Apparently My Head is Enormous

So I started up knitting again with a vengeance about three months ago, and I've been moving through this beret pattern with modifications to fit the Noro yarn shown --> Went to the knitting night at This Is Knit in Blackrock, met some awesome ladies (*waves*), and then finished up the hat once I got home.

Except I didn't because apparently my head is enormous. I know that won't be surprising to you mom, but seriously, the yarn I'm using knits up larger than the yarn originally called for (meaning that doing the pattern the way its written would mean my hat was bigger than the sample hat) and it still doesn't fit. Now I'm not completely freakish as it fits just fine circumference-wise (I swear!) its the depth of hat that's the problem. I have to tug at it to get it to barely cover my ears :( So I've decided to just undo it (ie 'frogging' in the knit world) back until before the decreases at the crown and do another 10-ish rows. A little disappointing but oh well!

Belfast Christmas Continental Market

Went to the Christmas Continental Market on Wednesday evening, and is, as my wannabe Bostonian sister (loooove you Liz) would say, wicked awesome. The grounds around city hall are transformed into a tiny magical village of deliciously gourmet and wacky food, painfully tacky gifts (personalized diamante belt buckle anyone?), fragrant beer gardens (one in a teepee!) and all garnished with the amazing Christmas lights I've discovered they do so well here in Ireland. Unfortunately the best stuff for sale is the food (so many fudges and cakes and sausages and wines and ciders etc etc!) which doesn't transport particularly well in the hold of a plane across an ocean in checked baggage, or else I'd be bringing a ton home with me.

Mmmm savory baguettes

The enormous tree

The joy of pick & mix = too much fudge for Katie

My long procrastination!

I need to be papering right now. I really ought to be papering. Classes are finished since last Thursday and I've got until December 15th to get all my final papers (or assessment as they say here) done.

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So of course what am I currently doing, given my proclivity to procrastination? Why I've joined Ravelry, am playing MouseHunt on facebook, picking out charitable christmas gifts, and am fiddling around with the new camera I bought with birthday money from my parents! (Oh and I'm clearly writing a blog post and playing with countdown generators.)

Although writing this post has gotten me to close some of those tabs, not to mention that the generator's really freaking me out, so I think I'll go read!!

PS- The beau and I are going to this tonight btw! So I really better get to work so I feel like I've earned it.