26; May 18; wife, cat mom; foodie, designer, blogger, knitter, yarn junkie, Wordpress guru, geek extreme; Mac connoisseur and Instagram addict.


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it’s been a while

Well.

I certainly didn’t expect to be gone that long. I apologize! After #scintilla, I was kinda feeling detached from my blog, so I took a break.

But I’ve returned. Not sure if I am going to do daily bloggings though. You’d think I would, since I basically have all the time in the world.

Anyway!

Things haven’t changed much around here. Mr. Fox is thriving at his new job, the cats are all still little (and big) stinkers, and I am still milling about the house during my down time. My knitting progress is slow, because I’ve finally learned that it is in fact very important to swatch for proper gauge, and therefore I’ve had to rip out and restart the same hat a couple times. It’s an annoying process, but I suppose I’ll get used to doing it since I’d rather not rip out projects due to lazy knitting.

I am also sorry I haven’t been putting up any recipes. It’s getting warmer and we haven’t put in our window AC yet, so putting the oven on in an already hot-ass kitchen can be bothersome, so I’ve been cooking less new things in favor of quick and easy. Shortly though, I will have some new recipes to put up.

I kinda broke my streak of not having soda a while ago, but I am happy to say that I’ve been soda free for 17 days now. Almost to 21 (because it takes 21 days to break a habit, as they say). I am working on a healthier me. It’s a work in progress, and a slow one at that, but I’m getting there. Just going to try and take it one day at a time.

New, big things are coming. I am just impatiently waiting for them.

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Knitting Pattern: Fox Ribbed Cable Hat

(if you came here from Ravely, be sure to leave a comment and say hello! I will do my best to answer any and all questions you have!)

Aha!

I’ve finally made a knitting post!

As I mentioned in my #reverb11/#resound11 post from the other day, knitting is my guilty pleasure.

I’ve been working on a hat for Mr. Fox for AGES. Literally, since last year sometime. The first one I made, was amazing. However, it was too short on him. So I used it myself, but because he wore it a couple times, it’s too big on my head. The second hat I made was way way WAY too small. It would fit a small child, and that’s about it.

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So finally I got fed up and went searching for patterns on Ravelry. I found one, made some changes, and made it mine.

AND IT FITS!! This hat I made from Lamb’s Pride Worsted in Aztec Turquoise, though unfortunately it’s not super wash. I will have to add some more super wash yarns to my stash, eventually.

The brim is nice and long so it will cover your ears better in the cold.

That being said, I’ve decided to share the pattern with anyone that wants it.

Please note, it is re-written from the original, found here. There were several mistakes in the original pattern, and the author has not emailed me back about corrections. So here it is, corrected and edited for your knitting pleasures!

Click to download the Fox Ribbed Cable Hat

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