{"id":1268,"date":"2011-09-04T17:33:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2011-09-04T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T09:33:39","slug":"train-hats-the-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"train hats &#8211; the plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you will know that part of the attraction of my current job is that I get to travel 50 minutes each way to &amp; from work on the train &#8211; during which time, if I have\u00a0enough\u00a0elbow room, I knit. In the morning I *always* have enough elbow room, so I always have a small project with me.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve become known as the lady who knits, as a few of us travel in the same carriage each day. There is a group of 5-6 folks who sit in the same area as me and chat &#8211; through eavesdropping I&#8217;ve come to know them a bit, but don&#8217;t want to join in their\u00a0conversation\u00a0as then I&#8217;d lose the &#8220;me&#8221; time I&#8217;ve come to appreciate.<\/p>\n<p>Some time ago, one of the ladies in the group, by means of &#8220;pleasante&#8221;-ness (I can&#8217;t think of an adequate English equivalent to the French &#8220;je pleasante&#8221; which is as succinct ~ I&#8217;m gently ribbing you by way of trying to be pleasant and making friends doesn&#8217;t really cover *or* cut it, frankly) asked was I going to make them all hats.<\/p>\n<p>I confess, my initial reaction to this was &#8220;am I bugger!&#8221; but I smiled &amp; responded appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>However, over time I&#8217;ve come to think that there may be an interesting\u00a0creative\u00a0challenge here: working out what&#8217;s the right hat for someone who I know only through eavesdropped conversations, and then making it ~ and handing it over without giving offense!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fashionmagazine-best.com\/knitting-patterns-knitted-hat-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"knitted hats\" src=\"http:\/\/fashionmagazine-best.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hats-knitting-patterns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;ve decided to go for it. Target is the start of December, so we don&#8217;t hit the Christmas holiday period, and they get them before it gets truly cold. And we&#8217;ll see how many of them actually get worn!<\/p>\n<p>The candidates are:<br \/>\n<strong> Angie<\/strong>, the ring-leader (who asked about hats in the first place) ~ a slightly older lady, she chuckles a lot. Her hair is curly and dark and frames her head like a halo.<br \/>\n<strong> Diane <\/strong>~ is a bit younger, and is quite brash (but in a hold-your-own way rather than being-nasty) . She got a lot of flack for the hats she wore last winter, so could be approached two ways: go conservative as she may be sensitive about things or be a bit bolder as I know she can take it. I have a happy plan for the latter which I *really* want to try, so I think I will. Also, she usually washes her hair in the mornings so careful styling is clearly about as important to her as it is to me!<br \/>\n<strong> Bella <\/strong>~ about the same age as Angie, and in my head I picture her wearing golden autumn-y tones. Her hair is straight &amp; short, but always nicely styled. She will be tricky as when I had short hair I always struggled with which hat to wear without looking like a mental patient.<br \/>\n<strong> Other lady<\/strong> ~ I&#8217;m sure I should know her name, but can&#8217;t recall it. \u00a0She&#8217;s somewhere between Angie &amp; Diane in age and has long dark hair worn in a bob. I keep picturing her with a red beret but am concerned that might be a bit of a cliche.<br \/>\n<strong> Chap #1<\/strong> ~ again, sorry about the name thing. At the older end of the group&#8217;s age spectrum, he dresses like&#8230; someone on his way to work in an office job. Knowing how men like exciting hats, I&#8217;m going to go with a plain navy hat for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional extras<\/strong> (if I have time) &#8211; these guys sometimes are there in the mornings, and are usually there in the evenings. If I have time I&#8217;ll cast the net wider!<br \/>\n<strong> Chap #2<\/strong> ~ I think he&#8217;s called Ian &#8211; drives a smart car &amp; works in insurance. Time permittinghe&#8217;s getting a Wooly Wormhead Chevron made from cream aran with colourful flecks in. As a smart car driver, I&#8217;m pretty sure he can carry it off!<br \/>\n<strong> Tracy <\/strong>~ When I grow up and start styling my hair, I want her hairstyle. For this reason she may not get a hat, but an elaborate scarf\/neck-wrap. She&#8217;s very stylish. And smiles a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these are in progress or finished &#8211; will post some more presently&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you will know that part of the attraction of my current job is that I get to travel 50 minutes each way to &amp; from work on the train &#8211; during which time, if I have\u00a0enough\u00a0elbow room, I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1268\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafty-so-sos","category-jude-the-obscure","category-train-hats-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}