The hat I am making is a K2, P2 ribbing for about 8 1/2-9 inches from cast on edge (112 stitches) then work the crown decreases. This is a very stretchy pattern, yet it is snug on a smaller head.
Since I had size 7 circular needles...both 16-inch and 24-inch, I decided to use them to work two hats at once. It turned out that the 16-inch "circ" was a bit too tight to do the job easily. It certainly can be done that way but not as comfortably as with two 24-inch needles...so off I went to Black Sheep at Orenco to their new location. It was a challenge for me to get there but I love our Garmin. (In our welcome letter to the Oregon Portland Mission it was strongly recommended that we bring a GPS with us. I can see why! Fortunately we were already comfortable with the basics of GPS. I am sure there is more we could learn, but it gets us where we need to go.)
I have started getting Chia Goo needles. The ones I get are lace needle which have a longer sharper point making it very easy to pick up the yarn. Their cable DOES NOT TANGLE!!! A very good thing.
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| 112 stitches Patons Classic Wool cast onto two circular needles |
On the way home I dropped off a book at the main library then saw a Papa John's pizza and cranked the car to a quick stop and ordered a pizza. Dear One is always happy when I bring a pizza home to him. This was a Philly Steak pizza which was on sale for a good prize. Because he is a vegetarian I asked if they could make half of it a regular cheese pizza, which they could.
One more stop was at Whole Foods Market which I had discovered by chance about half a mile from home. I was astonished at the prices of things...quite high, except for some canned garbanzo beans which were $.79, the cheapest I have seen them.
When I got home we had the pizza for supper. The crust was great. The regular cheese side of the pizza was cheese, but not regular: no red sauce, just more of the cream cheese sauce that was under the Philly Cheese Steak side. Not popular. Having said that, the cheese size went pretty fast, too.
