Cute little cable brim tweed hat just listed on Etsy!

Wicklow Cable Brim Hat

Wicklow Cable Brim Hat

Wicklow Cable Brim Hat

Wicklow Cable Brim Hat

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I booked my hotel room for my upcoming voyage back to the Midwest for Lauren's wedding. I'm super excited to be going and am so happy that I am able to afford it without issues. After the last few years of living with little to no money, being able to go means so much to me.

That being said... Hotels.com offered quite a few LOLz this morning during my search. Behold:

Click to enlarge. Seriously.

I ripped out Vince's Herringbone Scarf. I love the pattern but I just can't watch every row I knit. Once I have a chance to spend a little more time on a scarf, I'll definitely use this pattern again.

R.I.P. Herringbone Scarf

I'm now doing a 1x1 rib. It looks great and I'm already about 5 inches in since casting on yesterday at lunch. We watched a lot of TV last night. We were 2 weeks behind on "Heroes" and "Chuck." We also watched Thursday's "Supernatural" which was so cool and fun in black and white. I really love that show. It's very underrated, but I think if more people watched it, everyone would realize how great it really is. (And how incredibly gorgeous Jensen Ackles is.) I got about 4 1/2 inches done on the scarf while we watched all of that.

My bizarre urge to knit a hat the other night could not be quelled. I ended up casting on for a little beret/tam with a ball of Lion Brand Homespun that has been sitting in a basket on my nightstand for a few months. I'm not entirely sure what the colorway is. It was a random ball from the Oma stash. I'm not a huge fan of Homespun usually. I love the colorways, but I always end up with a mess when I knit with it. This time, I didn't have to fight the yarn to knit my project.

I just did a 1x1 ribbed edge then increased the first knit row, knit about an inch, then did another increase row. I knit until the yarn started running out then did a decrease row (ssk,k), then kept on knitting until there was about a yard left then slipped all the stitched off onto a tapestry needle and pulled it closed. I sewed the hole shut and tada! Hat. It looks very cute.

Blue of the Mighty Deep

Gold of God’s Sun

Let these our colors be

Till all time be done

On seven seas we learn

Navy’s stern call

Faith, Courage, Service True

With Honor Over, Honor Over All

I finished my first square last night for Grandpa's blanket. It got a bath and blocked over night. The color of this yarn (my beloved Cascade 220 Heathers) is Sea and it's gorgeous. The yarn has some dark red in it and that really showed up in the photo.  I don't think it helps that I took the picture at dusk under a lamp, but whatever...

I used a dishcloth pattern and just cast on a few extra stitches to make it 8 inches wide. I'm working on a plain gold/yellow stockinette square with a garter stitch border now. I should have that one done tomorrow.

Our water is back on...

but it's more beer colored that clear. Ew. They still haven't told us if the water is safe to use or when it will be. It's a little annoying.

A water main broke in the middle of the street. We have no water at our place and probably won't until this evening or maybe even tomorrow. I have water in jugs in the fridge and there is a bathroom in our gym that I can use... But I really do need a shower. I hope it's on by tomorrow morning or I'm going to work early to shower there.

I haven't been on Vox in almost two months! No real reason there, just sort of forgot about it.

I've been busy adding all kinds of new stuff to etsy. Mostly household items that are reusable, washable and earthfriendly.

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Summertime Eyelet Edge Dishcloth

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Pink and Yellow Mini Eyelet Edge Cotton Cloth Set

I can't stop knitting these for myself! I use them in the shower and for my nightly face washes. They are perfect!

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Lavender and Yellow Mini Eyelet Edge Cotton Cloth Set

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Pink Eyelet Edge Cotton Dishcloth

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Strawberry Shortcake Eyelet Edge Cotton Dishcloth

Playing With the Grown-ups: A Novel

Sophie Dahl

Very good book. It took me a while to get into it, but once it got going, I was hooked. It reminded me a lot of Francesca Lia Block's style. I read her books over and over again from age 16. This book fits into that catagory too. I know I'll read this book over and over again.

Red Stripe

Fun and funky striped knit hat.

Listed on etsy today.