It never rains in Southern California

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With all the fires and 90-degree weather, it seems like years since we've had rain in Los Angeles.


Photo by kristi.nicole

But last night the heavens opened up. I was ecstatic. I love rain. I grew up in a desert during a 7-year drought, so rain is exotic and exciting in my world. Sure, I went to college in Portland, Oregon, so you'd think I'd be sick of rain by now. But I haven't. I still love it.

Last night, I curled up on the couch, listened to the rain, and knit my Noro scarf.



I got to the end of my first two skeins and took a break. I decided to make cakes out of my stashed Noro, just for kicks:



I have two more skeins of the silk garden chunky left for this scarf, but I think I'm going to use half of each and then make a matching hat, or else the scarf will be super long and heavy.

And, before I forget: have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Self-Striping One-Skein Hat

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I felt like making myself a hat. So I went down to Michael Levine's in Los Angeles and found some Filatura DiCrosa's "127 Print" yarn in color 41. I bought two skeins, but was lucky to get away with only using one for this hat:





I took these pics using my fabulous built-in iSight camera. The camera is fabulous because it's convenient, but it's less-than-fabulous when I'm under artificial lighting (like I was tonight).

Of course, I have a small head, so most people would probably have to use more than one skein to make a hat.

By the way, my new obsession is self-striping yarn. I can't get enough. (See my previous post about my Noro Kureyon scarf for more.)

So, here I am left with a lonely ball of 127 Print. Any suggestions of what I should do with it?