I slept, I knit, I feel like I'm finally getting back on track!

To restart my knitting engines, I decided to start a quick, fun project for me. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Sharon Turner of Monkeysuits while doing the book signing at Rhinebeck and she was giving away a new Monkeysuits pattern to folks who knit a bit on some hats she'd started for Afghans for Afghans. Her daughter was also there modeling the delightful new pattern, Funky Monkey. The hat was just too darn cool, so I knit a bit and got me the pattern! It's actually knit with sock yarn held double. How brilliant! Brilliant because I love, love, love all of Dani's new colorways and dyes over at sunshine yarns, but I'm such a small needle wimp that I've had to be sensible and cut back on my sock yarn purchases. Now I had a reason to get one of her new stunning yarns and knit it up... on big needles!!

This is "Atlantis" (psst... I heard there'll be some more of this and similar colorways on sale in her store soon!). Isn't it fabulous?! Wait, it's even better knit up in the hat.

I'm holding three strands together to get the gauge (there's still plenty of yarn) and it brings out even more of that fabulous blue. I want to swim in this yarn!! And the pattern is written for smaller sizes too, so you know what that means....a matching hat for wee one!