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Hats 113 and 114: Live Long and Prosper

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It's just 'cos I thought it'd show off the earflaps best, really...

And there we have it, I am up to date with the hat-knitting!

I love the yarn in the one on the left, it was random-act-of-kindness yarn, but I’ve run out. I also used up the last of that yummy Sirdar Country Style DK on that stripe.

I have no idea what the yarn is for the hat on the right, but it’s got lovely stitch definition and it’d make lovely baby clothes.

Back to reading now – I’m having a whooshy head day, and reading helps distract me from feeling like I’m falling over when I’m still sat down!

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February 6, 2010 at 7:41 pm

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Hats 111 & 112: Gender neutral

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Rosa the kitteh, with two striped bobble hats

Rosa is a feminist kitteh, she approves.

So, two hats today! I am only one hat behind now. The first hat is misc pink acrylic with stripes of Sirdar Country Style DK (very nice indeed), and the second is blue and pink – gender neutral, once again chosen by Sir Kirsty.

I could just do one more hat tonight and be up to date, but I’ve had a busy few days and now I’m tired so I’m going to read in the bath. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bath.

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February 5, 2010 at 10:21 pm

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Hats 109 and 110: Pushy

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One with ear flaps, one with a bobble

Observe how the hippie turns an unwanted disk from a plug-and-play tech into a coaster.

Yesterday was a Big Day. Sir Kirsty was hear to witness some of it. First of all, in the morning I asked @innocentdrinks to promote my blog. They did, and over the course of the day I got nearly 400 hits! Woo. :D Below is a little graph of the hits, compared to other days.

Under 50 for every day except yesterday, when it went up to 375 views!

Back down again today, I notice. :P

Also, I made these two hats, one with earflaps. Kirsty picked the colours for both, and insisted on earflaps. She’s so pushy!

And finally, I got some awesome earthy woolly goodness through the post from the gorgeous Jae, who has done some lovely things for me in the past. She is lovely; if you see her in the street (she’s oop North), give her a cuddle from me.

5 balls and one cone of yarn! And a very sweet note. :)

I particularly like the look of the stuff on the cone. :)

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February 4, 2010 at 1:18 pm

Ohai, innocent followers!

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Hey everyone who’s just visiting for the first time!

Innocent, or as you may know them, @innocentdrinks, have just retweeted my link for me and the visitor count has gone through the roof. :) So I just wanted to welcome you all, and tell you about the more popular/fun posts I’ve done. You can, of course, peruse at your leisure.

Hope you enjoy, and thanks for dropping by. :)

Hats 88-90: NSFW

Hat 67: I am so lazy

Hats 101 and 102: Guest blogger Kirsty takes the stage

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February 3, 2010 at 11:57 am

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Hats 107 & 108: Bleh

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Multi-coloured stripes and ridiculous fringe - two hats

Bleh

I’d like to say something interesting about these hats, but all I can think of is “Bleh”. I had some episodes of things to catch up on, which were very bleh, especially the last ever episode of Dollhouse. And I was just fulfilling my duties as a Big Knit knitter (two a day until I’m back on track), until I can kick back and do the nice relaxing things like have a bath, and try out the eBook reader, and such.

I do like the mad fringe, though. And I’m only 2 hats behind now.

Rosa is staring at me, so I’d better see what she wants. Kthxbai!

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February 2, 2010 at 10:31 pm

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Hat 106: Aston Vanilla

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Purple-sparkly and blue striped bobble hat

Excellent use of natural lighting

Interestingly, you can sort of see the sparkles here. Steve commented that it was Aston Villa colours, and because I have no interest in football (Americans: that’s soccer, silly), and because when we were about 10 we used to call them Aston Vanilla to annoy the fans in the playground, this is what they are still called… in my brain.

Note to  Aston Villa fans: I don’t think you’re vanilla. I’m sure you’re all very exciting and unusual.

ETA: I checked the records, and I know where I am now. :) I’m three hats behind, and catching up!

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February 1, 2010 at 10:14 pm

Hats 104 & 105: Surprising hat

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A blue hat with a mad fluffy brim and a pink-ish hat with bobble

The camera fell over

So, I made a hat yesterday and I found this blue fuzzy one in the box and I’m confused about whether I’ve counted it or not so I’m going to work it out and get back to you.

In other news, I have an eBook reader, Mattie may be guest-blogging sometime soon, and it’s a lovely day!

This smoothie hat could’ve been modeled on an actual smoothie bottle, but I wanted to tell you about this organic tomato ketchup you can get from Lidl which is cheaper than Heinz. Buy it instead, and help to save the little ecologically diverse and helpful buggies and birdies and stuff!

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February 1, 2010 at 2:37 pm

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Hat 103: Baby punk

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Pink and dark blue stripey hat

Ahhhhh! Hat attack!!!1!!

Another shockingly bad photo for your enjoyment. I used some misc. pink acrylic, with some very navy blue Sirdar Supersoft Baby DK. I can confirm that it is, indeed, super soft.

I’m four hats behind! *cries* I’m working on it, trying to do two hats a day until I’m up to date again.

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January 31, 2010 at 10:20 pm

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Hats 101 & 102: Guest blogger Kirsty takes the stage

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One pink and red bobble hat, and one with a ridiculous fringe, on Kirsty's big toes

Kirsty says I can put whatever I like for a caption, soooo... Kirsty smellz

Well, my feet are famous. I wonder whether there are people that can tell things about a person from their feet? Maybe there’s someone who can tell that I’m funny, clever and an altogether desirable person. I’m modest too. :P I think the main thing you can tell about me from my feet in this picture is that my feet are quite cold. That would be true. I’ve been wearing some of Lottie’s very warm socks, and my feet struggled to cope with the sudden change in temperature when the photo was taken. Still, you have to suffer for fame and fortune.

According to the title that Lottie typed in, these are hats 101 and 102, which is pretty cool, really. They’re celebration hats, because they were knitted after Lottie found out that the Big Knit was definitely going to be on. Yay! I have a weakness for the red and pink stripey one, but that’s because I picked the colours. It is very pretty though. :) I also like the mad wool a lot, so I approve of the other hat, too. Lottie ordered me a stamp which says ‘Approved by Kirsty’, and these hats totally deserve a stamp.

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January 30, 2010 at 6:14 pm

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EPIC RELIEF! The Big Knit 2010 is ON!

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Check out this email I got from innocent today:

The Big Knit 2010 is going ahead. Please do start knitting away and keep your eyes peeled on the website for more information.

WOO!

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January 29, 2010 at 4:54 pm

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