I've watched a lot of tv and my shopping was mainly for yarn at Michaels, lol. Can't complain about the knitting being too taxing. I'm a pretty quick knitter, so that helps!

The beards are fun to make, and the boys (between 17-24 yrs) loved them. I purchased the pattern on ravelry.com because I liked it best. Ravelry: Lumberjack pattern by Faye Kennington I used Lion Brand Thick and Quick and got three beards out of one ball, pretty sure I will get the fourth one that my other nephew requested when he saw the pic of the cousins wearing them, lol. I didn't make the hat in the pattern, just the beard and attached it with buttons to another simple more slouchy hat made with a chunky rather than super chunky yarn. This beard pattern is well written, and not hard just requires attention because every row is different.

Terri