At it again!

So I think I will actually be publishing a FREE pattern a little sooner than I thought!  I finished my bulk of holiday knitting a week or so ago and decided to cast on a simple little rib hat all for myself.  It should have been a quick and painless little basic knit that would help to fill the void in my wardrobe.  What SHOULD have been easy turned into frogging the project 3 times!

Im not working from a pattern but knew how to work out how many stitches I needed for my cast on…well the first time around the hat seemed much too big, so I took it out only to realize try #2 was too small.  Try #3 got a little bit bigger but not big enough…

(Same yarn, different filters in each photo)

So now after all my pains to begin this project I will begin again…. To be continued….
UPDATE:
The above post was written about a month ago- since then I ended up making 3 more hats for some young friends of mine for Hannukah along with racing through the last big holiday knit that was on my list (more to that in a separate post!) so this hat has still not seen the light of day… Instead i have been working on a Brooklyn Tweed scarf I have been dying to start and a beautiful baby shower knit…. That’s rotten pattern is still a work in progress too….😂

An Open Letter to my loving husband…

2016.  This is our year- screw the sound of it being ominous and all the shit about pre determined destiny.  2016 is totally, completely OUR YEAR.  The past 12 months have given both of us plenty of heartache, determination, tears, strength and utter grief, through jobs present, future and undetermined.  It has also seen my worse sides which I can only grow from and find peace.
But when I say it’s our year I mean that we have been standing on the edge of a cliff, on the verge of something amazing and wonderful…and we have been figurative pushed off that cliff in the last 12 months and the dive downwards has something amazing for us…  Because when we land- it’s not even a question whether we are going to sink or swim- we have already started kicking and swimming our way through the currents. Something beautiful awaits us.  I don’t quite know what it will be but I have a few ideas…they’re scary and intimidating and utterly wonderful, and I cannot wait to see what this new year brings us.

Whatever it is, it will be exactly what I need, because it will be with you.

❤️

Forever your sweet pea.