Since the weather is edging slowly into cooler temps I’ve been on a big fall cleaning kick here at Chez Mousie and one of the things I’ve been trying to do is  finish up some of the UFO’s that have been marinating in my knitting basket.   This Fake Isle hat is one of the oldest UFO’s hanging around…   I started it in 2007!

The black yarn is Caron Simply Soft and the colored yarn is Noro Silk Garden I was gifted in a destash. I ended up finishing up knitting the hat on DPNs because my size 7 circ was already in use.. and man am I spoiled with magic loop! The hat is now finished, blocked, and is going to be put away for my sister-in-law’s Hanukkah present. Even though its not my color choice, I’d probably keep it if I could fit it on my head.. but the combo of mellon head + dreads won’t let it stay with me, and I did promise my SIL this hat TWO YEARS ago. *sigh*

Thanks for the comments on the WW post.. it was the dryer that is the new addition to the household and I’m SO excited to have it.   My mother in law ended up with a new set and gave me her old dryer for FREE… the only cost and headache ended up being finding a cord for it which worked with my 1940′s house.  Because of trying to keep our energy costs down I won’t be abandoning my wash lines any time soon but the new (to us) dryer will be very useful this winter when it rains and rains for days as it does here in GA and my house isn’t warm enough to dry clothing.

Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving? I spent yesterday with the in-laws (no comment) stuffing my face full of turkey, stuffing, potato casserole, cranberry sauce, and lemon whip dessert. Other than the food.. I would have rather been at home with a hot mug of tea and the House marathon on USA, but Munchkin had a good time AND we were able to score some HOT Krispy Kreme donuts on the way home (I’m sure you can hear me bloating from your location.. seriously.)

As for the dreaded holiday knitting.. I’ve got a list which is growing more and more silly by the day. I do really need to finish a hat for my sister-in-law which has been hibernating since last year when I found out that Hannukah skips all over the calendar like a rabbit on crack and sometimes falls 3 weeks EARLIER than Christmas. Doh. This year its a respectable 3 days before Christmas.. which may save the teeny tiny shreds of sanity I have left. I’m also back to picking up the crochet hook in hopes that I can get some scrappy handspun hippy tams & headbands into the shop for the Giftmas season.

Thanks for the concern about us freezing over here at the House of Mouse.. so far the temp has dipped down into the mid 20′s at night a few times and we’ve been relatively toasty with the use of only one or two space heaters running only a few hours a night (the timer on the larger heater is the coolest thing!) and early in the morning so we don’t turn into Mouse, Munchkin, or Mister Bearsicles. We’ve also used our huge fireplace once which heated everything up very nicely.. even Ms. Kitty learned that the best seat in the house is the meditation cushion at the foot of the fireplace!