Was working in my office and looked outside to see a Pileated Woodpecker working on a fir tree...I figured by the time I got out there with the camera he'd fly away...but he basically ignored me...he must have found some really tasty insects in those trees...it was very foggy out in the forest, but I got a good shot. 

working on more hats...knit one for one of the nephews...his was not rolled brim...but more boyish...then his sister decided she might want one...the middle purple one is for her...it is handspun with a commercial strand of black mohair running through it...it's lovely!  

well I did several more of those hats then decided I'd try the socks again...so...I'm knitting on size 2 needles...which seem awfully little for me...with a cast on of 64, which seemed like a lot of stitches for me too...so this will be my 4th pair of socks, and the hardest pair so far...wish me luck...I'll post pix of them as I'm getting further along! this picture isn't too sharp...it's really more of browns and a darker green than this looks like. 

I had to make one for myself too...well I've made several for myself...but I LOVE greens...so I knit this one up too...if you look closely you'll see that black mohair yarn in this one too...that mohair really has gone a long long way! 

so...I decided to make a few more hats...my sis sent my daughter this beautiful vest for Christmas, so I found some matching yarn, plus some of my really beautiful handspun yarn that has some pygora goat fleece in it (white) and also carried the black mohair in this hat as well...my daughter looks so cute in it! 

My sis sent me some yarn for Christmas and a really great easy hat 'recipe'...so this is the first rolled brim hat. It has a strand of black mohair in it too...as I wear it and wash it a few more times the mohair will 'bloom' and 'full' and make the hat look wispy...I like it! 

Well here is the third pair of handknit sox...I got these done just in the 'nick' of time for Christmas for my girlfriend...hopefully there weren't too many dropped stitches...hah...