Shiny! That is so cool. The Austin Browncoats will be mighty happy with their hats, I'm sure.

I sure hope so. And I'm practically beside myself with curiosity as to what they'll think of the small and tiny hats. They went out priority mail, so I'm hoping to hear something back by the end of the week.

Awesome! Once you've started, you'll find knitters are some of the nicest people on the planet. I've yet to run into a single one unwilling to answer my questions or demonstrate a stitch I'm having trouble with. Including the poor woman at the Makers Faire in Dearborn who spent all afternoon dealing with me and my inability to grasp what is meant by "wrap + turn." She had amazing patience and after two or three hours of "am I doing this right?" followed by "no, like *this*" I finally got the hang of it.