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A knitting blog by a girl who breaks things for a living.

brennx0r bl0g.

 

thinking aloud

So, we all know that the stagnant water in New Orleans is toxic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4221310.stm

Does anyone know if they have a plan in place that would treat the water at some point before it all goes out (eventually) into the Gulf of Mexico? I ask because that region has one of the most fragile underwater ecosystems in the world, housing many different types of nearly extinct creatures.

 
 

This weekend I decided to give the "Flame Head" hat from SnB a try. I found that the pattern was so simple that I decided to make a couple variations of it.



A snap of all three, top-bottom view


A closer pic of the stitches


This one took the longest to make - about 4 hours. Made with some sort of Cascade yarn that takes US 5 needles.


This one took second prize in time taken to make - about 3 hours with US 10 basic needles. Trim is some sort of weird no named handspun yarn bought at my local yarn shop, and the main color is Cascade 220. Man, I love that stuff. Found a place online that sells it for around $7 a skein (compared to $10 at my yarn shop): http://www.kyarns.com/cascade-220-wool-worsted-weight-yarn.html


This one took the shortest amount of time (2 hours, huzzah!), and was the most fun to make. It's just a basic garter stitch using US 10 needles, used in combination with this fabulous 20% acryllic / 80% angora yarn I purchased months ago on clearance. I figured that just basic knit stitches would be fine, since this yarn is so fuzzy and awesome.