The Yarn Spoke to Me
 |
I had this lovely alpaca and angora souvenir yarn that I bought a few weeks ago, and since I can’t leave yarn sitting around long enough to become stash, I wanted to knit it up.
So I asked the yarn to speak to me, and this is what it said: |
 |
“I will be a hat.”
So I got to work. This is my own design…guess what I’m calling it. |
 |
I’m sure it was on the tip of your tongue…”Rhoda”. |
 |
The ties are good. Besides jazzing it up a bit, I can also pretend that I have long hair by swooping it back over my shoulder.
I love pretending that I have long hair. |
 |
Modeling a hat in the summer, even in air conditioning, is really too warm. |
 |
Abe and Lou were both a little riled up the other night (when they should have been relaxing), so I gave them each a paper towel to shred.
You guys totally missed it. It was a wild party. |
Love the hat, it is so cute. Wouldn’t have to worry about it being to warm here to model it, dang the temp has dropped way too much in the last few days.
And wow you are brave to give your doggies something just to make a mess with lol. I try to keep messy things away from my son.
Comment by Melissa D — August 20, 2007 @ 6:41 am
How’s your weather? We are getting rain all the way up here in OH from the hurricane for the last couple days. Good knitting weather.
Cute hat–nothing like a little instant gratification!
Comment by linda — August 20, 2007 @ 7:49 am
cute hat! When you said you were going to make a hat with that yarn that was not at all what I was picturing
And I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that occasionally encourages my pets to destroy things just to use up their energy. Joe likes to attack empty milk containers. They’re the enemy!
Comment by Kristin — August 20, 2007 @ 8:01 am
I assume you would have posted about the birth of Molly Renee. Does this mean she STILL has refused to be born? Or did I miss that?
Comment by Meredith — August 20, 2007 @ 8:16 am
Cute hat! Love that yarn too. I too, occasionally give my pets something to tear up. The rabbit loves to get ahold of an old phone book!
Comment by Sarah — August 20, 2007 @ 8:18 am
Rhoda! I love it! When you mentioned “flipping your hair back” it reminded me of when I was in kindergarten and I had this crocheted poncho. I used to put it on inside out and flip it back over my head and pretend I had really long hair. I wore it like this constantly. Even at school. Although I felt grand and beautiful, I hope no one else remembers!
Comment by wendee — August 20, 2007 @ 8:37 am
Love the hat! Super cute.
Comment by meg — August 20, 2007 @ 10:42 am
What a cute hat! Love the long ties too. It makes me laught to pretend you have long hair with it and I can totally understand.
Comment by Wanda — August 20, 2007 @ 11:01 am
evil.paper.towel.must.die.
your hair in the last picture reminds me of ‘something about mary’
what does the back of the hat look like? are the ties attached? or do they really tie the hat on?
Comment by Monique — August 20, 2007 @ 12:10 pm
Hi Monique – I was thinking the same thing about that last picture looking like “Something About Mary”…but you can tell that I’m blowing my bangs up (and they aren’t stuck that way), right?
I should have taken a photo of the back of the hat. There is just a little crossover knot, and it is indeed really tied together. It can also be tied in a bow.
S t a c i
Comment by S t a c i — August 20, 2007 @ 12:51 pm
I like the new hat.
Anytime a newspaper is left out here, there’s a paper party.
Comment by Kaitie Tee — August 20, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Love the new hat!! It rocks!!!
Senji Party WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Comment by Jennifer Liang — August 20, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
So funny – paper towel party… dogs are silly, aren’t they?
Love the Rhoda look, very cool.
Comment by Denise — August 21, 2007 @ 8:37 am
I never would have thought of the paper towel trick to calm down dogs. Smart!
Love the hat, it’s way too cute.
Comment by kim — August 21, 2007 @ 9:26 am
i hope i’m not the only person who had to look up who “rhoda” was!
*hides,embarrased* and the paper towel trick works wonders in the car
as well!
Comment by Kate — August 21, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
Hi Kate – are you too young for Rhoda? I suppose I was just a little kid when it was airing, so I wouldn’t be surprised. Rhoda was Mary Tyler Moore’s best friend, and there was a spin-off show for a while.
S t a c i
Comment by S t a c i — August 21, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
I love the hat design! It looks so fun.
When my dogs get hyped up we give them ice cubes. It really calms them down.
Comment by Shannon — August 21, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
I don’t know what they are called in English, but you know Donald Ducks little guys and their bear hats? This remind me of those beaver hats; brown with tails.
Just looked throw your knitted items – wow, that is one great list of acomplishments! 
Comment by Hanna — August 21, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
I am so sorry I hadn’t seen this before coming to knitting group this morning. I guess it is no surprise that I do remember Rhoda!
Comment by Sheryl — August 21, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
I used to wear my mothers stockings on my head and pretend I had long hair. Ah, the memories.
Comment by Patricia — August 21, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
You are totally cracking up in that top photo, trying to get your Rhoda shot, aren’t you? It amuses me to no end.
I still miss my flippable hair. It hasn’t even been a week yet, so I’m still allowed to mourn the missed “swing”, right?
Comment by Christine — August 21, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
is that….hair gel???
Comment by Strider's Mistress — August 21, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
I was skimming some gossip blogs over breakfast and came across Paris Hilton’s headgear. And I was thinking, someone else already rocked that look earlier this week!
http://x17online.com/celebrities/paris_hilton/lady_in_red.php
I finally remembered I’d seen similar on verypink. YOU wore it better
Comment by Karo — August 23, 2007 @ 7:17 am