What you were expecting a different colored balaclava?? Balaclava is a Canadian term for face mask (at least that's what we called them where I grew up). I heard the term while in Canada and got the crazy idea that I had to knit one for Todd when I learned how to knit. Don't ask me why? And, by the way, I was living in North Carolina at the time. There was totally not a need for a balaclava. My mother-in-law came to the rescue with a pattern from Darlene - who took the time out to e-mail to me. It's a really easy pattern (if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll pass it along). Basically you just bind off the stitches on one row (where you want the mouth and eye holes) and cast them on the next. I also knit it in around because as a whole, I'm a much better knitter than I am a sewer.
Then while wearing the balaclava we decided that we looked scary. Notice that George is not in any of the pictures because he was hiding under the bed while we were making our best scary faces. So don't be afraid because here they are:
Scary Balaclava Todd
and Scary Balaclava Angela!!
