so i sat down to start knitting this beenie. i wanted to do just a super simple slightly tall shape (as usual) and have it ribbed. then the hard part: how the hell do you figure out how many stitches per/inch a yarn like this is going to be?? i mean...it's laceweight in some spots and 3" wide in others! basically you can't. it's a total crap shoot. so i agonized for a couple of hours and finally surmised that it's probably on average, 2 stitches per inch. my head is 22", so that would be 44 stitches, but nothing goes into that in an even number so i settled on 42 stitches which would allow me to do k3, p3 ribs.  (forgot my needle size and don't have them handy here...but they're big uns.) anyhow....it seems like it's going ok. the yarn looks f'ing awesome knit! the fat parts are making sweet bubbles.  everything was going along fine until.......yeah....i ran out of yarn!! and i'm out of the beautiful cream alpaca that made up the most of it. damn-sandwich! so....project on hold until i can rummage around in the stash and find some alpaca-esque fiber to make another batt.

and i thought this would be no sweat.......when will i ever learn?



so far so good:



party's over! ran out of yarn here.....