Snippets

Last week no joke just about killed me. My kids were horrid, I was exhausted, and then it was my longest weekend on. Too little knitting was fit in around all the junk, so here are a few snapshots of what I was doing when I wasn't wanting to light myself (or my students) on fire.

Many mistakes were made trying to dye this cotton yarn; too much dye was used, I tried to save it with a citric acid soak and heat in the slow cooker, but I sort of accidentally burned it. Yup, I now have burned, almost colorless yarn. I now know how NOT to dye cotton.

I started my second brioche baby hat to use up the other oddments Berroco Comfort Sock; simple and happy!

I made pom-poms to adorn the top of both hats! A) I LOVE Clover pom-pom makers. B), more yarn in a pom-pom is better.

I got almost to the end of the first ball of yarn in my morning bible reading hat project,

and I picked my Coraline socks back up and found that stripes make an excellent antidote to puerile stupidity. There is a time and a place for neon green yarn!

Here'e hoping this week is better. At the very least, there is a weekend off on the other side!