Ah, fall must be here

Because the knitting bug has bit!! The turning leaves, chilly days, and lengthening nights always make me crave knitting or other crafty goodness. They also make me excited for the new fall lineup, primarily Grey's Anatomy, but I can save my television obsessions for later. This post is about my current knitting obsession. This post is for Rhiannon. She called me the other night to look at the new Knitty patterns; one pattern in particular, called Versatility. She loves it. She caused me to love it. And now I am knitting it. I'm so excited about it for so many reasons:

1. I haven't done anything crafty in SO long!
2. I love knitting, or at least thinking about knitting, accessories, such as leg warmers, hats, gloves, scarves, arm bands, etc., and this is sort of an accessory, but more!!
3. I have never knitted a lace pattern, bobbles, or cables, and this has all of them. I can't believe how long I've avoided cables; they are SO easy! And the pattern is really fun to knit.
4. The yarn I'm using is called cafe au lait. Yummy. It is the most beautiful variegated brown ever. More than anything, I'm a freak for yummy fiber (not the edible variety).
5. I love to tease Rhiannon that I'm knitting it because she wants to knit it but wants to finish her other projects first. Finish a project? What's the big deal? I rarely finish anything, as Rhiannon and my husband have been pointing out to me all weekend. But I do hope to finish this, as I really want to wear it.

Ciao for now...I have some knitting to do (oh yeah, and Teagan to put to bed, and laundry, and, well, knitting...).

Mohawk Hat in Progress

I'm knitting a mohawk hat for Rich from the book Pretty in Punk. I have the entire hat knit, now I just have to add the fringe that makes up the mohawk. It has ear flaps and i-cord tassels. Rich is getting a black hat that will have some teal in the mohawk. It has been so much fun to knit, and I nearly succeeded in completing it without him knowing, but Teagan spilled the beans last night. The exegesis of how I ended up knitting this hat is somewhat lengthy to type, but basically Rich said he thought a mohawk hat would be cool and assured me that if I ever knit one, he would definitely wear it, even when he goes to work on the slope. That was my cue to find a pattern and knit one. This particular hat is knit in two pieces that are seamed together. I really like it's deep crown. Since I have a ginormous noggin, I like a hat that stays in place and covers my ears. I can't wait to get the mohawk fringe on it!!

So here it is. I didn't get a great picture of it before the batteries in my camera died, so it's sort of from the side/back.


In keeping with the mohawk theme, I gave poor Aidan a mohawk the other day, with his tiny bit of hair on his big ol' head. But isn't he so cute? I love these striped pjs.

And finally, to even out my photo representation of my lil'uns, here's Teagan at Village Inn downing some whipped cream-laden hot cocoa after a night of ice skating.
For anyone who cares, the Iditarod is taking place as we blog, and Lance Mackey is numero uno, followed by Jeff King. When my parents were here, we sadly only caught the last two dog sled teams going through Anchorage. Oh well, maybe next year we'll catch more of it.

Also, I've been moderately obsessed with the revealing of Sarah Palin's pregnancy. Sarah Palin is Alaska's illustrious governor, who has been dubbed as one of the hottest governors in history, or GILF. I don't think she's getting the kind of publicity she should, but I think it's rockin' that she's going to give birth to her FIFTH child while in office. She's 44, 7 months pregnant, and NO ONE NOTICED! Kudos, Sarah. And to anyone who doubts a woman can have a baby and run a state...SP's gonna show you how all of us hot workin' mama's do it every single day!