The Classic Husband Watch Cap

Since there wasn't all that much to do on Sunday other than watch the snow accumulate (40 cm), iron (three hours), and write New Year's greetings to possibly everyone we know (100+ cards!), I finished the Hubs' Classic World War II watch cap while watching Harry Potter in the evening (Ravelry link here):

Monsieur's verdict: Like! He's worn the hat all day and reported back that it didn't itch one bit (this apparently had been a fear of his that was entirely unbeknownst to me), that it fit comfortably underneath his bike helmet, and he very much liked the color, since it went so well with his coat. (Humph.)

(Specs: pattern link see above; 0.8 hanks of Berroco Ultra Alpaca in manly gray-black; US #7 needles; nil mods.)

Knitting the hat was about as exciting as watching the snow outside our bedroom window...

...and seeing the sun set behind Boston College:



(Pretty exciting.)

And today, you ask? Today the sunshine tricked me into mounting my bike to go to the gym and to do some last-minute Christmas shopping. While the gym and the shopping both went just dandy, the whole biking enterprise is getting not just uncomfortable but also dangerous. Snow plus strong winds plus just a tad of ice plus reckless college kid drivers plus complete darkness by 5 pm: CRAZY bike riding conditions. I hereby announce the end of this year's bike season. Tomorrow I'll stay home and... knit work some! :)