finishing up January, starting up February

So here is my final FO for January - a new hat for my husband. His basic concern is that the hat be warm enough and I believe that this one will be. It is made from the Kim's Basic Hats pattern in Last Minute Knited Gifts. . . and so on to February:

My February list includes 2 rolled over items:
1. Branching Out Scarf/for M/belated birthday present/February 20
2. Guitar Strap/for I/ left over Chanukah present/February 15
3. Strip for Obama Afghan/for the USA/for Ravelry fundraiser/February 20
4. Evening Bag/for ???/holiday present (my first 1Q challenge project)/February 29

I am beginning to think of ideas for March and beyond, but trying to keep my lists manageable, to stick with the stress free theme.
Suzie

A first FO

I have finished the first hat on my list and have now started working on the second. For this hat, I used Kim's hat pattern from Last Minute Knitted gifts and some yarn that I bought years ago to teach my son to knit. I was surprised by how nicely it turned out.

I am now working on a hat for my friend, in Frog Tree pima cotton. I initially wanted to try a Brioche stitch hat but that seemed too complicated to learn right now so have decided to do an Odessa hat without beads in 2 colors, we'll see how it turns out.

I am up to the hood on my Wonderful Wallaby and so I expect to finish it this weekend.

This KAL has been very helpful in keeping me going and it has been such fun to see other people's projects unfold.