Low cal holiday fun

I must have some kind of head wear fixation at the moment.  After 3 hats and an Ice Queen I cast on for Calorimetry last night.  About two hours and the end of Lord of The Rings:  Return of the King later I had my ear warmer.  I’m glad I at least glanced at the pattern notes throughout Ravelry before I started.  Most agreed that the called for cast on made it too long so I went with 100 instead of 130.  I also used a relatively small needle with the Silk Garden since my gauge tends to be loose compared to most patterns.  It still could be a little tighter and I would make it thinner next time as well.  Cute and useful though and definitely a big improvement over the ratty fleece ear warmer I usually use for winter runs.  I may look like crap in many other ways when I run this winter, but at least my ears will be stylin’.

My only complaint with Ice Queen is that the part around the face is a little floppy.    That’s ok though…turns out this piece of knitting may have a dual calling.  I was looking at the large hurricane lamp style candle holder in our living room and had an epiphany.  What do you think?  Is a candle cozy going a little to far, lol? 

I need to go get my act together now and figure out what yarn I have to make a manly vest (for someone who actually wears them and looks good in them).  I really wanted to do another fair isle for this one but I’ve run out of time.  The vest is my next and somewhat stealthy project for the holidays.  I’ll have plenty of time to work on it since we’re off to Arizona tomorrow.  I’m sure I’ll post sometime while we’re there.  In the meantime, have a wonderful and safe holiday season and a knit filled 2008!

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