Knotty Nancys

Knitting for some months now, I have come to bring it with me almost everywhere I go. Trips are a great occasion to knit, while traveling on the plane, or especially whilst visiting family so you have something to do in your down time but can still hold a conversation (unlike reading or television which are very anti-social activities.) It's on these frequent trips to my sister's house that my niece and nephew found me repeatedly knitting something new. At first it was a scarf.. which upon completion I gave to my sister.  Then came some hats.. which I gave to a friend who was to pass them along as a present for a new born baby. Inevitably, the question came up, "when are you going to make something for us?"  So I promised hats. But winter came and went before I had finally finished up a baby sweater I committed to working on. So, wool hates didn't seem appropriate and their heads were sure to be larger next winter. So, I would wait to make those hats.  On the ne...