a new project

 I have a lot of yarn I bought at Quixotic Fibers, some of it dyed by the (original, and maybe still?) owner, who now lives in Florida. It's kind of nice to be able to get yarn that someone you slightly know has dyed. 

I bought a small amount of two kinds, with the plan of making hats. (One of my problems is out-of-sight, out-of-mind. I have lots of yarn I bought specifically for things, then I forget I have it, and buy more).

I do want to make one - off a different pattern than this one is, for the AAUW gift exchange (but I also have yarn of my own, in a pale yellow green, for one for myself).

The pattern here is "Toast" by Tin Can Knits. I JUST finished the ribbing, which is done on a size 1 (so it takes a while) and switched to the size three for the body (a garter stitch and broken rib pattern)

The yarn has sequins worked into it. I'm hoping they're not too scratchy when the hat is done; I didn't account for that.

 the color is called "mermaid" and at least on my screen, it's pretty true to real life. 

I decided to go back to watching TCM in the evenings. The news is too upsetting; a lot of the other shows on are either repeats, or don't interest me enough to keep me from flipping during the commercials. The benefit of TCM is there aren't ads in the middle of the programming to interrupt it. 

I don't love the horror type movies (Halloween); "The Bad Seed" was on the other night and I had to nope out. But tonight was "Going My Way," which I had seen before but not so recently I remembered all of it. And right now it's "Papa's Delicate Condition," which is a broader comedy than what I usually like (and I have to go to bed soon anyway) but it does strike me that Jackie Gleason is a type of actor - or at least has a type of voice - you don't see much any more. It's a little bit reminiscent of Walter Matthau (a favorite actor of mine) but there's also perhaps a hint of vintage Bill Murray in his delivery. 

Maybe acting has changed, or movies have? I did enjoy "Going My Way," the characters in it were unrealistically good people but sometimes you need that, you need the aspirational quality of a nicer world than this one. (And that may be another reason why I like some "children's" cartoons like Bluey and My Little Pony - the characters are better and nicer than the average movie or tv character, and far better than the average "IRL" person. I know we're all complicated and difficult and we all have failings, but dealing with difficult and troublesome people on a regular basis day to day, it's nice to just see characters that have those poky edges smoothed off a little....)