Yarning Along...

...with Ginny at Small Things.

Today I am working on a hat for my nephew. It's my second hat in a week, though a different pattern than the other. The teenage boys (other than my own) are getting hats and cash for Christmas this year. That seems to be all teenage boys want these days, besides teenage girls.

I have never knit this hat pattern before but I like it -- other than the changing colors, but then that's what makes it fun (to wear), right? Speaking of changing colors, I wonder, do you weave your loose ends in as you knit or do it at the end? There was so much changing of colors in this pattern that I finally stopped and untangled all the ends and wove them in. The patterns always tell you to do it at the end, but sometimes I can't stand looking at the mess anymore.

My colors are Knitpicks Shine Worsted in Robot, Black and Serrano. In my house, and with my nephews, those colors are scarlet and gray (and black).

My read is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Black by Rebecca Skloot. I am only a few chapters in but it is fascinating reading. Just a little hint, Henrietta Black is the donor of (unbeknownst to her) the first immortal human cells grown outside the human body. The story is hers and her family's and that of medical science since 1951. It is amazing to me that it has only been 60 years since science first began growing cells outside of the body. Her cells are still alive today, though she has been dead for 60 years.

Faith and I are feeling a little under the weather today, so we are having tea and Cinnamon toast. Faith likes Candy Cane, but I am really enjoying Twinings Christmas Tea. They had me at the cloves. Mmmmm.

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