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feeling a little meme-ish

It's December, so 'tis the season for all publishers to pad their content with end of the year recaps.

2006: Month by Month [via I May Be Knitting A Ranch House]

Instructions -- Copy the first sentence that you posted in each month of 2006.

January
Life has interfered with my knitting as of late.

February
It always feels a bit anticlimactic to finish a project that I had previously completed and ripped out.
(wah, I lost the hat I was writing about sometime last week)

March
"The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), was the last military clash in mainland Britain, between the forces of the Jacobites (headed up by Bonnie Prince Charlie) and the British Army.

April
I thought I'd post a status update to show that despite a paucity of FOs, I am still knitting.

May
There's been a flurry of job search-related activity here which necessitated a longer than intended hiatus from knitting.

June
It just wouldn't be a typical knitting project here at andknitting.com, unless it included some dorky mishap.

July
I felt bad for poor Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, but I had a great time watching France beat Brazil last night.

August
The fact that Angela was still on Project Runway after last week's Jubilee Jumbles left me a bit concerned about the taste level of the Project Runway producers.

September
I somehow skipped this entire month? Shame on me. I blame it on the broken foot factor.

October
I'm dipping my toe back into blogging with a wee finished project post.

November
Cue "Fanfare for the Common Man"...

December
I'm not so good at keeping secrets, so a Certain Special Someone has long known I was knitting him this project.

Hello sailor! New Project / Finished Project #39: Watch Cap

I'm not so good at keeping secrets, so a Certain Special Someone has long known I was knitting him this project. He had feigned interest quite some time ago while I babbled about this Teflon coated yarn from Dale, so I decided to use it to knit him a cap.

Those clever Norwegians -- making wool even more sensible for outdoor gear! It's not the softest yarn in the world, but I wouldn't say it's disagreeably scratchy. I'm sure it will get even softer once I wash it. It seems like it will make a great cap to wear on a wet winter's day. Of course I don't think everyone was as enamored with this idea as I am, because I believe the yarn is now discontinued.

The pattern I used is a WWII-era pattern from the American Red Cross. I enjoyed knitting from a pattern that hundreds of women and men had used before. I changed it up a bit and added some decreases, because the first time I finished it, the pleated effect was more of a popover effect.

It turned out pretty well (better in real life than in the photo below). I hope my fella likes it!

The Project: Watch Cap (U.S. Navy) - WWII pattern from the American Red Cross (with some minor modifications)
The Yarn: Dalegarn Hauk Teflon Treated Yarn purchased from Spin Blessing
The Needles: US4 circular and DPNs
Started: ?
Finished: December 4 2006