Why do I keep making hats for myself? I keep saying that if I just make it the right size, shape, and color, it will look good on my head. Well, it ain't happenin'. I look terrible in hats. Officially. I made this one for the 'free patterns'  section of the site so I suppose that's ok, but I'll never find anyone with as big a head as me to sell it to in the store. Maybe I can starch it, turn it upside down, and use it for a fruit bowl. Not apples though, watermelon, because that's how @#$%&ing large my head is. I wonder if the culprit is my actual skull or my freakishly thick hair.

All I have left to do is embroider the silver X across the diamond and I'll be done. Then as soon as I get back from Florida (for Adam's mom's wedding) I'll take some good pictures and upload the pattern. At least it will look good on other people, so I may as well share the wealth.

Let's see, what else... I swatched with the Jaeger Roma I bought (now 50% off!) and I really like the feel of it. Good stitch definition, would probably work very well with a complicated lace or cable pattern. It's also very soft, so I might want to bobble or puff-stitch it. (Thanks to Lucy Neatby, I now know how to do a perfectly balanced bobble!) I've been meaning to design something to submit to the Pattern-A-Day 2009 calendar people, so maybe I'll crochet something up with it while I'm on the plane.