While working on this hat, I was slightly disturbed by how messy my decreases were. Was it the yarn? I should have used cotton. Should I rip them out and redo them? oh. wait. nevermind. I’m totally going to cover them up with sweet daisy petals.

The pattern is the Upside-Down Daisy Hat by Susan B. Anderson. The thing is that I’m not really into an upside down daisy on a hat. right side up. sure. but upside down? that’s not right. So, I did the only reasonable thing and knit the pattern a little differently so my daisy is right side up.


as all daisies should be.
Ps. Check out what others have finished at Natural Suburbia and Wisdom begins in Wonder.

Last week I finished my pretty blue cowl, gave it a wee bath, and pinned it out to dry.


It looks even better. well, except for the rust. Evidently, you can’t just block your knitting with any old T-pins. I’m not gonna lie. I was not excited to find this out with my pretty blue cowl, but if I’d rusted my Jeanie, well, it wouldn’t have been pretty. In fact, it would have been downright ugly (think cross between Rudolph and Rob Zombie).


Looks like I’ll soon be the proud new owner of some T-pins from my LYS.

A friend of ours emailed The Husband that I should make Tank Slippers.

I think the friend was joking, but The Husband mentioned it to me and I could tell he thought it was cool. I kind of got the vibe that he and the friend thought maybe I couldn’t crochet tank slippers, so in true Katie fashion, I heard, “I double dog dare you to crochet a Tiger 1 Tank”. (It really is shocking that I didn’t get into more trouble as a kid.) I said a quick and fervent prayer that there was a pattern online and googled. My prayer was answered and I even had the yarn I needed. Winning!

Now, my crochet skills are not as good as my knitting skills, so I won’t be entering this in any contests, but it is coming along (much assembly required).

I decided that since The Husband doesn’t wear slippers, I’m only making one and it will be more toy/decoration than slipper. Also, only one tank is likely to be assembled by me in this lifetime. I’m pretty solid on the fact that I haven’t missed my calling as an amigurumist.

Ps. For Socktoberfest, I’m telling myself that a slipper is a kind of sock.

Pps. To see what other folks are working on, go check out Tami’s Amis.