You might have seen me tweet about doing some car knitting on the road down to NYC. Here's my first project of the trip:

The pink angora hat that I started knitting with my beginning knitting class last week has gone through some serious changes. Right as we began the trip, I decided that it was too big. Out of laziness, I started knitting a new hat from the other end of the skein and what a difference! I love how the colors striped! The old hat was starting with the light pink and after almost 2 inches I hadn't seen any of that fab red yet. Now, the wide pink band is right in the center of the hat, separating the darker bands. Cool! I also changed patterns. I had been sort of winging the numbers, but since it was already coming out too big and I'd be redoing it in the car, I thought I'd go ahead and follow someone else's pattern, Knit and Tonic's Le Slouch pattern, to be specific. A beret-style hat really looks best on me, so it was a no-brainer to use Wendy's awesome pattern. I kept it in stockinette though to let the colors really shine through.

After about an hour on the road, the boys asked how they were supposed to read or do their puzzle books now that it was dark. The sun sure sets early these days! Thank goodness I can knit in the dark. The kiddos slept while my hat got bigger and bigger and the skein got smaller and smaller. I've stopped right at the crown so I can show the beginners how to use dpn's and close up the top of their hats. Maybe I can even wear my hat home from class like my students!