This is the hat I'm making for my niece.  It's the same patter I used for my solar flair hat.  When I made that one it was really big so I knew I wanted to make this one a little smaller.  On the solar flair hat I think I made a mistake in the decreases so doing them right will help.  The other thing I noticed is that the "front" (in the picture) is an inch shorter than the "back" which is all stockinette.  My niece is a little smaller than my daughter so I just kept trying it on Amey and that's how I decided when to start the decreases.  I think it will turn out well. The only other thing I've been working on is my charity knitting.  I'm not really happy with them.  I've been trying a lot of experiments and they aren't really working.  I made a baby bootie with dpns.  It was o.k. but I kind of feel a little bad giving it away because I don't think it was done very well.  I want to donate quality products.  I don't want to throw it away but I'm kind of scared to give it to anyone else because it is wool and I was giving it where it could be specifically given to people who had wash. Most of the people I know use a machine.  I'm not sure if I should rip it out and try again or what.  I think I'll make another bootie wile I think about it.

I think I did a lot of fun things this weekend.  We did finish Techuu-Yami no Shiokinin.  I thought I talked about it but I don't see that I did.  I thought it was based on the game with a similar name because they are both about female ninja but the plots seem different.  The show is an eight episode Japanese drama.  It feels really short and I feel like they could have added many more episodes. The story is about a feisty 60 something year old who brings home and befriends a 20 something year old woman who looks homeless and seems to have some ninja skills. They join together with a few other people and solve problem that the police either can't or won't help with.  They tackle things like domestic violence, scam artists, burglary, child abuse, and even sexual assault/rape.  They bring divine justice which is what "tenchuu" means. There is of course a lot of violence since the subjects are dark and it involves a ninja.  One of the things I think they do well is cut the darkness with cheesy humor.  There is also a lot of posing and parkour.  I liked it and would recommend it as long as the dark subject matter is not a trigger.  The jdrama we are watching now is called ST about a science division of a police department.

The other thing I finished was the kdrama High School King of Savvy.  This is the story of an eighteen year old high school student who is the star of the hockey team.  He has an older brother who has been working and studying in Germany.  The older brother is due home but doesn't show.  In the middle of the night our hero gets a call from his brother saying "I can't explain now but you have to go to the office and pretend to be me."   He's confused but out of love for his brother he does it.  He leads a double live of a high school student and a company director. He meets a woman who is twenty-eight and falls in love.  The kdrama revolves around their relationship (and what happens when she finds out how young he is), what the "bad guy" is doing, what is going on with the family (missing brother and grandpa with dementia), and of course high school issues including hockey.  The ending was not what I expected but it wasn't bad.  There was some complaining in the comments on the recap site about the extreme difference in their age and how "wrong" it was.  I'll let you make up your own mind on that issue (I'm still undecided) but someone pointed out that the point of the drama was to bring the issue to light and talk about it.  That makes sense, why would you complain about a plot you knew about ahead of time and the point is to talk about it?  If you don't like it don't watch.  I'm still watching It's Okay, That's Love and a new one called Surplus Princess.

I finished up Kitchen Nightmares but the thing that I had the most fun I had was playing WOW with my daughter. She and I started some new characters and have been leveling together.  We are up to level 13 now.  I did check my character that has a mouse issue and it is really only that character.  I tried to open a ticket but I can't tell if it went through.  

O.k. I think that's enough talking.  I feel like there was something else I was going to say but I can't remember what it was.  I'm sure I'll think of it later if it's important.   The weather is nice and school starts on Thursday.  Have a good day.