pictures are soothing

A soothing balm for me right now. Also: coffee. As in, here is my new favorite mug:

new mug

Now that’s a big cup of coffee. Fits the entire contents of my french press.

Have I mentioned that I’m the hat person for the Yarn Harlot’s visit next week? At stops on her book tour, someone has collected hats made by knitters to donate to local charities. A few days ago, I realized that OMG, NO ONE REMEMBERED THIS AND SHE’S COMING NEXT WEEK! So I volunteered. Hats will be going to:

The Atlanta Children’s Center

This men’s shelter

Open Door Community

So we need hats for all ages – please, please knit like the wind! It does indeed get darned cold in atlanta during the winter, so we need hats! It doesn’t take very long. Knitty’s tychus is my personal fav, and it is a super quick knit. Here are two hats I’ve made just in the past couple days, lovingly modeled by my favorite supermodel:

fuzzy blue stripey hattychus in browns

She’s so street.

Last night I had a strong desire to be around a lot of people, so I hiked it over to The Knitch for the Thursday night knitting group, and to check out their cool new upstairs area. Click on the pics for exciting info.

table of knittersthe stephanie and leslieJane and her Harlotty scarfDSC01664

It’s funny, sometimes when I’m down, my instinct is to hunker down. To stay in my pjs all day and watch law and order and block out the world. But when I fight it and get out amongst the living, I feel sooo much better. Thanks, guys, for cheering me up!

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