I ripped it out again. It was about 24" unstretched, and while I have a huge head, it kept slipping down. I don't want to have to depend on the crown to keep my hat on.
Their hat (the pattern)
8.7 sts/in
14.2 in circumference (from CO only)
10 rounds per inch
my gauge (with US 6)
4.5 sts/in
3.8 rows/in
9 inches = 34 rows
so: 5 rows ribbing
11 rows cable (ie. chart 10-20)
31 rows decrease
**Won't work**
So, switch to a US 4 - do swatch
Did swatch. Got 5 sts/in and 5 rows/inch. I liked the look of this fabric a lot more. However, I still need nearly double the amount of sts per inch. Next I'm going to switch to US 1's. I don't think I have a US 1, so I might have to buy one.
My newest project: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shedir
This hat gave me a bit of trouble at first. I'm doing this in two colors, in fair isle. I love the appearance of fair isle but I can't seem to manage floats longer than 1, occasionally 2 sts without puckering. So horrible am I at fair isle that I attempted to do this hat in intarsia. With 16 bobbins. Although extremely complicated, it was actually working until I tried on the hat and realized that it was much too big. I frogged it. I cast on again, casting on 112 sts rather than 128, and using fair isle. Only did 5 rows of ribbing.
I have about 3" done, and it's still a bit big. However, I am planning to line it with fleece, so hopefully it won't fall down around my ears. :D With this fair isle, I just can't push myself to rip back. Again. If I do rip back, I'll take out another 8 sts.
I'm an idiot. It's not going to be as hard to come up with $250 as I thought. I'll use a bit from the paycheck I got today, but then I also have another paycheck coming on Dec 15. As of right now, that paycheck will be at least $110, and the month is only halfway done. If I can get at least $200 for that paycheck... I'll be good.
Though it'll make gift giving for Christmas interesting.
It's been very busy here. I have two work study jobs and am taking 15 credits (semester hours, not quarter) and finals are coming up. I had a horrible flu all last week, so I missed all of my classes except one, so there's lots of catch up to do. I'm in the process of switching my Spring schedule around, as I met with my second advisor today to declare my 2nd major, and he told me that it would be more advantageous to switch one of my classes. I'm also have the great opportunity to work on a real research project with a professor, but I needed to switch my Spring classes around for it. The project I've been working on organizing and heading up started last night, and there was another edition of it today, so there's been a bit of last minute finalizing and stressing. There's one more to go, but my work's going to help me out a bit, so I'm pretty close to being done. My spring schedule is now all set, my work project is pretty much done, so all I have to worry about is finals.
Recently, I've been looking into study abroad programs. When I first applied to my school I was not going to major in Integrated Media, so I didn't look at the program. While it's not bad, it's actually decent, it is lacking in certain aspects. It's a liberal arts Integrated Media, but that's good. The problem is that I want to go into web design and there aren't any upper level web development classes, or upper level programming for web design classes. During a reception for a very interesting sociologist CJ Pascoe, a friend of mine mentioned how he was planning to study internationally in order to take classes that aren't offered here and at the same time get the cultural experience. It sounded perfect. I immediately started looking into the English speaking international programs my school offers. Since I'm double majoring, I don't have the time to go to a foreign country and take courses that don't apply to my major, as I would have to do if I went to somewhere that didn't speak English. I need to maintain the academic level of courses that I'm taking.
I've found a great solution. My school has an agreement with St Mary's College in London. The program price includes a homestay with breakfast and dinner. They have a great media program with upper level web design and programming classes. Because I came into the school with so much credit while being a freshman, even with double majoring I have enough time to spend a semester in England. It would be perfect.
However, I have to raise the funds. My parents can't afford to help at all, so I have to come up with all of it. It's going to be difficult, but I can do it. The program itself (tuition, homestay, breakfast and dinner) are covered by my school's tuition and room and board. This means that my scholarships which allow me to go here will still apply. I'm meeting with the coordinator of study abroad programs to discuss the exact financial and application details. Hopefully, my federal grants and loans will still apply. If they don't, I most likely won't be able to go.
I'll need to pay for my plane ticket, lunch for a semester, and spending money. It'll be quite bit of money. I also need to come up with $250 in order to submit my application on February 8. Normally, that'd be easy. I make that in about a month of working. However, we get paid the month after. So I get January's paycheck on Feb 15. That's not going to work. We're gone all of December. So that means that within the next 20 days I need to come up with $250. There's no doubt that a bit of the paycheck I got today is going towards the $250. However, there's been a bit of a paycheck snafu where I haven't gotten one of my paychecks (that happened last month too) and I owe my sister a chunk of change because of it.
plane ticket: $750-830 (school will reimburse me $750)
lunch: ???
spending money: ???
I'll find out the details about class fees, books, etc on Tuesday, when I meet with the study abroad coordinator. I was really happen with the plane ticket price (although that is for this year, rather than next cause orbitz won't let you go that far ahead) and I think that going to England is doable. The hardest part right now will be coming up with the $250.
