Knitting in the round

Baby hat

Yarn: Dark Horse Yarns-Fantasy (50% nylon, 50% acrylic)
Colors: 31 and 33 (baby pink and dark rose)
Needles: US 8 dpns
Stitches: 54

OK, so I made some mistakes knitting this in the round, but all in all, it turned out fine. I had some panicked moments as I approached the final decreases as I must have turned around one of the dpns and lost my place because the hat was being knitted together in an odd way. Fortunately I avoided a major catastrophe and got everything straightened out in time to get confused again while threading the yarn through to draw up the seams. I also thought I might have dropped a stitch in the process, but best as I can tell, it's OK.

I'm convinced that I should knit hats only in the round. It'll save me from my dissatisfaction with my seaming. When it's time to knit another hat for myself, I'll definitely do it on circs. Dpns aren't as difficult as I thought they might be, but I don't work as fast on them as I do with other needles.

Except in comparison to the other hat I made, there's no reason to believe I made errors in knitting this hat. Lesson learned. That will come in handy.

Two weeks until moving day... Faced with the reality that I need to get packed, I hunkered down and essentially finished packing everything in my spare bedroom. It didn't take as long as I thought it might, so I'm hopeful that I can get my bedroom packed on Sunday. The culling I did a couple months ago made a big difference in the work I did today. I threw out some more stuff, but for the most part the worst aspect of the job in that room was already done. Maybe this won't be so bad after all.

My landlord agreed to buy my washer and dryer for $150. Not bad for something I got for free in the first place. Since my new apartment comes with the appliances, selling mine saves me the hassle of trying to get them out of the basement. One of my brothers who was going to help with the move may be unable to assist, so keeping the heavy lifting to a minimum is for the best. Plus, with this money, the security deposit (which I expect to get back after all these years), and the $150 Best Buy gift card I won at the end of last year, I expect I won't have to cough up too much more to purchase a laptop.