Jananas

I was knitting another cabled ear flap hat in class this week for a friend (yes, I will sometimes knit hats to order). I had finished the ear flaps and was all set to join it in the round when I realized that I’d forgotten my stitch markers at home. Because of the cables, it is important that I be able to count each round so that I don’t mess up the pattern. I had a moment or two of panic about how I was going to be able to keep track of each round, before I started looking around the classroom to figure out if there was something I could appropriate to use. I had a can of Arizona Iced Tea in front of me. And then it dawned, the pop can tab could be used as an ad hoc stitch marker. I can slip the knitting needles through the holes in the tab. Really, not an elegant solution but very effective!

Also awesome about the lecture was that two of my classmtes asked me to knit them hats. If I consider the price I’ve paid for my yarn stash to be a sunk cost anything I can earn helps! Or I just need to rationalize my addiction…