A very geeky birthday

Between the "Optimash Prime" Mr. Potato Head and the CBC Radio-Canada Messenger bag, Natalie (of DarNat) had a pretty geeky birthday. And I did nothing to help the matter:


Natalie is sporting a Jayne Hat that I knit for her (when she first asked me about it, I thought she meant the mob cap that Jane Austen is usually depicted as wearing. I'm really glad she didn't want one of those).


The pattern was a combination of what I found here and here, modified for lighter weight yarn and corresponding needles (5.5 mm or size 9). I knit two: one for Nat's sister (the original impetus for the project) and one for Nat, when I realized that I had enough yarn to knit two hats and that Nat's birthday was coming up.

The next knitting project is (sadly?) Star Wars related and will likely involve designing for the first time. The learning curve? It is exponential, my friends.