Week 34 (and 35!): Fall is totally here.

I've been in denial. I don't want fall to be here. I'm not ready to let go of summer. I still want to go for long bike rides and play in the garden and to enjoy the sun being out at 8 or 9pm. Boo.

I do love fall though. All three of us--JM, Squeaker, and I have fall birthdays. I love the changing leaves, the pumpkins, the apples, and the return of the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte. Mmmm.  Most of all, it's time to wear hats again!!  Squeaker has been doing a lot of modeling of hats, and not so much wearing of hats.

The three of us leave for Nashville tomorrow morning (at 5am, boo!) and I'm not sure I'll have a change to get up the pictures for this week. I'm going to try my best to get it done tonight but no promises. I can give you the verbal sneak peak though--Week 34 was a super cute, super sweet apple!  I was pretty excited because Squeaks wore it to daycare this morning--since it was only 33 degrees outside. Yikes.

Wait until you see pictures, it's great!  I haven't decided what kind of apple it is, maybe a Cortland? Or a Rome?  It's dark red--definitely not a red delicious though, that's the one kind of apple I don't like. And that's saying a lot because I love, love, love apples.  Just out of college I worked at Honey Hill Orchard for two autumns and it was one of my favorite jobs ever. I still have a secret dream of owning an orchard. Mostly because I would get to eat unlimited apples. I'm only a little embarrassed to say that I ate no less than 3 apples every day I worked there. They are the ones who introduced me to the amazing Honeycrisp apple. Ah, tasty memories.

Well, go eat an apple, enjoy some fall flavored coffee, and hopefully I have pictures tonight!
Take care,
Kate

Week 33: Who is Blackbeard's Favorite Star Wars Character?

Arrrrrh 2D2.  Hee hee. I didn't make that joke up, but JM did. He's quite proud of himself too.

Oh, but this week's hat is so cute!! It's the best in a while. I'm putting it in the top five. 

I mean, who doesn't love a baby pirate?

Complete with eye patch, stylish earring, and a tie on the side. 

Look out! It's a vegetable pirate!  He's come to steal all your kale!

Nah, he's just here to steal your heart. 

My little scalywag.

Here's the pattern if you're interested: http://www.etsy.com/listing/81408319/baby-pirate-hat-pattern-knit

Take care!
Kate

Week 32: Ode to Olive

Yes, I'm aware I'm way behind. I think most of the people who may read this blog know by now that we euthanized our kitty Olive 2 weeks ago. I didn't feel much like knitting that weekend and fell a little behind with my project. I'm almost caught up though. 

My hat for last week is dedicated to our kitty. I got Olive when I was in college. She was 9 when I got her--her people didn't want her anymore because she was too much work. Other than being more than a little in love with her food bowl, I had nary an issue with her over the next 11 years. That's right, my old girl lived to the overripe age of 20. Pretty impressive. She was quite senile toward the end and we still think she never even realized there was a baby in the house.

Both of my cats are gray long-hairs, but Olive was downright puffy. The hat I made in her honor is pretty puffy too. I double stranded the yarn, using regular gray acrylic yarn and some super fuzzy gray mohair that JM and I got on our honeymoon in Ireland.

 It is a pretty basic hat, plain stockinette with two cute little kitty ears.

I was a little worried Squeaker was going to light on fire--this hat is thick!  I think he was actually sweating when I took the hat off.

He did pose for one picture with our other kitty Twiggy. She was pretty indifferent about the whole thing.

This hat was my best way to pay my respects to a great friend that I cared for very much. Be at peace Olive my love. 

I promise next week's hat will be cheerier. Here's the inspiration: 

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

 

 

Take care,

Kate

Week 31: Did you know there is a World Carrot Museum?

I didn't either. Not until this very moment. It seems appropriate then, that this week's hat is a lovely, luscious, delicious carrot!

                      

       Squeaker was "helping" me pick tomatoes and having a grand old time. I did knit this hat using some carrot-y colored wool yarn, so he was only able to wear it for about 2 minutes before spontaneously combusting.

I dug up a few tiny carrots from the garden for him to play with. I thought they would be cute props for our "photo shoot." Little did I know, he would proceed to play with them for the next 20 minutes. Interestingly enough, he didn't once try to put them in his mouth.

The tomato was a different story. He did put that in his mouth and actually bit into it. I think he was very surprised by the taste! None of his other toys have exploded when he chewed on them.

Enjoy this week's hat--and go check out the World Carrot Museum!





Take care!
Kate

Week 30: They sure are cute when they're little.

It's true. Baby raccoons are among the cutest baby animals you will ever see. They have tiny little ears and a sweet fuzzy little face. Adorable. Frickin' adorable.  

 

That's this week's hat, one of those cute little raccoons. 

Hurray for corn!  We have been eating sweet corn every night. Squeaker had a great time helping us pick it.

 Look at that little Davy Crockett tail!

 Spying on the chickens.......

Take care!
Kate

Week 29: What a corny hat.

We had our first ears of sweet corn on Monday--fresh from the garden. When we ate them, they were just minutes picked. Mmmm. What a delicious way to celebrate the hat for week 29!

It has a lovely green band, wide ribbing for the kernels, and a perfect little puff of corn silk on the top. 

It's finger-lickin' good--Squeaker agrees!

What's on the docket for week 30?  Well, every year there is a varmit that vandalizes my dad's sweet corn crop.  Can you guess what it is?

Take care!
Kate

Week 28: Hooo could it be?

Obviously, the cutest baby ever. The universe seemed to be telling me I needed to make this hat. In the same day I had a friend send me a link to some super cute crocheted owl hats on Etsy and I also receive a delightfully owlish wedding invitation from another friend. Hurray for owls!

More outdoor photographs! Squeaker thoroughly enjoys the new locale. So many good things to see, smell and sample. He tried to put that flower in his mouth no less than a dozen times.

I have mixed emotions about the crocheted owl-y eyes. They are either my most favorite or my least favorite part of the hat, I can't decided. 

Actually, the tassels are my favorite, which means the eyes lose.

 

I love the view of the choppers in this pictures! Still only two.....

It's almost sweet corn time!  The corn in the garden is so close to being ready, I can almost taste it....

Until next week!
Take care,

Kate