more Christmas knitting: the Fish Hat.

which I sincerely hope becomes a family institution.

Pattern: Fish Hat

Yarn: leftover Wool of the Andes from my mother’s Christmas Sweater

Needles: sz. 9 DPN’s, maybe?

“really, Caroline?” he says. “I don’t believe this.”

Dad’s Christmas Present: as-yet unspoken of

“It’s a Norwegian Fisherman’s Hat!” said my mother, seeing it unwrapped on Christmas Eve.

“let me see the swirl”

Pattern: Seaman’s Cap

Yarn: Knit Picks Palette in Charcoal, 2 strands held together

Needles: 6’s, maybe? I don’t remember.

modeled most obligingly by Elizabeth Fryar.

I wonder.

if there’s a fast food restaurant anywhere called “Der Bügermeister.”

because puns are irresistable.

RE: Not All Italians Are The Same, OR, Roman History = The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola, I learned today in class, wanted to make a movie about the Catiline Conspiracy.

Etymologically Exciting

is when a word that comes from Latin is found in German, but not in English.

Namely:

“Cista” = “Kiste” = “Box”

the best laid plans of mice and men

dear Fate,

yes, I hear you laughing at me.

I Will Be Damned

if I don’t finish these today.

they’ve been around for Simply Too Long.

They are beautiful; that makes it easier.

Not All Italians Are The Same

But, reading about this:

and other, perhaps less overt, Roman political machinations (Byzantine, could we say? Machiavellian? they learned from the best) can only conjure the images of this:

Patron et clientela par excellence.

this is wild.

looking at this graph of People In Germany – such noticeable holes caused by the First and Second World Wars, as well as the Great Depression!

Wow (in a shocked, My-God-the-Devastation-of-War, way)!

“I Like Your New Half-Bonnet”

Just in time for The Snow, headgear that doesn’t fall into the “ineffectual-but-cute-beret!” category.

warm, icelandic wool, and a shell button in the back.

most importantly, it passed its first test.

Pattern: Cablerimetry

Yarn: Reynolds Lopi

Needles: sz. 7 Takumis.