Odessa, Baby!!!!

Here she is, in all her soft luxurious cashmere glory!!!

This took much longer than it should have, because I kept screwing up and adding another knit stitch after the yarn over. But it was a great learning project, and I am in love with the results!






I used less than a skein of Makulu 100% cashmere yarn in color "moss". The skein has about 200 yards on it. I think I used about 100 of the pearl beads, but I haven't counted them.

I learned things too!!! I learned how to knit with beads, and I learned all about yarn overs, and how to do them on purpose, and also how to knit the yo stitch to slant rather than leaving a big hole. I also learned that it is worth starting a project three or four times, if you end up with a result this beautiful.

The other night I was knitting and said to ZMrK, "This is the most beautiful thing I have ever made". Yeah, that's about how I feel. I really love this hat.


I tried to do a self portrait this morning, and the results are hilarious. I shut my eyes to try to get an "artsy" look, but instead I look like I was sneezing. It's a good advertisement for mascara though, isn't it? (Maybelline Lash Expansion! Black!) and also shows a bit of the cool gilded Ouija board we have on the wall (it was in my family's attic; my parents don't know where it came from, and my mom's ascared of it!)

Before I sign off, I have to give a big cheer to Grumperina for making up this gorgeous pattern so that I may have a gorgeous hat!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!

xoxo.