adventures in crocheting

As of approximately 7PM tonight, everyone on the compound is officially finished with the Fall 2011 semester!

In celebration, The Pretty One and I decided we were going to crochet, because we are old women like that. And since it is cold and rainy and disgustingly wintery here, it was obvious we should work on items of clothing that would contribute to our sincere efforts to not freeze to death. We found these knitted sock things and thought, Yes!

Looked easy enough, and we are prone to cockiness when we think we even have a basic grasp on the skills required to complete a task. This self-confidence is unfounded. As you will shortly realize. Below, witness each of our first attempts at making socks. Yes, they are hats. Of vastly different sizes. This was absolutely, embarrassingly unintentional. 

Some would consider this an epic failure.

We did.

Until we realized how perfect The Pretty One's hat was for....