I have been rather madly scrambling these last two weeks to recover from spending 5 days without doing any marking while I was chaperoning a school trip to the Copper Belt. Very little was accomplished other than lots of pictures taken, lots of good conversations, and lots of picking up and keeping tabs on kids items. It was a bit of a stretching experience for me, but I'm glad I went. I had a lot of wrong ideas about the school we visited; if I had known how seriously it took itself as a school, despite the heavy sports bent, I might have been tempted a few years back...
Right before my birthday, Stash Dash 2018 kicked off, and I cast off a several items. Hitofude--done! Rainbow chevron cowl--done! Chevron blanket--done! Rainbow hats--done! Sockhead hat--done!
Since that glorious start, I have basically only got any work done on the Baristan hat I've had my eye on for awhile now. It has a folded brim, so I decided to do a provisional cast on instead of sewing it down (I hate that kind of tedious process more than the tedious process of knitting the two edges together). I had to re-start it as I am a boob and miscounted by two; I thought I could fudge it, but the more I knit, the clearer it became that I was not going to be able to live with the results. So...take two! This is Knitpicks Gloss being re-knit for the second time; it's holding up nicely. Knitter, know theyself. I realized that I really didn't want a red shawl--not this almost orangey red anyway, so as I am getting desperately low on yarn to knit, it seemed like a good re-purpose.
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