Yeah, that's the front piece. That means, in a week, I am halfway done. Insane. I have a feeling that my hands will soon launch a revolt and I will start to have symptoms of arthritis. Might need to slow down a little - rrriiiiggghhhttt.And, on Sunday, I decided that I wanted to make a hat for Kaylee. Again. And I did. Yep, one last FO for 2007. The knitting was done in an evening. A long evening, but an evening none the less. And then I blocked it on a dinner plate and went to bed. I had decided before I started that I wanted to add a pom-pom and not finish with an I-cord. What do you think?
It's my first attempt at a pom-pom. Totally digging it. Not sure I would put it on a hat for myself, but then again, this is for a toddler. It really doesn't fit Pooh Bear, but he was the best I could do (Pooh Bear was made for me by my Aunt Ginny when I was little, my brother and sister also received one each). 
Alright, so onto the mandatory year-end wrap-up. So my lists of 2007:Knitting Firsts:
- socks
-stuffed animal
- lace
-sweater (although started in 06, I didn't know how to finish until 07)
- mittens
- tam
- Fair Isle
- pillow
- Elizabeth Zimmermann pattern
Things I learned about knitting:
- I hate knitting with cotton, and it doesn't like me either
- I'm horrible at setting in sleeves
- I don't like corrugated ribbing
- Frogging is good
- Swatching is better
-I love Fair Isle
- I can, in fact, have the patience to complete a scarf
- I love socks
Knitting Goals for 08:
-EZ sweater
- finish a lace project
- more socks
- a scarf for myself
- design a pattern myself
2007 was, all in all, a pretty good year. There was some not so good stuff (Dad's illness, best friend moving away) and some really great stuff (Mason and Sarah being born, watching C4, Elliott and Kaylee growing, actually working at the same school for more than one year). Here's hoping that 2008 can have more of the good, and less of the bad for all of us.
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