The accidental first project

Why can't a girl find a hat that won't smush her hair in the winter? That was the question I asked on Facebook.

I hate how when it's cold out, I have to wear a hat (because I'm neither stupid nor crazy, although I am picky) to keep my little ears from freezing off in Pittsburgh winters. But when I have to wear a hat, I also smush and scrunch my hair down. It's bad enough that it's fine and flat. I certainly don't need the weight and circumference of a hat contributing!

So when I was griping about small hats, it occurred to me that gasp! shock! amazement! I could actually just make my own hat. And thus began the January Knitting Project: Damnit, I'm Cold.

Damnit, I'm Cold helped me use up some yarn that's been sitting around since I learned how to knit, and I made my very first hat. That hat was incredibly warm -- and still is -- but was ugly as sin. I keep it in the car for hiking trips in the winter so it doesn't really see the light of day. It's your basic Paton's Classic Wool in Jade. Sadly, although I only came close to using half a skein, at least it's half a skein less than I had -- plus, I got a cute hat out of it!