Anyone Still Out There...

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• Oh, yes here I am!

It has been a busy couple of weeks, with work, knitting, biking, and more knitting. I have completed another KoolHaas hat with another on the needles and one more to follow for me after that. But mostly I am trying to make my way through Rusted Root. I would really like to finish it by May. Wish me luck....

On Monday the 23rd was the Boston Marathon and Jason and I decided to make a morning of it and head out to watch the race. Let me just say, that had to be one of the coolest things I have ever had the privilege of seeing. Here are a couple of photos of the two woman who took first (woman on the right) and second(woman on the left). They were neck and neck. These photos were taken about 3 miles from the finish line. Here is the man who has won the marathon the last 3 years. This makes his 3rd win in a row. He has run 4 times with wins in 2003, 2006, 2007, & 2008 - Look no competition....the 2nd and 3rd winners came quite a ways back.

Winter had finally ended here in Boston (or so I think). Here are the Magnolia trees that sit across our street. They are such gorgeous flowers. They smell so nice. Their only problem is that they fall so quickly and make a hell of a mess. But one must savor them, no?

Now off to knit some more and work on my resume....

Finished Knits - A Race to Ship Out

Here is a new FO - Koolhaas hat from Brooklyn Tweed. This is a great hat - the design is amazing and inventive. I had a bit of trouble at the beginning, but that is only because I didn't read the chart right. This was knit with Lamb's Pride - on size 6 needles. I really love how is turned out. It could probably be a bit longer, but it still fits and doesn't require that annoying tug over the ears that some hats do. I knit this for my SIL for her birthday. I was on a race to the finish and completed it yesterday. My only dislike of the pattern is the decreases for the crown - now this could be me or is most likely me, but I couldn't get the pattern to match up with the directions. The tall people looking down on this hat will notice the pattern did not continue - but oh well. I think that this pattern works best with solids or a verigated all with different shades of the same color. I highly recommend it. The pattern was originally printed in the Interweave knits Holiday magazine.

Also notice the new glasses - very hip if I do say so myself. (Although I do think that this photo makes my nose look 10 times bigger then it really is. LOL)

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