Merry Christmas!

It was pointed out to me recently that I love Christmas and knitting hats, but somehow hadn't combined these things. So I went to the yarn store and bought some red yarn, as most of my yarn is blue. :)

This was a really easy knit. I started at the point and knit in a cone until it fit my head. Then went a few more inches, conveniently until I ran out of yarn. Then added the fuzzy white. The top is a pompom made of the same yarn as the bottom, brushed suri. The red is a super soft alpaca. 

Now I just need to wait for Christmas, luckily it comes earlier and earlier every year.

Book Review: Paper Goods Projects

I was disappointed with this book. The preview I saw showed some actually nice things that can be made out of paper projects. I was hoping for more of things like that. There are maybe 2 or 3 adult level projects in the entire book. The rest is cheesy kids things, like stuff you would make in preschool.

This is a picture of the project I saw in the preview. It's a water lily made from a coffee filter and food coloring. It is actually pretty. I might just that to decorate for something, or put it on a gift. 

This is what most the book actually looked like. It is a paper cone made from a brown paper bag, and probably painted by the child in the picture. It might be useful to have a book full of projects like that, but they belong is a different book. Probably one marked to an audience looking for that.

Another book Review

I really wanted to like this book. I enjoy reading about how the brain works. This book doesn't seem to contain much useful information. It reminds me of a magazine, those little one or two line blurbs that give you a tiny piece of information but doesn't go into depth. That's fine for a magazine teaser, but this is an entire book. It did have some interesting things in it, but it just didn't give enough information to be interesting.

An example: in one chapter the book makes the claim that a dating website can best predict the success of couples by the following three questions.
Do you like horror movies?
Have you ever travelled around the country alone?
Wouldn't it be fun to chuck it all and go live on a sailboat?
That is random and as potential to be interesting, but it doesn't say why. Is there something about these questions that is actually relevant? Is it just a coincidence?

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.