I still haven’t blocked it, but here are pictures of the Bonnie hat that I made for myself.

You can't really see the hat, but aren't I adorable here?

I made two Bonnie hats, based on Kim Hargreaves’ pattern. I really really really liked this pattern, although I am anything but in love with how splitty this yarn is. I used Rowan RYC Bamboo Soft, and although it feels amazing, it was annoying to work with before I got my lace needles, and merely tedious after that.

Unworn Bonnie Hat

Person-filled hat

I haven’t bothered to block the second Bonnie hat that I made, because it’s for me, and I don’t care so much about things like that. But the brim looks funky unblocked, so maybe I’ll steam-block it tonight after The Skein Attraction‘s holiday party.

I actually finished two other items in the time between my Angee socks and the Secret Santa River Rapids pair I made! Two hats, both the Bonnie pattern, both insanely adorable. I will upload pictures soon, but I didn’t want you to think that I’d been slacking THAT much.

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I have not fallen off the face of the planet. I knit a bit in November when I traveled to South Carolina for a funeral, but mostly read in my spare time, hence the lack of posts here.

Pattern: River Rapids by Sockbug

I finished these babies in less than one week! Yeah, that’s right. I’m feeling pretty proud of myself right now. They’re super cute and the pattern was a breeze. I didn’t have to pay too much attention, and even decided to spice things up with a 4×4 ribbed heel (which came out SO nicely)!

The recipient seemed to really like them, so I hope she wasn’t just trying to spare my feelings. I love the way these came out, and am fairly sure that I will be making myself a pair!

Also, I am now a rockstar at kitchener stitch. I can do it in less than 10 minutes with no mistakes and without missing anything in Batman.

My Angeeeee! socks are all finished, and I love them. They’re super cute and they’re warm; what else could I ask for in a pair of socks? I got the next Rockin Sock Club pattern, Knetting (although on my sheet it says Knetted) on Saturday, just in time for it to be my new project. I’m getting started on that now. Yay for progress!

I realized today that I hate my bow scarf. The picture looked cute in the book, but there’s so little possibility that I would actually wear it that there’s no point in continuing to knit it. I’m glad I learned intarsia, though, because it came in handy tonight at my monthly knitting meeting. A new member asked me how to prevent holes in colorwork, and I was actually able to tell her. Go me!

I still have my Angeeeee! socks on my needles right now. I did the heel called for in the pattern, instead of my usual short row heels. Although this heel came out neater than my short rows usually do, it took forever! Seriously. Maybe I did something wrong (probable), but I ended up picking up 30 stitches on each side of the gusset. That meant that I had over 100 stitches to decrease down to 65. Do you think I decreased only every other row? As Whitney once said, “Oh hell to the no.” I’d still be decreasing. Ugh. So although I’m obviously not going to switch heels in the middle of a pair of socks, I think I will need to find a new way to do short rows for the next pair of socks I make. I do not have twenty years to devote to the heel each sock I make, thank you very much.

Tonight, though, I had a lazy night at home. I hung out with Satanski, and successfully bribed him to behave by promising to let him aid me in making brownies. They came out wonderfully, although I was in for a rude surprise when I checked the freezer and could not find my ice cream. I can’t even imagine what my mom did with it, but since it’s been a while since I’ve eaten it (I think maybe it was from December-ish), maybe she thought that I wasn’t interested and junked it. I guess the moral of this story is that I should eat more ice cream, and faster.

My lovely assistant

The good stuff

Recipe: Brooke’s Best Bombshell Brownies

Adaptations: I used 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup packed brown sugar; I didn’t melt the butter beforehand, just allowed it and the eggs to reach room temperature before mixing; I baked at 325 because I used a glass dish, and left it in the oven for 40 minutes. I didn’t wait until the knife came out completely clean; the last time I baked this recipe, I did that and the brownies were a little harder than I would have preferred.