Full needles and empty linens

Well, I never did manage to start my cross stitch project today. I spent a little time untangling the floss and finding the center of my linen and staring at the tiny, tiny squares I am suppose to fill with bright, lovely colors. Then I passed out for a couple of hours. When I awoke it was almost time for the kiddos to get home from school. I ran to the post office to mail off some packages, but there was a new guy that didn't know how to send them, so I brought them back home. Oh, well. They can keep a day or two. Or longer if we get the four inches or more of snow they were calling for on the weather.

I did manage to get some knitting in. I irritated the secretary of my Lion's club at our meeting tonight at By The Cup in Oakland City, IN. I decided that I was going to knit on my double knit hat while we talked and waited for our food to arrive. Both my kids were working on plastic canvas projects to occupy them and my hands were feeling empty watching them. So I got a few more rows done on that. Then tonight I finished the first part of my KAL. Just waiting for the rest of the pattern so that I can finish it and get it off of these little circular needles. I can't wait until my longer ones come in that I got super cheap on ebay! Here is a pic of what I have so far:

It is longer than it looks. It is just all scrunched up on the needles. I think I like how the colors turned out. I wasn't sure at first. I just grabbed a skein of yarn that I had no plans for and started working on this scarf, hoping it would turn out okay. I think it did. I hope.

So anyway, I didn't drink any coffee tonight so I think I might actually be able to sleep soon. I hope. I had a coffee/caffeine hangover today pretty bad! The one hour of restless sleep before getting the kids off to school and then the three hours of passoutedness around noon made me feel less than human most of the day. I rode that line between hyper and irritable all evening. I am sure everyone was happy to go to bed and leave me alone!

Before I head to bed, here is a couple of pics on the progress of my double knit hat WIP. It doesn't look like much yet, but I have hopes it will turn out ok. It is a sparkly grey on the outside and black on the inside, or vice versa as it is reversible. It looks more like a headband so far. I am almost tempted to leave it as is and let my daughter have it. I bet she would look cute in it! But I want to finish the hat for my man. Maybe I will have enough left over yarn to make her a headband. Anyway, I am off to bed. Maybe I will start on that cross stitch project tomorrow.

Happy crafting everyone!