Two Hats and a Headband

Look at these hats I made the kids from some wool yarn I got at Jo-Ann's. I also made myself an ear-warmer/headband thingy. Making this headband was a step in the right direction... remember this post when I went back and forth on the different kinds of contraptions to keep your head warm? I made the two hats in one day (that sick day a while ago). And my headband is adapted from this pattern. I don't know exactly what I did, but I do remember starting over on this thing at least 3 times (I also knit in the round instead of having a button like the pattern called for). So basically, I played with it until it worked.


P.S. Randy has a few more things to say, but his semester just started. He'll get to them soon!

Hat Head

I never understood hat head until recently, when I've had to wear a hat every day. It is so frustrating to be out of the shower, let my hair air-dry curly, and then when I put on my hat to go outside, know that my hair will be as flat as a pancake (and yet curly at the bottom!). I'm certainly not going to blow dry my hair straight just so that I don't have hat head. I now understand the varieties of head coverings that women in Maryland (and other cold climates) wear. There is the scarf over the head and around the neck which is a good solution to the hat hair problem (except Annelise would surely tug it off my head). There is also the headband thing, which I always thought was so funny looking. But now I get it, it keeps your ears warm, but you don't sacrifice on hair style (although a lot of heat is still escaping from the top of your head, but darn it... your hair looks good!). I think I will just have to get used to the idea of hat head during the next couple of months, and I occasionally may wear the scarf over my head. Interesting things to get used to. (And don't even get me started on how long it takes to get both kids bundled to head out the door!)