I’m so excited to have finished the entrelac hat and added a pom pom to the top! :) At one point, I was in total despair, but I figured it out and now I’m very happy to call it done! :) It makes me think of a song from My Fair Lady:

You did it!
You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it,
And indeed you did. I thought that you would rue it;
I doubted you’d do it. But now I must admit it
That succeed you did. You should get a medal
Or be even made a countess.
It was nothing. Really nothing.
All alone you hurdled
Ev’ry obstacle in sight.
Now, wait! Now, wait!
Give credit where it’s due, A lot of the glory goes to you.
But you’re the one who did it,
Who did it, who did it! As sturdy as Gibraltar,
Not a second did you falter. There’s no doubt about it,
You did it! I must have aged a year tonight.
At times I thought I’d die of fright.
Never was there a momentary lull
Shortly after we came in I saw at once we’d easily win;
And after that I found it deadly dull.
You should have heard the ooh’s and ah’s;
Ev’ry one wondering what it was.
You’d think they’d never seen a baby hat before.
And when the people on Facebook
Asked to see it,
And left the comments on the page…!
I said to me:
You did it! You did it! You did it!
They thought it was ecstatic
And so damned aristocratic,
And they never knew
That you
Did it!
Thank Heavens for Google.
If it weren’t for it I would have died of frustration.
It was there, all right. And up to its old help.

Congratulations,
Katherine, For your glorious victory
Congratulations, Katherine
You’ll be mentioned in history!
Sing hail and hallelujah!
Ev’ry bit of credit For it all belongs to you!
That evening, self, you did it! You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it And indeed you did.
That evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it!
We know that we have said it,
But-you did it and the credit
For it all belongs to you!

Ok, that’s probably a bit much, but the pattern was intermediate and so now, I can officially consider myself an intermediate knitter. I’ve learned entrelac and the three needle bind off as well as how to make a pom pom. :)

In the next few days, it will be mailed off to its forever home and once it has been received, I’ll add a pic of the masterpiece. :)

(3/22/2010 9:13 am)