I had a whole big post planned for today, then eighty-four bad things happened with my laptop, and the whole thing wound up a hot mess. Instead of that, I give you this picture of Lou wearing his owl hat, which is frankly more than I could ever hope for in the way of knitterly happiness. See it, and know these are the moments I knit for.
More tomorrow, when hopefully this aluminium and plastic box of circuit chips is on my side.
Knitter out.
(photo credit to Carlos, who I think we can all agree totally nailed it.)
That is beyond fabulous.
The hat is at the exact right angle, the leaves in the background…. that is perfect.
Now I have to go cast on another project… 🙂
Things are always happening with your laptops. What do you DO to them??? Wool fuzz?
I think it’s that, and hard use, and my personal stupidity can’t be ruled out.
I’m more of a wool person than a tech person. (Plus, it’s getting a little old, and they travel a lot.)
Yup. Doesn’t get much better than that for a knitter!
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Yeah! that is totally what every knitter would love. Maybe he’ll need another as a teenager dangling himself off cliffs (planned and supported by ropes) and his friends will all want one too.
All strength through your computer hell,
Best. Photo. Ever.
Just lovely! And I hope the laptop gremlins sort out.
Totally. Nailed. It.
There should be a Hallmark card – Condolences on your computer upgrade.
Paging Ken to the white courtesy phone….
You took the words right out of my mouth!
YO KEN !!!! Disaster alert, help!!
Were you updating to Yosemite? My laptop also had a very hard time with it… It froze, seemed to die and then woke up out of the blue after scaring me to death, hey, my whole life is in there!!!!!!! It took me a couple of days and a lot of tender loving care to make it better, but it’s still slow….
P.S: The owl hat is adorable on Lou!!! 🙂
It was Yosemite! It took hours, and a lot of knitting, and now I’m contemplating a glass of wine the size of my head.
Wine + Ken, that should do it.
Have you tried talking sweetly to your laptop? I find sometimes that’s helpful………and sometimes not.
Totally admire and love that hat!! One year I knit a simple pumpkin hat for my new Grandaughter and before I knew what happened, all the men in my family HAD to have one too. A tradition was born.
(By the way, I read you blog and every time I look for the “like” button to click.)
Too cool!!!
Marvelous!
So sorry about the laptop–I hope it’s fixed easily and inexpensively and quickly.
Lou, meantime, totally rocks that hat. It’s its own visual soundtrack: “And I…will owl-ways love youuuuuu…”
Why is the word intuitive used inregards to anything you are trying to do on a computer and I find for ME it never is. Apt response is to whom!!!!!!!
I had a totally horrible time with my laptop. It was always doing something strange and every virus in the world seemed to attack it….until……..I invested in a mac. That was four years ago and I haven’t even had a computer burp since. I am so totally sold. My suggestion…get a mac and live happily ever after. 🙂 PS: Wool fuzz (and kitty fuzz) don’t seem to bother it at all.
Steph mentions updating her laptop to Yosemite, which is a Mac OS.
Lou pictures make everything better! The only problem with this one is that you can’t see his face– but, damn, that hat is cute!
Lou’s hat is a Hooot
Beyond adorable! <3
That hat is just too wonderful!!! Great shot, too, making small child look like large bird!!! Hope your computer comes back to its senses.
Sweet pudgy little wrists!
Nailed it!! And it made my night!!
Squeee!
Awesome photo of Owl Boy in his natural habitat!
So sweet!
Hope that you get the better of your computer problems. I can relate. At 7 or 8 years old, I think my MacBook merits the adjective geriatric…
Sorry to hear about laptop issue. Wish it will work out very soon. The hat is fabulous, it makes me think Angry Birds…kids love that:-)
Perfect!
Awesome picture. Love the hat. Should be sleeping, can’t stop thinking about fox paws.
Lovely picture of the hat. Too bad you didn’t include one of Lou’s megawatt smile.
Sorry about the laptop, but know how you feel. I’m kind of stuck with Windows, and my Lenovo laptop is great. My company recently issued us with HP laptops. The only good thing I can say about the HP is that it is lighter than the Lenovo.
I’m not saying you should stop knitting, but I think you may have to recognize this as the most perfect knitting outcome that ever occurred and accept that everything from now on will be, at best, just a teeny-tiny bit less awesome. Bravo.
Quite possibly the cutest thing ever!
Ha. The “prove you’re human” test just made me click on a little laptop icon.
I need a small child so I can make them an owl hat. Or a LOT of gray yarn so I can make one for my (large-headed) husband…
After a miserable first foray into the cyber world, hubby and I each got MacBook Pro laptops. “Once you get a Mac, you’ll never go back”. We are definitely not tech savvy, but these babies are so intuitive and user-friendly we don’t need to be. Check it out if you’re in the market for a new unit. Happy knitting.
We’re already on Macs Lois, but I agree.
How stinking cute! Is there a link to a pattern for this hat?
uncanny. unreal. totally beyond cool. every single minute of your knitting those hats has now come to fruition. yay you.
Carlos did indeed totally nail that picture of the awesomely knit hat on that indescribably adorable child, who is growing in leaps and bounds!
🙂 Makes everything all better, doesn’t it? At least for awhile.
I love that picture! It’s really great. It’s like those butterflies who have big “eyes” on their wings to scare off tings that would want to eat it. Don’t mess with the strict or possibly angry owl! =)
Angry Bird!
That hat is totally cute on Lou. Great picture!
The hat is a piece of knitting awesome, but I think you could sneeze and get 100 replies. Go Harlot!
Love the hat…perfect for these cold November days. And yeah, I’ve heard about issues with Yosemite, I’m still hanging onto Maverick for the MacBook Pro and I’m not upgrading the IPad until I absolutely need to do it. I did figure out how to get rid of that horrible spinner on the grey screen, my Mac is almost an antique at 5 years old now.
That is just wonderful!!! So cute. It’s the absolute best to see your knits being worn and loved!
When my laptop starts to cop an attitude I open my bottom desk drawer and pull out the large rubber mallet that lives there.
Just place it on the desk. No need to say anything to Mr. Laptop. Works wonders.
*also works well with husbands.
Thanks for posting your roasted vegetable soup recipe the other day. I made it for lunch yesterday, and it was delicious!!
That my friend, made my whole freakin day!!!!! Brilliant!!
Best. Hat. Ever.
Absolutely adorable! You’re lucky to have nieces and nephews who love their knitwear….
So Cute! But I think an appropriate response would be “Whooo- Whooo I am Lou” as the owls at sundown join in with the other night time songs.
The Yosemite gremlin bit me, too. My desktop spent 3 days at “computer camp”. Since I had to stop the downloads for upgrades for Keynote, Pages, & Numbers in order to take the computer to camp, now I can’t resume the downloads. Those software packages still seem to work, but it is annoying to have to deal with that, too.
Definitely nailed the picture!
Is there a pattern for this, or is it in your head? I’d love to give it a try for my new grandson.
The hat is from Gramma Nancy’s Animal Hats, with alterations ala the yarn harlot. I found the orginal post here:
http://www.yarnharlot.ca/2014/10/if-a-knitter-has-a-minute/
Thank you, FARQUHAR!!
It looks like Lou is climbing up a CLIFF. Love the hat and the picture.
kinda dying to see how you’re doing with the ornaments. Post soon, okay?
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