ZOMG ITZ HOT

I have made a not-so-surprising discovery: knitting with wool when it's hot and humid is Not Fun (TM). It has more than once occurred to me that wool only really works for these hats in 1) cold places at 2) cool to cold times of year.

So! I'm off tomorrow in search of cotton yarn with which to make more Jayne hats, suitable for summery weather and southerly climes.

(I also might get some for Cylon hats too, come to that. More news when I have it.)

The Grindstone

is where I'll be for the next 24-48 hours. I'm trying to have a decent stock of Jayne hats, and with luck at least a Cylon hat prototype to send down to JT for Megacon, so my bud promote this stuff, and maybe sell some of it.

Attempts to make Cylon hat shiny have all failed. I hope to get some silk bamboo yarn in the mail Monday, but there's only a slim chance that will be able to turn into a hat in time for it to be mailed off with its more colorful cousins. If there is any chance of a package reaching FL by Thursday if sent Tuesday (without going into major debt to send it), then Monday will be spent busting out a Centurion cappie.

Until then, it's Jayne hats, ad nauseam.

Centurion - Back to the drawing board

I knit up a prototype yesterday of the Centurion pattern Wonderfallz so graciously allowed me to use, and, well, it's not scary, but it does need some work.


(Don't be fooled -- the only reason that's shiny is the flash from the camera.)

What it needs most is the right silver yarn and a larger gauge; the pattern itself said it would make an adult large, and this one barely fits my medium-sized noggin.

I'm renewing my search for gunmetal yarn, something with a sheen that doesn't break the bank, and for something dark red (and shiny) for the 'visor' that one can actually see through.