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.)

Official Opening Day!

The fanknitics Etsy store is now open for business!

More listings will be added, one per day, and renewed as needed. I started with, of course, a Custom Jayne Hat.

Follow @fanknitics to keep up with the latest listings.

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.

On my way

...to getting this stuff together. My Knit Picks color cards came today, so I can pick out which yarns will eventually become which projects.

So far, I know there are good colors for Jayne hats and Hogwarts gear. I have to go through the cards though, and figure what I need for which type of thing.

At least I have a source now for relatively inexpensive yarn that doesn't require me leaving my house. Winter + a four month old == blasted hard to get out of the house some days.

Onward!

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