Podcast Throwdown

So, I fully admit I'm becoming a podcast junkie. However, I learn a lot from listening and even develop my competitive side a little bit further. For example, I listen to the Knotty Girls KnitCast and in episode 8, the hosts are issuing a podcast throwdown! Jen and Laura are issuing a challenge to any and all other podcasters and supporting audiences to knit hats for a worthwhile charity; Halos of Hope. The challenge to all knitters and crocheters is to knit as many hats as possible before Stitches West in February 2014.  I'm shamlessly copying and pasting the rules from the Knotty Girls Knitcast below:

The Rules:
1. There are no rules.
2. Okay there are a few rules.
3. Follow the Halos of Hope Guidelines
4. Start Sept 1st.
5. We finish at Stitches West.
6. Get your listeners on board however you want.

On Record for me; I WILL knit at least 26 hats for Halos of Hope AND send them off in time for Stitches West. With the Knitmore Girls and CraftLit podcasts participating in addition to the Knotty Girls, I'll have a tough time choosing a team to join. Ravelry has a group called Podcaster Throwdown with a Trash Talk Alley so everything for Podcaster Throwdown is in one location.

I am so excited for this challenge! 

Next up, I have grand plans for dying some of my white BFL that I have been spinning FOREVER. I took a picture on my way to work. Please ignore the fact that I was driving at the time because I did make sure there was not another car terribly close at the time. If its possible to mimic the colors in the photograph, I will forever be a superstar because something about the foggy morning with a ray of sunshine spoke to me at that moment. Notice, I said grand plans; reality and how it works in my head never match.

I have officially started my mystery project all over again. Genius strikes at the worst time some days.  Head meet desk. *Thunk* 3" worth of knitting has all been ripped out and if it looks good, I may rip version 1.0 out and that's a full 40 grams of knitting down the drain if I do.  Double the fun! Or should I keep it as testament to the need for swatching? 

Maybe by the end of the weekend, I'll be able to start a hat for Halos of Hope!