In Case You Didn't Know...

I love Colorado. It's been over five years (almost six) since we lived there. I really miss it. Most of the time I try not to obsess about it. But... Sometimes it's hard. So I've been googling and pinning pictures of Colorado. Eon had a state project to do in class, for Social Studies. Each student picked five of their favorite states. Eon picked Colorado as his number one choice. (That's the reason they each had to choose five, in case someone else picked their favorite state first.) Well guess what?!! Eon got to pick first, somehow! So he got to do Colorado. I think I was about 200% more excited than he was. (Until we started to do the project.. But.. More about the project later.)  Anyway. I started googling more Colorado images...

I love this one. A little twist on the Colorado state flag, "I love Colorado".  :D  While I was googling images for Colorado state flag; I saw something someone had crocheted like the Colorado state flag. "WHAT?!... That's awesome!" (Why didn't I think of that?)  :)  And then I started looking on Ravelry, thinking there had to be more out there. :D And there is!! (Duh..)  rswanson's Colorado beanie. kmikwilliams' Colorado earflap hat. What? A knitted one, too? Denver Broncos hat, too. :D And so many other hats I have pinned.. 

I actually crocheted one myself, too. :D  Eon claimed it for himself as soon as he saw it. It would be cool if he could wear it while he was giving his Colorado presentation, but... I doubt the school will let him wear a hat.

Here's his state project. I had a hard time "letting" him do it himself. (Especially since he wasn't doing any of the work himself...) BUT. I had to back off. I had an idea to make it somehow look like a Colorado license plate. But...  I couldn't find any green poster board. :(  Then I thought, "The old license plates were red - so maybe it could still work."  I traced an outline of the mountain range, and tried to enlarge it..  But.... I somehow got it upside down and all mixed up. :(  I still think it came out all right. I let Eon do all the other stuff himself. I did help a lot, though. It was due Friday. But he ended up not doing his presentation, because they didn't have enough time. So he'll probably do his sometime this week.

Lookie what I made. A center pull ball of yarn. I have been wanting to wind my own yarn forever. But I never got around to doing it. (One of those things..)  I watched this video. :D (I love you tube..)  This yarn is for another Colorado hat I have in mind. :D