That's it, it's time for a Diet

Today I spent the day hiking part of the Appalachian Trail from Keys to Harpers Ferry. Oh my am I out of shape. I may have mentioned that my friend Dan, his dog Bauer, my dog Emmy and I are going to try and walk the whole Appalachian Trail. Not all at once, so don't think I'm crazy, but in pieces. Total with the walk to the the cars we did ~6 miles. However, the first 2 miles were brutal! It was a significant uphill climb. I know I'm out of shape, but I definitely felt it today.

So, I'm talking about a diet. Which will involve both my yarn and I. I've been looking at my yarn and needle collection and keep thinking I need to use it. Then I tried to make my resolution about knitting one project a month. That went out the window, I just can't get the stupid gloves done. I still love them, but..... so hard to get myself to work on it. But I digress...

I have resolved that I cannot buy anymore knitting related anything until I lose 10 lbs. I'm thinking I may try to extend that for every 10 lbs. I can only buy at 10, 20, 30, etc.... Not sure how that will work out and will most likely need to reevaluate after a period (to make sure it's still interesting). This is inspired by Large Marge's Lenten sacrifice (not sure if that has an actual name). Of course I may need to re-work this a bit to coincide with MD Sheep and Wool since it will be my first year going.

It's a good compromise I think. It'll force me to use some of my stash while encouraging me to lose weight. I decided this today while I was cursing up and down the Appalachian Trail.

So, I bought this pattern (before this decision):
There was an advertisement for this in the new Interweave Knits. It caught my eye and I fell in love. This was the first pattern I ever purchased. I generally like books or free patterns. I just couldn't resist.

This will now factor into my diet also. The yarn for this awesome pattern will be a big goal purchase. Somewhere between 30 and 50 lbs. I think.




Also, I started this hat:
I'm using the recommended yarn of Knit Picks Swish Superwash. However, for the cable band I'm going to use the Capri color (which is blue) and then I'm going to stripe the Capri with Truffle (a brown).

Modification: I'm going to add a ponytail hole with a pretty little button to keep it closed should I decide not to wear a ponytail.

My whole motivation for making the hat is snowboarding. I had a major problem with my hair/hat/goggle combo. It was all due to my ponytail and not being able to wear it in a good place.

Now, I'm tired. So I'm going to lay on the couch and vegetate until the movie is over.....Which movie? Shoot 'Em Up, which is hilarious and some how wrong.