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Official Kittyville Hat

This is my first knitted project that wasn't a scarf or some other rectangular shape. I decided that whatever I needed to know to make this pattern I could learn as I went along. I had a little stress casting on with the circular needles, as I use a cable cast on which is quite tight. I almost couldn't get it to stretch all the way round, but once I got past the first row I was fine. And I have now discovered I love circular needles! I can even handle double-pointed needles, which I thought, at first, were very scary. I found the pattern in Debbie Stoller's Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook, but you can also find it online here.

I liked the beanie ok even before I put ears and earflaps on. However, P thinks it makes me look like a thug, so I guess I won't be making any more to wear unembellished. Oh, and I suck at taking photos of myself.

When it came time to make the pom poms thing went a little crazy. I sat winding wool around two pieces of cardboard for about an hour. Apparently though, my card was too thin, and as soon as I started cutting it ripped. This is what was left of my pom pom. As frustrated as I was, it was actually a blessing in disguise. I cut the circles way too big. It would have been like having tennis balls hanging off my head.

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