little ragg

 on the morning of my husbands birthday we met friends and one daughter for breakfast in summerland, a small town up the road from us. i brought my knitting hoping to finish a birthday present for one grandson, whose birthday was this day also. i was making a hat (with sock yarn) deciding to knit just the day before. this does seem to be the way things are going lately. last. minute. oh dear.
chuck's wearing his purple mountain's majesty' hat from last years birthday. big mistake and happy ending here and here. it was another last minute, and almost wasn't to be.
(i broke the rules on the nutrition diet and ate the cranberry orange scone featured above, my will power and resolve is wavering.)

later at the party...

(mesmerized by a new surfing dvd)

(travis's gift to granpa chuck, a rock painted with big waves)

i brought the hat, still on the needles, thinking i might finish it at my daughters. but you can imagine, it never left my basket. there were children to watch, babies to hold, presents to unwrap and candles to make wishes on. so when i kissed him 'happy birthday darling' and said goodnight, i told him i would have his hat ready when he got out of school the next day.

 it's a simple hat. a basic little hat. yet since i picked him up from school today, he hasn't taken it off. and guess what? he told me this friday is hat day at school. and he already knows which one he'll wear. i'm so glad to have it done and that travis is happy, now one more birthday and then i can think of christmas!

paton's basic beanie - version one (man size)
kroy socks ragg shades
rav notes (and travis, finally on ravelry) here.
joining with ginny and the yarnalong.