You Can't Always Get What You Want and some Star Wars Awesomeness!

I saw the cutest hat in my hotel's gift shop the other day. Well, I didn't particularly care for the colors used but I loved the stitch pattern. As it only comes in kids' sizes, I couldn't just buy it. So I figured I would just make it instead. On my breaks I would go down to the gift shop and stare at it. I'm pretty sure some of my coworkers thought I was crazy, obsessively staring at this one hat. But my fellow hookers know what I was doing. I was trying to figure out how to replicate this hat. I thought I had the pattern ingrained in my memory, but alas, it isn't so.

I came home and pulled out my hooks and a skein of extra yarn and set to work on a prototype. And nothing. I tried charting several different versions and even tried free handing it, but I couldn't make it work. Don't think for a second that I'm giving up, dear readers. This just proves to me that no matter how good I think I am at crocheting, there is always something new I could learn.

I'm still on a hat craze. I've made two since this blog's inception. I fully plan on posting pictures and links to the patterns I used, but I haven't had the opportunity to get pictures of them yet. I know what colors I want for my next hat. I really like lime green, electric blue, white, and black. I think I'm aiming for something sporty and fairly simple. I don't know yet. I'm looking forward to a trip to the yarn store.

My afghan is going fairly well. I've finished a few more squares in between hats. I'm a bit ADHD with crochet. I have a hard time sticking with just one project at a time. In fact, I have a large box of unfinished projects waiting for me to finish up when my time here in Germany is complete. And speaking of afghans, I've been feeling so inspired.

Side tangent - For Christmas my best friend crocheted me a Twi'lek hat. (Google it if you don't get the Star Wars reference) Me in my Twi'lek hat! (If you're a Star Wars nut, you can find the pattern here at Stitching Up a Storm.

Now I am determined to give her an awesome Star Wars themed gift next year. I happened to come across this amazing crocheted afghan on Pinterest - BAM! Inspiration - and I know it'll be perfect. It uses granny squares in black, grey, and white to look like a Storm Trooper. (Charts for this afghan and many other Star Wars designs can be found here and a picture of a finished afghan can be found here ) I know she'll love it (if I can keep a secret from her - luckily she doesn't follow my blog) so there's a good chance that will be my next 'big' project when I get back to the States.

Anyway, that's all I've got for today. Until next time!

P.S. I finally found the right html code to make the clickable 'here' link! Yay!