No, not mad. Not even slightly miffed. Just a little quirky around the edges. Or maybe just hatting like crazy. But hats are short, quick to knit, and fun, and there’s nothing a knitter likes better than an excuse to knit something. And how ‘total win’ is knitting hats for charity? (what I actually typed was “chairity” — told you I spell by ear. . . .)
I have a yarn bowl on my desk and a hat in progress to hand. When I’m writing and pause to reread, or to work out the content or wording of what goes next, I pick up the hat and knit while I’m thinking. If I’m reading blogs, I knit and read, if the hat in progress is not too complicated, or else I change to one that has a simple pattern.
So, there is a Fabled Cable hat in progress, but the pattern is not posted on my knitting blog yet. I’m doing it in Lion Brand Landscapes yarn. I think this color is called “Desert Spring” or something like that.
I finished one prototype of a hat in the purple fuzzy yarn. I’m calling “Simple Pleasures.” It looks a lot like a Monmouth hat, except the brim has ribbing, and they didn’t know from purling in the Middle Ages. The brim is too big. My BFF is getting it to wear for sleep. (Involved story. Don’t ask.) I’
ve made adjustments in the pattern and I’m trying again, with a rolled brim in the Unforgettable yarn, and with just a ribbed edge in the purple fuzzy yarn to see if 80 stitches on a US 
size 4 (3.5 mm) will gauge out right. So far, so good.
I’ve finished another Carrie Fisher Memorial Pussy Hat (I’m calling it a “kitten hat” on the tag), that’s small enough for a 12- or 13-year-old.
I’m going to have to keep an eye on the time. Mom is coming by after church and we are going to meet our friend CK at Applebee’s for lunch. About 11 a.m., I’ll be wanting to go take my shower and change clothes.
Edit: We had a delightful lunch, and while we were eating, this came over the sound system. We got Rick-rolled in Applebee’s!
The Owl Underground 