My son needs surgery. Not planned surgery but that kind of kick-in-the-gut surprise surgery that is halfway between, sure okay and It’s An Emergency.   The Long of It If you’ve followed my blog or podcast since 2005-2006, then you know that my younger son was born with Microtia—a not-as-rare-as-you’d-think condition that gave him a very small ear and no ear canal on the right side, but a working middle and inner...

Ah, the mythic Hair Clip Cap! The post that time forgot. Sorry, I’d had this scheduled as a draft and didn’t get to it in time.   So! I wrote a pattern for a hair clip hat. Why? Because I wear my hair up in a banana clip and I can’t fit a hat over the clip! What you need to know to knit it— Skills​  decreasing  seed stitch pattern  mid-row cast-on  crochet  picking up stitches (with or without crochet hook)...