It's been so cold so we've been drinking hot drinks and A asked if we had any coasters so he could put his mug on his desk. We didn't have any so I thought that I'd make him one. I was going to make a heart shaped one for Valentine's day but, at 16, I didn't know if he'd like a heart hanging around his desk. OK another reason was because I had already crocheted a heart this month and 'been there, done that'. I saw a watermelon coaster that I liked and made one. I had to make my own pattern because the one that I tried didn't work with the acrylic (or whatever it is) yarn I was using, it just made ripples around the edge.I'm hoping to finish A's hat today or tomorrow. I've not had fun with the decreases. I don't know how many times I've had to undo something. It was funny that Brenda Dayne of the Cast On podcast mentioned that Tracy Ullman hadn't learnt how to do 'SSK' decrease until she was 43 (I think that was the age) and I only heard about it last week when I started to do the decreases on this hat.
