Kitty Hats and the beginnings of knitting enterprise

I was supposed to work on kitty hats... for months now. And things have come up, and I've been reading the paper in the mornings, and then moving, and basically I hadn't knit a single kitty hat. Finished the base for one, and ribbing for another, in the last day. I should be able to finish these two by Monday night... and then hopefully do at least 2-3 more before Friday, and then maybe some more Friday night. Whew. My mom brought over 4, so all together that's not so bad. If these all sell (who knows?), then I'll have to seriously get off my butt and make up a bunch more for the girls to bring to upcoming conventions. I was thinking I need a name for these...~

Handknit by Mikaiya

I think at work I'll print off some business cards, and a page (in color) to give the girls to display with the hats. I bet people would commission them... not sure how many I'd be willing to do, though, even on commission. The girl at Fishfish knits charges 30 bucks a pop- so surely mine at 25 are reasonable. Eventually I need to make a little website, and get those sew-in tags, too. If I feel really ambitious, I'll make some skinny scarves to sell and other one-off items.

I've been making progress on Christmas gifts (no piccies on the blog for a while, since almost all of my knitting is for gifts).

Best of all, I went to a knitting class today. I can now knit English and Continental! My left-handed knitting is absurdly slow, but I can do it, and my tension doesn't even change much. I also *cough* picked up the yarn for a pattern I've been wanting to try. This: The Molly Ringwald from Knitscene Fall 2006. I'm making it in lavendar Calmer... OH do I love Calmer. It may be my new favorite thing.