Gray Ears Hat

This is fun! I finished this hat in a week. I improvised the fair isle. I had to re-knit it three times before finding a pattern that would fit this yarn. But I really like the simple snowflake in the edge. This hat is super warm too. We're having a warm, windy spell in Denver now, so I look forward to chilly days to put this hat to the test.

The special thing about this hat is I made it from home-spun yarn! The gray was the first skein I ever spun, using a drop spindle. The ivory was the first yarn I spun on my wheel, made double ply. Both are natural colors from corridale sheep. My coworkers were suitably perplexed/impressed (perpressed? implexed?) that I made this.

I'm on call tonight, my last shift of the week.  I hope I don't go in.  My folks are on their way to visit for the weekend and I'd really like to have a relaxing dinner with them.  They should be implexed by his recent growth spurt.

I've hit a choreography style writer's block.  Gaston is a rousing, mug-clinking dance number.  There's a bit of music that has me dumbfounded.  I should just glaze over it and go by counts instead of awkward music writing, but I just can't put moves to paper.  I hope a little procrastination forces me ahead - I have to teach it next week!  The good news is Amanda found a classroom with mirrors that we can use for rehearsal.  The kids have so little body awareness.  Using mirrors should boost there form immensely.