Oliver Octopus

First of all, my sincere apologies for my absence. I would of enjoyed nothing better than being able to post something at least once a week here for the last 3 weeks. Unfortunately, house renovations has taken up most of my free time. Knitting came to a complete halt until 2 days ago.

For those who haven't seen it, here's a picture of our living room, at our house warming party in 2009 (It's not a great picture but I can't find better ones at the moment).

Here is the living room after Andreas' paint job:

Looking towards the kitchen:

Front entry way:

It feels so awful and bare with the orange gone in the living room. It went very well with our brown furniture and made it feel like eternal autumn in our house. Autumn is my favorite season, so fine by me.

Regardless, I managed to get some knitting in this past weekend. Oliver Octopus is done and ready to make his debut. *drum roll*

I started on a new project yesterday, and luckily my knitting friend was here, because it turned out this hat was supposed to be knit in the round! Panic! Pleasure! I was about to uncover the secret of knitting in the round! I had to start over once but I've got the hang of it now (I think?). I must honestly say I have no idea if I'm knitting on the WS or RS but luckily it's just a simple K1, P1. This should turn out interesting... did I mention I only have 1 skein of this yarn, and it's discontinued, and I have no idea if I have enough for the hat? More details to follow later this week!