What's Jami Working On?

Just to prove that I have been knitting during this rather long period of non-knitting commentary, here's a (partial) inventory:
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The Red Heart is for a baby hat and mittens set requested by one of my farmer's market buddies. Red Heart, because it's just about indestructible and we are talking about a baby after all. The request is for something train-themed; I'm thinking I'll do a hat with red and black bi-color rib (like the 4th of July hat) but run two rounds of black running through it, so the whole thing looks like train tracks. I really wish I could find some train buttons in the right colors!! I want to add a chin strap, and if I was able to put two train buttons running around opposite sides of the track, the chin strap could just have button holes on each end to make it detachable. But this project is due on Sunday afternoon, so those buttons are going to have to either magically appear at the one place I have time to check (Wally World), or I'm going to have to do without.
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The blue object next to it is a stash-buster shawl in garter stitch. It has no particular destination in mind, but will be about 60" x 36" when I'm done and features several different eyelash and novelty yarns that I thought had better be used up before that fashion is completely gone. It may be a bit behind the trend, but it is very soft and cuddly.
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Speaking of passing trends, I'm also trying out the "squiggle shawl" method with these other two novelty yarns I got on different clearance racks. The brown has a suede-like texture and the cream is iridescent, so the whole thing keeps reminding me of pearls on a beach. Don't know what I'm going to do with it, exactly, but it's fun.
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I also just finished the baby packer hat I'd promised to the nice people in my Lay Academy car pool - I'll weave in the ends and embroider the yellow "G" on the way there tonight. Not sure if I'll have time to photograph it, but I'll try. And I've packed all the materials for one last (incredibly overdue) pirate hat, which will now be crafted out of something a bit warmer than cotton. I'm thinking about throwing in some basic hand-warmers as well, just to apologize for the late delivery.

And so, off I go to another session of Lay Academy. I still haven't gotten all of my reading done, but I'm closer than last time!
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