I spent most of the day in the knitting shop. Getting help and then talking to someone who is going to help me with a project. We might end up getting together for lunch or something as well. Don't know.

I'm also going to start making a felted brimmed hat for myself. I have a weird shaped head and nothing fits. It's the brimmed one in this picture [link] the wide flat brim.

I'm making it in a blueish color with a gray constrat band. I'll see how it turns out.

Pretty!

This is the main color [link] and then a gray band.

I'm also making these [link] in a dark forest green. And making a few other things.

askye, both of those projects look gorgeous.

Oo askye, both those projects are lovely

Yes, generally less talky here--for the above mentioned devices adoption rather than being chained to a desktop. Phones and pads and things just aren't conducive to discussion, really. We are more often a nation of blipverts, and twitter and fb cater to that sort of, well, I hesitate to call it "communication", but the actual exchange of ideas *has* more or less given way to a rapidfire cross-opinion and fly sort of posting, with "like" options so you don't have to take time to formulate words at all.

Except for blogs, maybe. But even there it's call and response, rather than actual discussion or conversation. I can't think of another place besides here that offers that block party sort of clump and natter, move on to another group and subject, till something else catches your ear kind of online space. I miss it, frankly. But then I'm a walking anachronism, so there you go.

Oh, askye, the hat looks super cute. And those handwarmers are gorgeous! I love the crap out of my handwarmers. I must have a dozen pairs, some of them cheap woven gloves with the fingers cut off, some of them boughten fingerless gloves, some mitts with thumbs, and some of my favorites are the worn-out socks with the toes cut out, some of them with slits cut in the sides for thumbs.

I do have to judge when to wear the mitts with thumbs, though. Arthritis in both thumbs makes them hate pressure some days--those are the days for socks on my hands.

Once I finish my aunt's pair I'm making a pair for myself in wool. My fingers FREEZE at the computer - I'm by a window and it's really cold

It's amazing how big a difference blocking a draft can make. I've been thinking the window by my computer is what is making me cold.

No, it's the draft from the door leadign to the basement. I put the felt strip in to block it, hung up a blanket to block off the open part of my living room. And then I had some cardboard I was going to recycle so I put that in front of the door as well (these were big pieces). My apartment feels so much warmer.

Okay I did turn up the heat but I no longer feel like I'm sitting in an ice block.