Sorry about the pictures, by the time I got around to taking them, it was well past daylight hours and I had to use the kitchen. I just love the way my hair looks in this picture!
Pattern: Wurm hatNeedles: US size 4 and 6. I used sport weight yarn so I went down a couple of sizes in order to get the size right.
Yarn: Joann's Stellina. This yarn is now discontinued but it is so bumpy and shiny that I just can't get enough of it. The yarn did take some time to figure out what it wanted to be. I have made three hats out of this yarn and none of them worked out until now! I even have yarn left over to make an identical one to give away
Notes: One thing that I have noticed is that when the going gets tough, meaning my school life intrudes on my knitting life, I revert back to really simple patterns. I am trying to break free of that and I have another pattern in the works right now that will hopefully blow your mind, but it's the way life works sometimes. I promise this blog won't turn into the easy hat blog. It's just been one of those weeks.
Oh, I also made this hat a bit less slouchy than the original wurm hat because I didn't know how far the yarn would go. I wanted to have extra and I made it!
Last but not least, this is the reason why I have been away this week. I am taking a painting class for my major and it is SOOO HARD if you are new at painting. I have never used acrylic paint before and I am so proud of myself. I made every inch of this canvas! I sawed the wood down to size, I wood glued and nail gunned the corners together, I built in supports and corner pieces, I stretched and stapled the canvas over the stretcher and I painted this painting all in the space of a week. It took me about 15 hours from start to finish. Ahh, it feels good to be done. I know it's not the best painting in the world, but it's mine!
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