Keeping the Ears Warm

Happy New Year, everybody! I hope you had a wonderful set of holidays... I sure did. Can't beat seeing family and staying some place warm for a few days. A week without internet wasn't bad, either.  Really.

How many Resolutions do you have this year? I haven't written any down, but I do have some goals, including keeping my house spotless...(ha! Like that's ever gonna happen! I'm too lazy.)

I do think I could pay more attention to the blog though. 

I do like to write.

Actually, my goal is to read. Maybe I can share my thoughts on the books I choose.

....

The wintertime is here, hitting harder in some parts of the country than others. (Yep, I'd definitely be here than in Minnesota...) Though some people may assume that Mississippi doesn't get incredibly cold, I'd compare walking around outside to get from place to place with trying to keep your hand submersed in a bowl of icy water...especially in January and February. Ouch. Don't walk around with your mouth open if you have sensitive teeth. It's worse than eating ice cream. 

Thus my newly completed project: a knitted ear warmer. 

Yes, you heard me correctly. Knit. Knit. Knit. 

Two needles. 

[Technically, I did crochet a border on part of it in the pinch]

But yes, knit. 

I received a lovely set of knitting needles, yarn, a stitch encyclopedia, and a fancy yarn bowl for Christmas...and I was obsessed with trying to figure it out until we left Texas. The first hour or so with the needles was quite awkward, but catching on wasn't too difficult. 

Once I got home and back to my beloved yarn stash (and Pinterest!) I grabbed some leftover Lion Brand Wool Ease I purchased last summer in Minnesota and got to work with my Size 10 needles. A few days later, I have warm ears that are (not quite) ready to head back to campus. 

All of the pictures I saw of the headband show the bow-like piece in the front. I'm not much of a bow girl, but I do like to rock a ponytail (since my hair is so fluffy) and the pinched bit workes perfectly at the bottom of the back of the head. 

Hopefully I will get to share some more knitting and crochet projects with you this year (and other fun things I might get myself into.)

P. S. I really dislike cold weather.