Wanna make this hat? If you knit it, and show it off online, I'll send you pattern for the matching mitts for free (they have such a pretty thumb). Details below! I'll start with the short version, because we're all tired, but there are more details at the end if [...]

So last week I dragged the hat off to one of my favorite beaches to let it perch on big logs and show off its charms. Which was a great plan, save for the part where it was so windy that it was hard to walk and so cold it [...]

As is traditional (since I consistently buy extra yarn), I had yarn leftover at the end of the hat.  And since I firmly believe that accessory sets are more fun than single pieces, much of this yarn is fated to become mitts. Lovely matching mitts.  With a really excellent thumb. [...]

So, um, how many hearts is too many? Asking for a me. ⁠⁠ To be fair, I'm pretty sure I've mailed off or handed out about as many as I have here over the years. And they seem to be generally well received (that, or a lot of folks are [...]

Ok, check this out, this is what different fuzzy yarns can do to the same base yarn. All three of these hearts are knit with the exact same base yarn (that little ball of single ply mystery yarn down there at the bottom, alas label-less and from deep in the [...]

A quick stash toss. A bit of knitting. A bit more. And soon all manner of nonsense is afoot.

This remains both deeply deeply impractical, and unspeakably satisfying. ⁠ ⁠At this point in the proceedings, I'm just embracing the fact that both are true. Turns out I do not only like practical things any more than I only like healthy food or always pick reasonable bedtimes. ⁠ We'll simply [...]

Look, I've been good. Or rather, I've shown uncharacteristic restraint. No need to bring good and bad into it. But I've shown uncharacteristic restraint and made Two More Or Less Practical Things In A Row.⁠ I mean yeah, sure, fine, we can debate how practical a hat is for me [...]

See, I told you there would be a more subdued version for any of you who don't feel like walking around with wee pointy horns on your head. Though I swear to all the woolly saints, anyone who comes along and gives me crap about teeny tiny pointy bits of [...]

So I mean yes, you totally can wear it with the points sticking up. This is, in fact, how I will probably generally wear it, as I'm a weirdo hermit already fairly committed to scaring away normal people (plus I think it's actually unexpectedly cute). But.⁠ I know full well [...]