Don't Have A Cow (or Sheep); It's A Knitting Post

Oh look, I finished a hat. Again. It is a chemo cap for Shan's friend, who is in need of such things. I had to knit it twice, since the first time my guesstimate resulted in a cap fit for a Conehead. Yes, I swatched. Sometimes swatches lie.

This time, the result is a close-fitting little skullcap with ruffles. I hope it isn't too small. I used my own tiny head as a model, figuring that my hair is so freaking short (I am sporting the Auschwitz look, and yes, I know that is a horrible, awful, tasteless, terrible, dreadful joke. I am sorry. I had relatives who died in the Camps, too. What can I say? Sometimes I am rude and crude without meaning to be) that it might simulate the dimensions of a head denuded of hair by horrible chemo drugs. Oh god, that's an even worse statement. I am sorry. I should go be where people are not.

On the flip side, the blonde would probably laugh at both of those remarks, which maybe tells you something about my taste in men.

Where were we, before I'd alienated half the Western world? Not that half the Western world can be counted within my readership, but you know what I mean.

Okay, so, Shan's friend wanted some pretty things to put on her head during a difficult and unpretty time, and I was really very happy to oblige, and I even had some exquisitely soft Merino in my stash that I thought would suit. So I got to work, knitted it up, fracked it up, let it sit through the holiday-knitting-rush, picked it back up, ripped it out, knitted it up again, and voila. Kinda pretty, I think.

It's already on its way to the great white north, where the intended recipient dwells, and where, I imagine, winter will last long enough that she will still get some use out of it. Assuming that it fits, that is. See aforementioned in-poor-taste notes about the dimensions of my tiny head.

Anyhoo. On to other knitting. Miz Fury's mittens, and Then What? I have so much pretty new yarn I am almost choked with it, and it's going to be very hard to decide what to knit next.

As I mentioned yesterday, I am not replete with boy-toys, so I shall probably be doing more knitting in the next few months than I have done thus far this Woolly Season. Which means I have some choices to make. Here are the contenders:

From left to right, the yarns are:
1. Handpainted Yarn bulky merino (except it's really an aran-weight) in Noche Lunar, 2. Twist of Fate Spinnery 50/50 wool and alpaca worsted in natural chocolate brown, and 3. Malabrigo worsted crack -er- merino in Verde Esperanza.

The respective projects would be:

1. A narrow Clapotis
2. The long-awaited Wrap Sweater (from my own sketch of months ago)
3. A simple scarf (seed stitch or mistake rib or somethin' like that) or perhaps more fingerless mittens (pour moi, this time), though really I think I want a scarf out of this green, which is far more intense and teal-like in person than in the photo.

So...votes? What to do first?