(Inside A Black Apple)

Red Ragamuffin Beret

I finished the red version of the ragamuffin beret. It's a bit less ragamuffin-ish...which is probably mostly due to the more uniform yarn (and that I had worked out a few kinks this time 'round).

Happy Monday my dears!

Ragamuffin Beret

Mine was kind of a crummy weekend (computer crashes, stressful conversations, etc.) but I've got high hopes for this week.
There was a little bit of happy knitting, though. On Friday night, Josiah went to bed early-ish, and I had just started knitting an impromptu brim for a hat on my circular needles. I hopped into bed with my knitting, and the longer it went on the more I was determined to see if I could make a beret...just winging it without a pattern.

It worked! (mostly). I learned a few things, but I have a nice, quirky, lightweight beret now.

It is knitted from this beautiful thick + thin yarn I bought on Etsy.

Now I'm working on a red one!
*Happy Monday*

Soft-Serve Scarf

I've made about 6 or 7 scarves so far. All super simple...just knitted. I'm getting the hang of the knit/purl/knit thing, but it will be a while before it's not kind of a disaster. And I'm trying to also get the "adding + subtracting" from rows thing down, but again, still in the pitiful stage. I've got a big stack of books on their way from Amazon, and I had all of your amazing suggestions from this post pulled up as I searched and added things to my cart. I'm so excited!

So, I've just been knitting really easy, soothing, beginner scarves at a mile a minute.
Here is one I just finished for my Sara, which was made with that amazing, frothy Twinkle yarn mixed with a cotton white/rose striped yarn. It reminded me so much of strawberry ice cream:

Now I am scheming up new people who might need a scarf in their life. I'm addicted to the simple, basic style, but I want to get better too, so I know I can't keep doing it indefinitely.

Josiah was right when he suspected early on that this would be the thing that made me even more productive. And I am obsessed with being productive. In a good way, not a scary blood-pressure stock broker way.
Because of the new knitting thing, I can be useful in the car!

Watching foreign films! (I have to concentrate too much too paint + read at the same time)

Waiting for food at restaurants!

It's wonderful.