Now that the present is present...

[I've started composing entries in Notepad and pasting them in as I have time and inclination. This one was delayed while I waited for the present to reach its recipient.]

Thoughts from knitting on mortalcity's hat, 11/30/03:

This feels like knitting clouds. She bought some very expensive fancy yarn for this project, which I'm double-knitting with some very cheap puffy yarn for warmth. The fancy stuff has about a half-inch of "eyelash" (hairy fringe), and I'm learning whole new levels of attention to detail in keeping the fringe sticking out as often as possible.

I'm doing really well at it, but the texture is still disconcerting. The feeling is the same as the feeling in my mouth when I eat a bite of pie that's two-thirds whipped cream, and my mouth goes, "Wow! That was really smooth! Um. Is there any food in there?"

( Cute Fluffy Hat pattern (very basic) )