Constructive fidgeting

I guess I've found an outlet for my nervous energy- or whatever you want to call it.. instead of twiddling my thumbs in the car I tried crochet. Guess what? It works!

I started another cap out of this white lambswool/ acrylic blend. I used two different size hooks for the cap and the edge was made using a 3rd hook. First, the cap: the crown of the cap is really a loose weave- so much so that I think I will felt it to give it a more solid look/ texture.
The middle part to the end is tighter looking and I may leave it un-felted. The bottom edge is an experiment made with a cotton crochet thread.

Just about to close the border here, and the purple needle has the beginning loose tail where I added the orange thread when I started the scalloped edge. I tied a loop with the needle and left it about the same size as my crochet stitches.

I combined the beginning loop with the last two stitches of my ending border stitch. This is the last loop that I pulled through and made the knot with. Exciting!
Like watching ice melt.

Oh hi! Here it is. It fits, and I just may go out in public with it.
During the multiple-self-portrait-with-crochet-hat photo shoot, the EVIL squirrel empire was plotting against me again!!

Look.. caught in the act! This was try number 2. Try #3 is the orange line marking the trajectory that a squirrel body flew through the air -THREE feet away from the bird feeder, and from a standstill. It jumped. And missed. Ha!
What isn't clear in this picture is that the bottom of the feeder on the left side is about 4 1/2 feet off the ground- so that was quite a jump! Score: Me-2, Squirrel- 1.

I'm not Goth, I'm sloth

New nail color called Pat On The Black. It looks nearly black but up close you can see a hint of deep wine purple. By the time I try on something that, for me is a new thing, everyone else is done with it and has moved on to something else. In this regard I'm always behind the fashion but in my own way looking unique at the same time without trying! Sloth not goth.

The cap is finito. It looks absolutely awful on me. It would probably help if I had more hair sticking out from underneath it like the girls in the pictures do. But eh. I'll make a different version and try a different stitch... I have all summer to make a cap I like, right? In the mean time this one will go into the Mallow museum of forgotten handmade artifacts.
I've made another flower. I like the repetitive aspect of making crocheted stuff. I don't know what I'll do with the flowers. Anyone want to buy them? Etsy here I come? Stay tuned as more flowers and other crochet projects will make their debut here on Flatland.