having a great life in spite of everything

Are you ready for some football?!!!

I just realized that I am, in fact, not ready. I have my awesome double-knit scarf for the Longhorns games:

Wouldn't this be great in your team's colors?

But I do not have a scarf—or any other knit item—for the Houston Texans. At least that should be relatively easy to find the right colors, because, man, it was tough finding a true burnt orange for the UT scarf. The one above uses Vanna’s Choice by Lionbrand, the Rust color description on their site even says “deep burnt orange”. Ordinarily I never would have bought Vanna’s Choice (really, Vanna White? All acrylic yarns?) but I have to admit, the end result is pretty damn nice, I do love wearing this scarf.

A knitter friend who is a graduate of University of Miami also had a tough time finding the right orange and green for her team colors (apparently orange is a really tough one). I need to set up a page that matches yarn colors with team colors. Here it is so far:

University of Texas (burnt orange): Vanna’s Choice—Rust

I know it’s short, but hey, project is now started. Got any suggestions you’d like to add for your team? Let me know and I’ll include them.