Beginning

OK, I shall start blogging again.  I tried once, but stopped because the things I had to say were depressing.  I have a disability.  I live with it, as do my family.  It's tough and it gets me down.  That started starring in my blog and that is not the person or persona I want to show.

So here we are - on the new blog.

I'm knitting a Carmen Miranda hat.  My daughter was visiting from college and said "Wouldn't it be funny if you knitted me a fruit bowl hat?"  Yes it is.  I have the bananas, strawberries, and grapes nearly done - just a few details yet.  The turban is knitted, but I need something to put it on to shape it before I sew the seams.

Here is the snag:  I can't find anything that is the circumference of her head.  Soccer ball is WAY too big.  Large dog toy ball is too small.

My husband has begun to look at me strangely.  He knows I'm judging every round object in the house as a possible head form and it's beginning to bother him.  His head is also about the same size as hers, but I don't see him sitting still while I stitch an inside-out turban on it.

I'm also getting ready to put the collar on his arran sweater.  We designed it together and are excited to see it finished.  I think I'll do that next.

OH by the way I bought a knitting bowl and I love it.  It's a pottery bowl with a hole that allows you to unravel a ball of yarn as you knit without a) fascinating the dog so much he has to come investigate and b) trying to cage the ball as it whirls around.  It works beautifully, as long as your ball of yarn is small enough to fit.  If I find a larger one, I'll invest in it too.

Here is the bowl on my worktable.   To the right is the turban and on the left you see the almost complete arran.

Thus endeth the first post.