Two-toque weekend!

The best way to make yourself feel better is to do something good for someone else - I am convinced this is true. Case in point: this weekend. Woke up yesterday with the flu from hell (they call it "flu" because fluids come out of every possible orifice). Spent the morning feeling miserable and the afternoon and evening knitting on Tim Horton's Toque #3. Finished the Toque. Today felt a bit better, got the AVON orders packed up (amid much cussing, sometimes the AVON aggravates me, but that's another issue) and started on Toque #4. Just finished the Toque. Two toque weekend - and a three-toque week! Woohoo! And, the flu-icky feeling is pretty much gone. So it works.

So, here are pictures of the Tim Horton's Toques (so-called because you "roll up the rim" - ha ha I'm so clever). From left to right: the original toque (mine), in Patons Shetland Chunky High Plains Variegated. Middle is Debbie's toque, in Patons Shetland Chunky Blue Jeans Variegated, and finally Kim's toque, in Patons Shetland Chunky Harvest Variegated (one skein of yarn per hat).

The "pattern" for these is very simple - on a 6mm x 60 cm Addi Turbo (or other circular needle), cast on 92 stitches. Join, and knit around and around and around until you have about 8" of hat (straighten out the brim to measure), or are nearly out of yarn. Then K2Tog around three times (3 rounds), cut an 8" tail, thread through, pull out the needles, and sew up the crown. Simple simple. They'd probably be better if finished on DPNs because there's little gaps at the top, but I just sew those together so it's weatherproof at the top. Whatever floats your boat.

And, for extra fun this weekend, I won two eBay auctions, so should be getting about 15 lbs of yarn in the post in the next week or so. EEP!!! gonna need another storage box - or two. Will post pictures of this massive stash enhancement when it arrives.

Did not manage to finish the Ravenclaw scarf this weekend but expect to knock it off tomorrow at the doctor's office (yay allergy shot day!). Then on to Slytherin and done!