet weekend, otherwise. I had a bit of a nostalgic moment going through my links page and realizing how many bloggers on it are no longer actively writing. My Knitting Bloggers blog Id number is 179 -- in other words, when I joined the ring, there still weren't even 200 people in it -- now there are 887. I surfed through it regularly looking for interesting content and trying to help Julie with some basic ring maintenance. Now the ring is too big for me to even contemplate surfing it on a regular basis, and I haven't been a ring checker for quite some time (fortunately Julie has found some more reliable helpers) A real shame from my perspective, because I'm sure that there are many new entries that are creative and interesting to be found. Yet another reason why I've been enjoying watching y'all stick your pins into my Frappr map -- finding new places to browse to on a regular basis.
