Proverbial Phrases

The more the merrier.
Less is more.
Count your blessings.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Good things come to those who wait.
A fool and his money are soon parted.

Stash Enhancement (it was all on sale)

Wurm = Warm

I spent a couple of days last week, yes, two days completing a knitted hat.  I cast on Thursday afternoon and bound off first thing Saturday morning.  Not bad.  For me.

Lately, it's been very cold.  Usually I grab a wool hat to wear when I'm down at the goat pen or out on a walk.  Unfortunately, my Noro hat has loosened at the brim and falls off my head at inopportune times and places (bucket of water, fresh chicken poo).  I did a Ravelry pattern search and found a very popular free pattern called Wurm.  It's constructed with a folded brim and due to the double fabric it is cozy warm and probably won't stretch out.

The designer of the pattern is from Vienna, Austria, and I thought maybe "wurm" translates to "worm" in her language.  The purl rows make horizontal ridges around the hat suggestive of a nice fat worm.  A quick Google search: "wurm + Austria" and I'm not so sure.

My new hat keeps my head warm, whatever Wurm means.

Zeke checking it out

Erwin Wurm, Austrian Artist

 

Quick Tip: Goats and Chicken (Eggs) Do Not Mix

It's taken BeBe (Bowling Ball) almost four months after everyone else to lay an egg.  Now that all four chickens are laying we've been getting a handful of eggs.  Conveniently, we put them in our jacket pockets when we're down at the pen.  Not a good idea when you've got goat treats and excited goats.  It's a mess and a waste of a good egg.

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