I baby sat two teething darlings last
night when their parents went out to celebrate their 2nd
annivesary. The girls were generally good, but had their cranky
moments as teething babies will do. Miss C has two lower teeth, (no
upper) but Miss J has 4 teeth—both of her upper and lower eye
teeth, and is working on more.
I noticed after my summer bout of
sickness, that I was much more sensitive to the cat –and had
allergic reactions ever week after I visited—so I have been taking
an allergy pill each week before I go visit. I forgot yesterday, and
spent this morning with itchy eyes, sneezing, wheezing, and
sniffling.
But the good news was the socks seem to
be a perfect fit. The Chinese Long Tail cast on is stretchy enough,
the sock height is right, and so is the foot. So Yay! This morning I
wove in the tails and trimmed them—tomorrow they will go back to my
S-I-L permanently.
I get delayed in starting the candy
corn hats—I have (of course!) yellow, orange and white yarns.. but
the orange yarn (Lion Brand Wool) was a pumpkin orange (actually a
very attractive orange color) but not candy corn orange.
Smiley's Yarn (my local yarn store) was
having a sale this week, and nothing on sale came in three
appropriate shades, so the hats are being worked in the fail proof
Red Heart—which comes in every color of the rainbow, and then some.
The girls will get proper wool hats for the winter (December,
January, and February) but for now, acrylic candy corn hats will do.
I looked through Ravelry and didn't
find a pattern I liked, so I am winging it.
First off, a pretty cast on—because I
want something pretty to frame the girls faces. Channel Isle fit the
bill. Then a few rows of garter, a natural go with for the Channel
Isle cast on, and something to prevent a rolled edge. (I really
don't like rolled edges). I worked the garter bit flat, I know the
tricks about wrapping and turning, (and have used them) but when the
garter stitches are needed at a cast on edge, I think it's just as
easy to work flat, and sew the mini seam.
The shaping will be simple—4
decreases ever other round, to make a steep sloped triangle –not to
dissimilar to the shape of a french/flat toe on a sock. A simple
triangle, when worn, will change shape, (similar to the second
image) and the sides will come lower on the head than center front..
so these hats will cover their ears..
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(Those are their puffy petal
sweaters—made to fit for the moment—and now quickly becoming
croped and ¾ sleeved!)--
My DD want cabbage patch kids “hair”
hats.. but these are a lot of effort for heads that are still
growing—maybe next year, when their head are closer to full sized.
But they will get some sort of mock hair hats for christmas. I am
just not sure which—maybe a viking helmet type hat, with braids.
And a bonus—one of my UFO's (a pair
of secret socks) got a few rounds work –So my knitting mojo is
coming back.. and the next few weeks should result in a number of
FO's.
(The photo's of the girls are courtesy of their grandma, Lynne--from last weeks visit to the zoo)